Literature Course

Crossing Boundaries: TV, Movies and Books in the 21st Century

A new literature course presented by The John Adams Institute and De Rode Hoed.

Television shows like The Sopranos and The Wire have taken the place of the serialized fiction that novelists like Charles Dickens used to write. Meanwhile, novelists today are often screenwriters as well, and in turn write books that are more cinematic. In this six-week course (taught in English), Dan Hassler-Forest of the Universiteit van Amsterdam will explore the way writers today are mixing art forms. The lectures and discussions will focus on individual authors and filmmakers, such as Bret Easton Ellis, Charlie Kaufman, Jane Campion, David Benioff, and David Cronenberg, whose work crosses boundaries between film, literature, and television. In addition, some of the authors discussed will feature at upcoming John Adams Institute events, to which students will have free entrance.

Six dates
Thursdays: 9 - 16 - 23 - 30 September 2010
                     7 - 14                 October       2010

Time 7.30 – 9.00pm 

Location De Rode Hoed
Keizersgracht 102 Amsterdam 

Participation €200 p/person.
Including talks by Bret Easton Ellis (17 September 2010) and Michael Cunningham (2 November 2010)

Please register before 1 September 2010 at info@john-adams.nl