Amy Heckerlings adaptation of Jane Austens Emma has transformed a 19th century classic English novel into a teen flick romcom film of the 20th century entitled Clueless Despite the vastly different historical settings and societal values of the two texts Amy Heckerlings Clueless still retains the essential values of the original text by adapting these values into a modern society of our time and a modern audience of our age Comparatively through the themes of class and social structure and the
Jane Austen creates comedy in her novels by using three main techniques These techniques are Irony Satire of characters society rules and caricatures Along with irony there is also dramatic irony which is very different to irony Dramatic irony consists of a situation whereby the reader participates with the author in a knowledge of events which have not been disclosed to the character Austen augments this form of irony by concealing facts from the reader thereby building up a false anticipation
The transformation of the Jane Austens novel Emma into the Amy Heckerlings teen pic Clueless involves changing the original text in to another medium set in a different context to allow a re assessment of the values present in the text thus enabling the audience to gain a greater insight and appreciation of the ideals and concerns outlined by Austin in Emma The themes presented by Austin in Emma are universal and timeless which enables Heckerling to adapt them to a context a modern audience can
Texts are cultural artefacts that reflect the values of their various societies The two texts Emma by Jane Austin and Clueless by Amy Heckerling both use various techniques to discuss their relevant cultural values Through the studies of the similarities of these two texts Clueless becomes a reflection of the past which is shown in Emma In the introduction of the texts there is an extreme amount of detail that is discovered about the main Characters Emma and Cher The film clueless begins with a
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
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
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
Emma is a sweet girl who has everything that she could want and therefore has been spoiled for most of her life She is a woman who has lived in the world with very little to distress or vex her She lives at her home in Highbury with her father Their house Heartfield is the second largest only to Donwell Abbey this shows their position in the community Because of her position Emma feels like she should set the towns standards and manage peoples lives and the social calendar When she is determine
One of the main themes and preoccupations of Jane Austens character Emma is that of marriage Although Emma herself claims she has no wish for marriage for the other female characters in the book it is one of the most important events in their lives At the time that this novel is set in the 1810s marriage was more than the uniting of two people in love for many women in particular it was an important opportunity in life that opened new doors to them It was not uncommon for people to merely marry