William Faulkner Between Cinema and Literature. Literature continues to react and adapt to an ever-more complex media environment, but there is still little in the way of detailed critical study to specify the strategies and tactics of literary survival in an audio-visual era. By attending to the unique and indicative case of William Faulkner, who wrote simultaneously for the films and the serious literary market, this project will develop a new critical model for understanding literature's ada ....William Faulkner Between Cinema and Literature. Literature continues to react and adapt to an ever-more complex media environment, but there is still little in the way of detailed critical study to specify the strategies and tactics of literary survival in an audio-visual era. By attending to the unique and indicative case of William Faulkner, who wrote simultaneously for the films and the serious literary market, this project will develop a new critical model for understanding literature's adaptation to a complex media environment. It will shed significant intellectual light on the present and future states of literary survival in advanced industrial nations like Australia. Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE100100079
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$520,000.00
Summary
eResearch Infrastructure for Humanities Scholars: Facilitating literary and narrative studies; children's and popular fictions and film/TV studies. AustLit provides enhanced information about Australian narrative cultures to all researchers and information seekers throughout Australia and internationally. It serves the needs of students, teachers and academic researchers at all levels studying in the broad area of Australian literary and narrative cultures. The proposed developments in 2010 will ....eResearch Infrastructure for Humanities Scholars: Facilitating literary and narrative studies; children's and popular fictions and film/TV studies. AustLit provides enhanced information about Australian narrative cultures to all researchers and information seekers throughout Australia and internationally. It serves the needs of students, teachers and academic researchers at all levels studying in the broad area of Australian literary and narrative cultures. The proposed developments in 2010 will further enhance AustLit's value to many Australian communities with interests in Australian literary, audio-visual and critical narratives. Its multi-dimensional approach to research support and facilitation ensures that it is connected to most current activity in the field and thereby continues to accrue benefits to the whole community as it develops.Read moreRead less