For your Synthesis Papers, you will be expected to accomplish the following tasks:
1) Select an example of a book-to-film adaptation you are familiar with and comfortable discussing.
2) Your paper and primary thesis statement should directly address the adaptation process. What elements were kept the same (also known as “fidelity”) and which were deliberately omitted or changed? What effect do these changes have on delivery of the narrative and the audience’s interpretation, positive or negative?
3) As with all written assignments, you will be expected to back your claims with secondary sources. You must utilize at least four secondary sources in your argument. In addition to using these sources to back up your claims, you must enter them into conversation with each other. Where do they agree? Where do they disagree?
Entering secondary sources into conversation with each other is an essential part of Synthesis writing. You must do this in your paper to receive full credit.