2.5 stars to be accurate I will preface: I took this as a breadth, so my distaste is heavily informed by how it weighted against my other studies. A heavy workload, the texts were released maybe a week before the start date did not help. I expected some reading but there were several weighty translated novels with convoluted and archaic language that my dumb brain could not comprehend. Lectures were very long and in the late afternoon. Coupled with the aforementioned breadth detail, it was very isolating to attend these lectures that broke down the minutia of literature word by word. Not trying to knock literature enjoyers, just warning those who may think this is an easy side elective-it ain't! I will say, the theory side of adaptation was incredibly intriguing, and I guess the context of the texts are vital to understanding the origins of the practice of adaptation, so it's not all bad, just be wary of what you're getting into learn from my mistakes lol

Great subject and very interesting. And tutors gave very useful advice.

As another review mentioned this is now called Literature, Adaptation, Media. I initially chose this subject because I wasn't interested in the other English subjects available this semester, and though I was doubtful I actually really enjoyed this subject and it ended up being the best mark I have ever got for an English subject. The combination of film and literature was really interesting and relevant, and lecturers pushed the idea of what "adaptation" is and how it can be interpreted in new ways. Surprisingly, lectures often move beyond pure textual analysis to complex historical and philosophical ideas. The texts for each week were really diverse and from different periods/mediums, and there was really something for everyone's tastes. Assignment feedback was particularly useful in this subject, and my essay skills genuinely improved because of my tutor's advice about essay writing.

This subject is now called Literature, Adaptation, Media. This subject is super interesting, in theory. I found it fascinating to learn about adaptation from one medium to another, as it is something that most people just dismiss with "the book is ALWAYS better." The downfall was that we had a different movie to watch each week, as well as some books to read throughout the semester, and some of these were mind-numbingly boring, namely a documentary in which a director speaks to the camera for two hours about his time filming one of his films, and a book that was translated from Hungarian to English that had sentences that lasted half a page. The assignments were a lot more interesting though, because we were able to pick from a wide variety of questions and topics, so you could easily choose one of the texts you were interested in. You could also choose whether you wanted to do a question that was focused more on literature, or more on film studies, and I found this helpful because I have done a lot of film studies subjects but never went past IB Literature, and I was able to get an H1 overall.