
Description
Professor Arnold Kettle looks at extracts from televised versions of three novels: the opening sequence of Pride and Prejudice; the scene in Wemick's castle from Great Expectations; and the conclus...ion of cousin Bette. He considers these extracts in the light of the texts on which they are based and the problems raised by trying to televise novels with complex narrative structures.
Professor Arnold Kettle looks at extracts from televised versions of three novels: the opening sequence of Pride and Prejudice; the scene in Wemick's castle from Great Expectations; and the conclus...ion of cousin Bette. He considers these extracts in the light of the texts on which they are based and the problems raised by trying to televise novels with complex narrative structures.
Module code and title: | A312, The nineteenth century novel and its legacy |
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Item code: | A312; 06 |
First transmission date: | 10-05-1982 |
Published: | 1982 |
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Duration: | 00:24:37 |
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Producer: | David Hoyle |
Contributors: | Margaret Boyd; Elizabeth Garvie; Harriet Harper; Davyd Harries; Ursula Howells; Colin Jeavons; Arnold Kettle; Tessa Peake-Jones; Irene Richards; Gerry Sundquist; Tony Sympson; Margaret Tyzack; Thorley Walters |
Publisher: | BBC Open University |
Keyword(s): | Cousin Bette; Great Expectations; Novel writing |
Subject terms: | Austen, Jane,--1775-1817; Balzac, HonoreĢ de,--1799-1850; Dickens, Charles,--1812-1870; Pride and prejudice (Television programme); Television |
Master spool number: | HOU3954 |
Production number: | FOUA117J |
Videofinder number: | 81661 |
Available to public: | no |