Movies as LiteratureDesign-A-Study, 2002 - 335 Seiten This complete, one-year high school English course uses classic movies on video to introduce and study the elements of literary analysis. Student discussion and composition questions are provided for each of 17 lessons, several of which can also be used to supplement studies in grades 7 and 8. Also included are an extensive teacher s guide/answer key, plot summaries, glossary of literary terms, and final exam. This course will not only give students the tools to appreciate good books more fully, but will equip them with the ability to discern underlying messages in movies rather than simply absorb them. The following 17 movies are covered by Movies As Literature: Shane, Friendly Persuasion, The Quiet Man, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Music Man, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, The Maltese Falcon, Rear Window, Emma, The Philadelphia Story, The Journey of August King, To Kill A Mockingbird, A Raisin in the Sun, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Henry V, A Man For All Seasons, and Chariots of Fire." |
Inhalt
WHY MOVIES ? | 7 |
WRITING AN ESSAY | 18 |
FRIENDLY PERSUASION | 29 |
THE QUIET MAN | 35 |
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE | 41 |
THE MUSIC MAN | 47 |
E T THE EXTRATERRESTRIAL | 53 |
THE MALTESE FALCON | 59 |
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD | 89 |
A RAISIN IN THE SUN | 95 |
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK | 101 |
HENRY V | 107 |
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS | 113 |
CHARIOTS OF FIRE | 121 |
FINAL EXAM | 129 |
SHANE | 135 |
REAR WINDOW | 65 |
EMMA | 71 |
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY | 77 |
THE JOURNEY OF AUGUST KING | 83 |
FRIENDLY PERSUASION | 146 |
THE QUIET MAN | 157 |
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE | 166 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Academy Award action African American Annalees Answers may vary Atticus Atticus Finch audience August King aunts behavior believes Belloq Beneatha Birdwell Boo Radley Brigid Character development Chariots of Fire comedy comedy of manners Connor considered contrast Cromwell Dexter dialogue director Elliot Elton Emma Eric Liddell example Explain face falcon father fight Film techniques foreshadow give Gutman Harold Abrahams Harriet Henry’s hero Hill homesteaders humor Identify Indiana Jones irony Jeff Jonathan Josh KILL A MOCKINGBIRD killed King Henry later Liddell look Maltese Falcon Marian marry Mary Kate means meant More's Mortimer motive movie murder opening scene person Philadelphia Story play plot point of view position Questions for Compositions Questions for Discussion reaction refers Rich Ryker says screwball screwball comedy Sean Shane shot Spade story suggest symbolism Teacher's Note tells theme Tom Robinson Tracy Walter wants Watch wife words