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What is Adaptation Theory

Exploring Comics and Graphic Novels in the Classroom
The systematic and descriptive way of exploring how authors and artists transpose/translate stories from one medium to another.
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Traveling Across Media: Comics and Adaptations
Jason D. DeHart (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA)
Copyright: © 2023 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4313-2.ch015
Abstract
This chapter examines the phenomenon of comics and graphic novels being adapted to other media, including film, as well as the movement to comics form from media forms. The affordances of the comics medium are examined. Descriptive in nature, the chapter features descriptions of particular titles and their adaptations that have been part of the author's reading and teaching practice. Additionally, the chapter draws upon an interview with an author/artist who engages in adaptation work before concluding with implications for educational practice.
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Retail Formats and Alternative Retail Formats: The Mechanisms for the Emergence and Evolution
Assumes that changes in the business environment are reflected in internal changes. The main assertion of this theory states that all the changes which occur in the market environment (macro- and micro-) of a company are reflected in the existing structure of the retail trade.
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The Mechanisms for the Emergence and Evolution of Retail Formats
Assumes that changes in the business environment are reflected in internal changes. The main assertion of this theory states that all the changes which occur in the market environment (macro- and micro-) of a company are reflected in the existing structure of the retail trade.
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