Roman en film - stories in woorde en beelde ’n Voorstel vir ’n gevorderde kursus in literatuurwetenskap

Abstract

In this article a course in narratology, in which the emphasis falls on films based on specific novels, is discussed. The article is mainly informative, giving details about the principles on which the course is based, explaining the way in which the course was developed and outlining the contents of the course. In the last part of the article three examples of the approach which is followed are given and the bibliography can be seen as a basic reading list for such a course. The article is an empirical report which puts forward a possible way in which the study of films on an advanced level can be approached.