‘A Soul Worth Saving’: Post-Feminist Masculinities in Twenty-First-Century Televised Adaptations of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights

Adaptation ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Fanning
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Jane Eyre ◽  
Wuthering Heights ◽  
Twenty First Century

Auteurs and Authenticity: Adapting the Brontës in the Twenty-First Century

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shelley Anne Galpin
Keyword(s):  
Source Material ◽  
First Century ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Jane Eyre ◽  
Wuthering Heights ◽  
Artistic Style ◽  
Critical Success ◽  
The Status ◽  
Selling Point ◽  
Film Making

This article examines two recent adaptations of Brontë novels and how they relate to discussions surrounding the adaptation of literary texts into film. The position of Cary Joji Fukunaga and Andrea Arnold as auteurs is considered, as is the way in which this was used in the marketing of the films prior to release. Fukunaga's Jane Eyre (2011) and Arnold's Wuthering Heights (2011) are evaluated as examples of British film-making in terms of heritage/anti-heritage discourses, concluding that while they both reject aspects of the traditional ‘heritage film’, overtly in Arnold's film but more subtly in Fukunaga's, neither can escape the notion of authenticity which is central to discussions surrounding adaptation of classic literature. Although apparently more ‘faithful’, Fukunaga's film stops short of the adherence to source material that was emphasised in the pre-release publicity, ironically suppressing Fukunaga's auteurist vision, while Arnold's more overtly auteurist vision is shown to present difficulties over the issue of authorship when adapting a ‘literary great’. Finally, the article considers the commercial and critical success of both films, noting that the status of both directors as auteurs is a selling point prior to release, but that when tackling period material it can be something of a hindrance in terms of both the commerciality and the artistic style of the piece.

Depictions of Women in Victorian Literature: Precursors of Social Change or Stereotypical

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothy Irene Hermary
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Victorian Literature ◽  
First Century ◽  
Jane Eyre ◽  
Hard Times ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Victorian Age

England’s Victorian Age was pregnant with the seeds of social change, inter-sown with the nutrients of personal and national introspection. Within this upheaval, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Charles Dicken’s Hard Times expose concerns about the position and value of Victorian females. This stereotypical portrayal of their characters can be transplanted to the current, twenty-first century struggle with gender equality. Exploration of our past can light our present as well as illuminate our gendered/non-gendered future.

Managing Networks of Twenty-First Century Organisations

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Perri Six ◽  
Nick Goodwin ◽  
Edward Peck ◽  
Tim Freeman
Keyword(s):  
First Century ◽  
Twenty First Century
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