Research outlines The aim of the research is to analyze the genre and style features the works written by Lewis Carroll as well as the script for the screen version by Tim Burton. To achieve the overall goal involves solving the following specific tasks:to explore the work by Lewis Carroll systematically taking into account their genre and style features;to compare and find differences book story and script;explore the stylistic features of the book and the script.
Main features of the research The subject of the research is genre - stylistic features of the book L. Carroll "Alice in Wonderland" and the movie script. The object is lexical and syntactic fiction means in the book and movie script. Our study has a clear structure. It consists of an introduction, three chapters, conclusions, list of bibliography and some practical additional material.
Novelty and additional values Scientific novelty is in the fact that we made an attempt to investigate communicative aspect of the game, taking the words of the book L. Carroll "Alice in Wonderland". Further development of the concept can gain stylistic features of the book and the script of the film "Alice in Wonderland". The theoretical value of the work - we explored the specific features of the plot and analysis stylistic features of the book and the script. The practical significance of the study is that the results of the study and the practical material can be used in extra curriculum activities in English and optional classes and clubs on the history and theory of world literature as well as in the classroom home reading in English.
Lewis Carroll (27.01.1832 - 14.01.1898) Lewis Carroll (real name Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) was a remarkable English writer, mathematician, philosopher and a deacon. One of his lifetime passions included photography. His most famous works is the fairy-tale “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”. The writer was born on January 27th, 1832, in Daresbury, Cheshire. His father was a parish priest. Charles had seven sisters and three brothers. From the very childhood he showed himself as a clever and quick-witted boy. When he was twelve, he was sent to a private school near Richmond. In 1845 he had to move to another school, which he didn’t like much.
Alice in Wonderlandbook Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. Its narrative course and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential in both popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre.
Alice in Wonderlandfilms1933 – film version directed by Norman Mc. Leod1949 – animated film with stop motion segments, directed by Dallas Bower 1966 – BBC television play directed by Jonathan Miller1988 – film by Jan Shwankmajer, stop motion and live action 2010 – film directed by Tim Burton1903 – British silent film directed by Cecil Hepworth
Differences. The film Alice in Wonderland is different from the book by its last scene where the final court trial was substitute by the stride of the actors-cards in the park. The cows were grassing on the background The film of 1949 was framed by songs and dances. The fall of Alice into the hole resembles the trajectory of the leaf, when landing causes the leaves stirring the camera is fixed on oak leaves. The film differs by ephemeral features of Wonderland. Film in 2010 was also interesting interpretation of the book. The heroine is a modern emancipated girl . In the book Alice is a little bit indecisive and unsecure while in the film she is energetic certain and self-assured. The film characters have their own names . At the end of the movie Alice returns to the family of Ascot as businesswoman