Select two different significant elements in Jane Austens novel Emma and analyse how they are reshaped to create new meaning in Amy Heckerlings film Clueless Transformations require an imaginative reshaping of significant elements of a text for new contexts Jane Austens Emma has been modernized and transformed into the Amy Heckerlings film Clueless For this to be successful Heckerling must keep the key elements and reshape them to create new meaning Emma has been transformed into Cher They both
How has the study of Emma and its appropriate clueless developed your understanding of how context influenced values Select at least 2 significant moments of Austens Emma and analyse how these moments are considered in order to create meaning in Heckerlings Clueless In your response focus on ideas context values and language HeckerlingsClueless 1995 is transformed through Austens 19thCentury novel Emma where the plot and characters have been transformed to suit Heckerlings context and contempor
Transformations How has your perceptions of transformations been illuminated by your comparative study of the prescribed texts The responders understanding of transformations has been illuminated by a comparative study of Jane Austens Emma and Amy Heckerlings Clueless The word transformation refers to the change of form or appearance In order for Heckerling to transform Emma she needed to change the context of Austens 19th Century English novel Emma to better fit her 20th Century American film
As the context is altered from Jane Austens 19th century novel Emma to the late 20th century film Clueless directed by Amy Heckerling the initial attitudes towards the existence of patriarchy in society remain of concern but adjust to their new backgrounds Austens novel through Emmas self improvement shows the notions of the importance of marriage as a subjectification of women and also uses the characters of Emma to challenge societys patriarchy and Mr Knightley as the male archetype to whom E