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• Literary adaptation — is the adapting of a literary source (e.g., a novel, short story, poem) to another genre or medium, such as a film, a stage play, or even ace video game. It can also involve adapting the same literary work in the same genre or medium, just for… …   Wikipedia

• Adaptation (disambiguation) — Adaptation may refer to * Adaptation, an anatomical structure, physiological process or behavioral trait that has evolved. * Cellular adaptation, the changes made by a cell in response to changes in its environment. * Neural adaptation, the… …   Wikipedia

• Literary adaptations —    From its beginnings, Spanish cinema has sought inspiration in literary sources. One reason was popularity: if a film is based on a well known book, there will at least be curiosity to see how the translation into images has been done, or, for… …   Guide to cinema

• Literary adaptations —    From its beginnings, Spanish cinema has sought inspiration in literary sources. One reason was popularity: if a film is based on a well known book, there will at least be curiosity to see how the translation into images has been done, or, for… …   Historical dictionary of Spanish cinema

• ADAPTATION —    Adaptation (hon’an) is a term that was used throughout the Tokugawa period to refer to translated literary works, in contrast to hon’yaku, which was reserved for medical and scientific texts. Though adaptations often parallel the original… …   Japanese literature and theater

• Adaptation of Expressions Law —    (1989)    In June 1989, the State Law and Order Restoration Council decreed the Adaptation of Expressions Law, which changed the official foreign language name of the country from the Union of Burma to the Union of Myanma, or, more commonly in …   Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)

• adaptation — /ædəpˈteɪʃən/ (say aduhp tayshuhn), /ædæp / (say adap ) noun 1. the act of adapting. 2. the state of being adapted; adjustment. 3. something produced by adapting. 4. a literary work rewritten for presentation in a different medium: an adaptation… …  

• Film adaptation — is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. It is a type of derivative work. A common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of a feature film, but film adaptation includes the use of non fiction (including… …   Wikipedia

• Darwinian literary studies — (aka Literary Darwinism) is a branch of literary criticism that studies literature in the context of evolution by means of natural selection, including gene culture coevolution. It represents an emerging trend of neo Darwinian thought in… …   Wikipedia

• Modern adaptation of the Minoan-Mycenaean figure of Talos — There have been numerous modern adaptations of the Minoan Mycenaean figure of Talos, a gigantic man of bronze in Crete, which figures in some Greek mythology. The grotesquely threatening figure of the colossal man of bronze with a hidden weakness …   Wikipedia

• performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium