21 CENTURY

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LITERATURE FROM
THE PHILIPPINES
AND THE WORLD
Have you ever had a favorite novel
that was adapted into film? What
similarities and differences on the
presentation of the book and the
movie?
Literary Adaptation
 It is not unusual to find that your
favorite movie or series was based on a
book or a novel, a short story, a folktale, a
play or even a poem. The popularity of
these adapted forms has been increasing
in the recent years. Apart from novels,
new literary forms have also been popular
Oxford dictionary defines adaptation as
the process of changing something to suit
a new situation or purpose. In literature
and media, literary adaptation is creating,
translating, or developing a literary work
such as short story, novel, poem or play
into another genre or creative form.
One known example of an adapted
literary work is J.R.R Tolkien’ The Lord
of the Rings which has become one of the
most famous movies in the modern time.
At some point, some of the elements in
 In her theory of adaptation, Hutcheon (2006)
defined adaptation as acknowledging transposition
of a recognizable works or other work. This means,
adaptation is not limited to theSecondly,
mere changing of
adaptation
point of view that can
Transposition can also serve a different
is an interpretative
interpretation of the
refer to changing theoriginal work.
and creative act of
real story accounts into salvaging or
fictional retelling of a appropriating a work.
story, or a historical Lastly, an adaptation
 Film is one of the most common form
to which literature has been adapted.
Film adaptation “ is a cinematic work
adapted from a piece of a non-film
source material.” Film adaptations can
be based on book, comics, musical,
 Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin
Kwan (2013)
Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2008)
Film Adaptation: Crazy Rich
Adaptation: The Hunger Games (2012)
Asians (2018)
In the Philippines, we also have popular
literary pieces written by Filipino authors that
were adapted into films
ABNKKBSNPLAko?! By Boband series. Among
Ong (2001)
them are:
Film Adaptation:
ABNKKBSNPLAko?! (2014)
Mga Batang Poz by Segundo D. Matias Jr. He’s into her by Maxine Lat Calibuso also known as
(2018) Maxinjiji (2012)
TV Series Adaptation: He’s into her (2021)
Tv/Online Series: Mga Batang Poz (2019)
 Why do you think
adaptations became
popular in the recent
years?
Media to use in
creating an
adaptation
 Podcast
Cambridge English dictionary refers this as
a “radio programme that is stored in a
digital form that you can download from
the internet and play on a computer or on
an MP3 player.” In the world wide web, it
can also be a broadcast in audio form
which can be accessible to its listeners.
 Graphic Novels
These are like that of the comics as it uses
art or illustrations to tell a story. However,
graphic novels have a more complex plots,
and unlike comic books that is usually
published in series, it is usually published
as one story.
 Short Film
This type of film is simpler and shorter
than a usual duration of a film. It can be as
short ad 5 to 20 minutes. Film about 2
minutes in length are called micro-shorts
(www.nfi.edu).
SCREENPLAY
- a written work for a motion picture, TV show or films
that includes detailed actions and dialogue of characters.
- Some refers this as the script, which serves as the
blueprint of a film.
- usually written in a format that will distinguish the
characters, the dialogues, and the action lines.
- includes the scene heading or slug lines, action lines,
character names, dialogue, and parentheticals (Maio,
2019).
TRAILER
This refers to previews of a content such as a film or
movie to garner interest. This presents scenes and
general mood or plot of the media. Content creators
can present trailers for movies, TV shows, radio
shows, vlogs and podcasts (Backtracks,n.d).
Final Performance Task
Christmas season is coming and the MTRCB is now accepting movie entries for the
annual Christmas Film Festivals. You and your team decided to create an adaptation of the
famous literary movies below which will be your entry for this year. To catch the attention
of the viewers, your team will launch a 3 minute-movie trailer of your upcoming entry.
This will be posted on different Social media flat forms and Televisions. For the entry to be
accepted by the said group, your trailer will be evaluated based on the following criteria: (to
be printed) (DEADLINE: DECEMBER 9, 2022)

• She’s Dating a Gangster

• My Perfectly You
• Barcelona
• My Ex and Why’s