Exploration of Time and Space in Modern Literature

Delve into the intricate relationships between time and space within modern literary works, examining settings ranging from forests to manor houses, police stations, and dilapidated castles. Discover how temporal relations such as linear plots and flashback sequences contribute to the narrative structure, while also exploring the symbolic functions of settings as manifestations of power and downfall. This study provides a fascinating insight into the organization and interpretation of information in contemporary literature.

• Time
• Space
• Literature
• Modern
• Settings

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1. TIME AND SPACE IN AD MODULE 2 UNIT 5 AGNIESZKA CHMIEL ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY IN POZNAN Dept. of Legal, Language, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Section of in Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators University of Trieste, Via Filzi, 14 - 34144 Trieste, Italy Project numberStudies: 2016-1-IT02-KA203-024311 www.adlabproject.eu FUNDED BY THE ERASMUS + PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

2. WHEN AND WHERE?

3. ORGANISATION OF INFORMATION GENERAL DETAILS

4. A forest. (Obawa) In a bar. (Uwik anie) A monolithic town. (A girl with the dragon tattoo)

5. In the publishing house. (Rewers) At night in the manor house. (Ranczo) The terracotta and sandy-coloured spires and domes of Oxford. (Brideshead revisited)

6. A morning in the forest. Silvery frost covers the ground and tree branches. (Listy do M.)

8. FUNCTION OF SETTINGS Background to the action (a police station).

9. FUNCTION OF SETTINGS Symbol of power (castle).

10. FUNCTION OF SETTINGS Symbol of downfall (dilapidated castle).

11. TEMPORAL RELATIONS Linear plot vs. non-chronological order of events. Flashbacks and flashforwards.

12. TEMPORAL RELATIONS Principle of continuity. If broken indicate change in the AD.

13. Modern times. Sabina leans on her stick as she walks around the arrivals hall. It s the fifties again. (Rewers)

14. FLASHBACKS She remembers seeing the tree frozen. (Ice Age 2) The same tree comes back in her winter time memories. (Epoka lodowcowa 2)

15. SETTINGS = CHARACTERS The Hours: Virginia Woolf, London, 1920s.

16. SETTINGS = CHARACTERS The Hours: Laura, Los Angeles, 1951.

17. SETTINGS = CHARACTERS The Hours: Clarissa, New York, 2001.

18. FAMILIAR VS. UNFAMILIAR SETTINGS

19. REFERENCES Remael, A., Reviers, N., Vercauteren, G. (2015) Pictures painted in Words. ADLAB Audio Description guidelines. Trieste: EUT, www.adlabproject.eu/Docs/adlab%20book/index.html

20. TIME AND SPACE IN AD MODULE 2 UNIT 5 AGNIESZKA CHMIEL ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY IN POZNAN Dept. of Legal, Language, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Section of in Modern Languages for Interpreters and Translators University of Trieste, Via Filzi, 14 - 34144 Trieste, Italy Project numberStudies: 2016-1-IT02-KA203-024311 www.adlabproject.eu FUNDED BY THE ERASMUS + PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

21. The preparation of this presentation was supported by ADLAB PRO (Audio Description: A Laboratory for the Development of a New Professional Profile), financed by the European Union under the Erasmus+ Programme, Key Action 2 Strategic Partnerships, Project number:2016-1-IT02-KA203-024311.

22. The information and views set out in this presentation are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official opinion of the European Union. Neither the European Union institutions and bodies nor any person acting on their behalf may be held responsible for the use which may be made of the information contained therein.