Section 9.1: Novel Recipes for Revolution: Esquivel's Like Water for Chocolate
Supplementary Reading
The cover design for Like Water for Chocolate.
For this unit, search the Web through any search tool you wish for specifically feminine forms of writing, such as recipes and romance.
In North America, what kinds of writing seem to be addressed to female audiences? Are these similar in form, in imagery, or in outlook to the genres that Esquivel plays with in her novel?
Section 9.2: Translating from Novel to Film
Supplementary Reading
Browse through this index of Film Studies Resources from the University of Iowa library to find information on the art of literary adaptation and on film analysis.
