Sensing intertextuality: tranposing class in "the notebook" Desiree B. Avellano... [et. al]

Thesis (Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English) -- University of Rizal System-Morong.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This study was conducted at University of Rizal System-Morong Campus during the academic year 2016-2017. Using the approach descriptive-qualitative involving the hegemony of Gramsci which served as the thematic lens to undergo critical analysis of literary works as well as their adaptations specifically the film. Hegemony is centralized in the notion of class to utilize the concepts of intertextuality of Kristeva and translation of Kakobson that support in exploring the study of transmediation. The two trends mentioned above undergo grounded theory from the larger field of intertextuality for the selected literary works of Nicholas Sparks to their film adaptations. Data were gathered through analyzing and interpreting the works entitled "The Notebook" and "The Longest Ride" by (con) textual close reading and transposition of class from the novels to their fil adaptations. These media were used as tools in studying the concepts and issues of the society, particularly to the influence of hegemony in social class. Through these, additional study in social criticism in literature was established that will served as an important tool for the teachers in educating their students which involves social stratification that builds social consciousness. The primary focus of this study is to distinguish the notion of class from the elements of the novels such as; characters, setting, plot and symbolism and to their cinematic techniques of film such as; mise-en-scene and composition. Futhermore, this study also analyze the dialective (con) text between the written and visual textualities. The study was chiefly based on the assumption that; 1) Films, when adapted from a novel, still contain the basic elements of the text but some parts were condensed and proliferated. 2) "The Notebook" and "The Longest Ride" exposed the readers to the realia of life which shows the social tension between the classes of the society. Since the study is a qualitative research, it practically demanded the subjectivity approach that led to the use of triangulation. The researchers deduce both in the novels and their film adaptations that hegemony includes, 'the bourgeois who is in the upper class of the society' and 'the proletariat' its opposite, there are forces governing and being governed: that there were positions of compulsion to rule and be ruled. The elements of both media give justice in putting the idea of class in terms of characters, plot, setting and the symbolisms. In terms of film techniques, the arrangement of the objects in every scene (mise-en-scene) and the angle of the camera (composition) denote an obscure interpretation of the story. This is a fundamental organizer of human philosophy, culture and language which have been said create balance within the world, without the world would be unbalanced. Other than that, the researchers cocncluded that there is a disparity in the transposition (con) text from written to visual form yet the concept of class was maintained in both form. The study could or may be a great help to future researchers if ever that there will be a connection or merely coherence between their study and their research. Also, the researchers give recommendations for the improvement of the teaching and learning process inclined with the social criticism. This research also serves as an introduction of new cultural studies other than textual analysis. May this study be the key for the improvement of College of Education to be a source of information in terms of social implications which is clearly observed in the society.