TOPIC 61

What is one of the main characteristics that differentiates literature from cinema?

• Literature is based on images, while cinema is based on words.

• Literature is based on careful selection of terms, while cinema is based on the use of a richer vocabulary.

• Literature uses words linked in sentences, while cinema uses images divided into shots.

• Literature is presented in a sequence of events, while cinema is presented in an abstract record.

What is one of the similarities between the narrative techniques of cinema and literature?

• Both seek to provoke an impact or intention in the receiver, either seeking action, information, or entertainment.

• Both employ different codes, with literature using words linked in sentences and cinema using images divided into shots.

• Both seek to promote imagination, depending only on the feelings and backgrounds of the reader.

• Both unfold in a specific time and are presented in a sequence of events or stories.

What is one of the main processes when adapting a literary work to film?

• Translation

• Transposition

• Re-interpretation

• Free adaptation

Who was one of the pioneers in the introduction of simple technical devices in cinema, such as close-ups?

• Alfred Hitchcock

• Quentin Tarantino

• Orson Welles

• D.W. Griffith

What term is used to describe the cinematic version of a work of art, such as a play or opera, when it is kept intact and recorded with a camera or microphone?

• Re-interpretation

• Transposition

• Adaptation

• Interpretation

What is one of the influences of cinema on literature, according to Claude-Edmonde Magny?

• Interdependence

• Convergence

• Coincidence

• Direct influence

What is one of the aspects that literature has taken from cinema to solve some narrative problems?

• The construction of space in relation to the physical and optical movements of the character.

• The modification of words and suprasegmental characteristics.

• The modification of kinetic behavior.

• The indication of non-verbal communicative activities of the characters.

What was one of the film trends that focused on classic British novels during the 'Golden Age' of cinema?

• War cinema

• Cinematic realism

• Free cinema

• Detective cinema

What is one of the didactic considerations for implementing cinema and literature in English lessons?

• Develop meaningful activities where students can be aware of language use in real situations through everyday activities, such as watching a movie.

• Work on gender equality through movies like 'Oliver Twist' or 'Little Women'.

• Promote students' language competence in a motivating way.

• Foster students' foreign cultural awareness.

What is one of the critical approaches to the topic of the influence of cinema on literature?

• Literature has borrowed the techniques and perspectives that the use of the camera conveys in the work to expand the uses of writing and provide new approaches and techniques in writing.

• Cinema has been used as a reference corpus for literature, not only in terms of the techniques used, but also in terms of the author's intentions.

• Cinema has influenced the techniques of American novels, with authors like John Dos Passos using cinematic mechanisms in their works.

• Cinema has become a powerful means of expression and a big business, with many important writers turning to Hollywood to make a living.