Dr Jay Parker gave a talk, “From Page to Screen: How English Literature Shapes Modern Entertainment”, at Kiangsu-Chekiang College in Sha Tin on 19 September.
The talk described how Mary Shelley’s critical engagement with science through the lens of tragic tropes has evolved in modern cinematic adaptation. It focused on the ways in which the critique of science has changed from one of individual tragic over-reaching, into an engagement with the conflict between the popular and elite. Dr Parker explored how cinema, as a mass-media contrasted with the gothic novel, which emerged as a form of entertainment for the affluent and educated.
