While novels have been used as source material for fictional films almost since the film medium was born, there exists a good deal of controversy surrounding the relationship between these forms. This paper surveys the major theoretical approaches to . . .

Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is one of the most frequently retold narratives in western literature featuring over 700 adaptations in its 200-year history. Such copious retelling has turned the story into an occidental myth, a folktale of western identity r . . .