“From Book to Screen”: Linguistic and Discursive Patterns of Contemporary Narrative Adaptations in TV Series and Cinema.
The course aims to develop students’ competence at a Master’s level in the linguistic/discoursive field of audio-visual contemporary narratives. The following issues will be specifically examined: a) evolution of Cinema and TV series language (comparative analysis of screening/broadcasting modalities within TV series and Cinema communication model, characters of contemporary forms, development peculiarities); b) adaptation as intersemiotic translation and as a privileged expressive modality of contemporary TV and cinema narratives.
Furthermore, concerning the Dublin descriptors, the aim is to develop:

1) Knowledge and Understanding at a Master’s level of analytical and methodological research tools. In particular, the linguistic and discursive analysis will be focused - with a multidisciplinary approach – on a) the development of TV Fiction and Cinema linguistic and textual model; b) the adaptation of literary text in its TV series and Cinema transpositions and analysis of the relative translation processes and issues

2) Applying Knowledge and Understanding to linguistic-discursive analysis, translation studies (inter-semiotic translation in particular), and individual and/or group presentation within the above-mentioned research domains.
3) Making Judgements: developing skills to select and research relevant texts and processes (to verify their peculiarities and features) in the field of linguistic-discursive analysis and translation adaptations: in particular in the area of transposition from literary text to TV Series and Cinema, of related modalities of access as well as in the area of reception evaluation; developing skills to evaluate criticism on these issues, and to evaluate their analysis and research.
4) Communication Skills aimed at the full understanding of the texts analysed in the course, of those listed in the bibliography of the course, of notions and methodology needed for communicative interaction during individual/group presentations.
5) Learning Skills: acquisition of a specific competence in the field of a) the field of linguistic-discursive analysis in contemporary TV Series and Cinema; of TV and Cinema adaptations as intersemiotic translation practice. Developing skills in Public Speaking to present group and/or individual works on the above-mentioned issues.