Adaptation and the Australian novel – symposium
Event Details
- Date:
- Tuesday, 06 April 2021 - Wednesday, 07 April 2021
- Time:
- All Day
- Room:
- Webinar
- URL:
- https://writing.centre.uq.edu.au/2021symposium
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Miss Olivia Brown
- Phone:
- 52609
- Email:
- o.dennis@uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Executive Dean, Humanities and Social Sciences
Event Description
- Full Description:
- Landmark Australian novels are being adapted for the stage and screen at a rate we’ve not seen for many decades. Why the rush on Australian adaptation now? What’s fuelling the appetite for this locally themed work and how is it being distributed? Whose stories are being canonised? What version of Australian national identity becomes enshrined in this process, and whose perspectives are elided or omitted? To explore this trend, the Centre for Critical and Creative Writing is pleased to present a virtual symposium – Adaptation and the Australian Novel.
The Centre is very proud to announce that keynote speeches will be provided by critical adaptation theorist Professor Frances Babbage (University of Sheffield) and internationally-acclaimed stage and screen writer, and adaptor of the landmark The Secret River text, Andrew Bovell.
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