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NBR: Film and Literature Class... what would you do?
We are trying to add more upper level English classes to our high school, and I've been thinking of bringing in a Film and Literature class. I have a few ideas for books I'd like to use, but am looking for other suggestions (and of course this is the place to ask!).
If you had an opportunity to teach a Film and Literature class to Seniors (and possibly juniors), what books (fiction and non-fiction), short stories, plays, poetry, etc., would you read and then analyze the film version? Also, looking for a few films not based on literature to look at.
Thanks!
If you had an opportunity to teach a Film and Literature class to Seniors (and possibly juniors), what books (fiction and non-fiction), short stories, plays, poetry, etc., would you read and then analyze the film version? Also, looking for a few films not based on literature to look at.
Thanks!
Books Read in 2016: 4/50
Re: NBR: Film and Literature Class... what would you do?
I hadn't thought about Emma and Clueless. Thanks!
I was also thinking about throwing in some Shakespeare (Taming of the Shrew) and 10 Things I Hate About You.
What about modern fiction? A couple on my list: The Secret Life of Bees, Life of Pi (maybe), Divergent (since the film is coming out in the spring).
Is The Perks of Being a Wallflower appropriate to teach in schools?
Pygmalion - My Fair Lady - She’s All That
A man makes a bet that he can turn an unattractive, socially awkward woman into a beautiful and popular one. Complications occur when he takes all the credit for her change.
Taming of the Shrew - Kiss Me Kate - 10 Things I Hate About You - Deliver Us from Eva
A father will not allow his popular younger daughter to marry until her unpopular older sister has been married first. A man makes a bet that he can turn the strong, angry woman into a docile woman in love. Complications occur when he falls in love with her.
Cinderella - Pretty Woman - Ever After
A poor, but honest, young woman is gifted with the materials she needs to win over a wealthy man.
Romeo and Juliet - West Side Story - William Shakespeare’s Romeo+Juliet (Dicaprio)
Two young people, whose communities are violent towards one another, fall in love. They hide their relationship and plan to run away together (with the help of a drug dealer), but due to some complications they end up committing suicide.
Othello - O
One man takes his jealousy out on another, completely ruining the other man’s life, including convincing him that his wife is cheating on him.
Twelfth Night - She’s the Man (Amanda Bynes)
A girl arrives in a new place and pretends to be her twin brother, resulting in comical romantic entanglements
The Tempest - Forbidden Planet - Tempest (1982 Molly Ringwald) - There's a newer one with Helen Mirren as Prospero now
A powerful man takes control of an island, affecting the lives of people he used to know (including his own daughter). Having been exiled, he causes a storm to wreck his enemies on the island. His sometimes-unwilling servants help him to get revenge. Complications include his daughter falling in love with the son of one of his enemies.
Hamlet - The Lion King
A young man comes home from college to find his father dead and his mother married to his uncle (his father’s brother). Suspecting his uncle murdered his father for his money, the young man acts like he’s lost his mind in order to find out what really happened.
Dangerous Liaisons (book and movie) - Cruel Intentions
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (book and movie) - Willy Wonka
Emma (book and miniseries) - Clueless
Love’s Labour’s Lost - musical version (2000 Cole Porter)
Chicago (1926 play) - Roxie Hart (1942 movie with Ginger Rogers) - Chicago (Catherine Zeta Jones movie)
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Davinci Code/Angels and Demons
Dune
Time Traveler's Wife
A ton of Stephen King (but the best is The Body ---> Stand By Me)
Flowers in the Attic
Mists of Avalon
Princess Bride
Jurassic Park (and other Michael Crichton books)
Dracula has tons of adaptations
LotR
HP
http://www.imdb.com/list/o9e6AZ0j2DU/ This is a pretty good list (has lots of diff genres and reading levels, but it's 3 pages to go through...)
the keira knightley version is OK, they make a couple of changes that irritate me but it's fairly true to the story. Definitely a Shakespeare. for the modern I'd really recommend The Help if you can get away with it, great story and great adaptation.
2014: 4/40
[2010: 63] [2011: 35] [2012: 23] [2013: 27]
my read shelf:
Izzy and Baby A ~ Adorable Punks
Izzy and Baby A ~ Adorable Punks
Also Breakfast at Tiffany's comes to mind.