Date of Graduation
5-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in English (MA)
Degree Level
Graduate
Department
English
Advisor/Mentor
Lissette Szwydky
Committee Member
Sean Dempsey
Second Committee Member
William Quinn
Keywords
Language, literature and linguistics, Adaptation, Adaptation theory, Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, Ecocriticism
Abstract
This thesis combines adaptation theory with ecology to examine Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798) and its adaptations; it argues further combinations of adaptation with evolutionary theory and ecological ideas could allow for a better interpretation of many texts. The adaptation Rime of the Modern Mariner (2011) by Nick Hayes and the appropriation Perelandra (1943) by C.S. Lewis will also be present in individual chapters to examine the texts' interactions with each other as they evolve and how each work represents the combined theory.
Citation
Ferguson, S. (2016). [Re]Visiting the Rime: A Case Study of Adaptation as Process and Product with The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Graduate Theses and Dissertations Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/1593
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