To understand the dangers of interpreting literary works primarily through the history, social customs, and values of the period portrayed in the work, students should imagine themselves 3 centuries in the future considering a modern work of art. For example, they should try to interpret the movie, "The Graduate," as a reflection of the…

The study of perceptual genres offers opportunities for the treatment of films in a variety of course structures. (JH)

Drawing on the expertise of colleagues in technology and filmmaking, high school teacher Joe Bucolo helps students demonstrate the critical comprehension, mastery, and creative insight that transpire from close study of Shakespeare's plays. Production Teams examine the context and language of Shakespeare's scenes, interview an expert, and address…

Examines the published film scripts for three movies in discussing the value of reading such scripts as a part of film study in the classroom. (RD)

Suggests language arts instructors use film adaptations as well as novels to teach literature. (PRA)

Suggests that the movie "E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial:" is a classic because it touches a mythic nerve--every person's impulse to find a home within an alien environment. Proposes that E.T.'s story, with its New Testament parallels, can be used to teach literary allusion. (MM)

Describes several classroom exercises designed to make film grammar and narrative structure clear to the student. (RBW)

There are rich teaching possibilities in the comparative study of prose and film versions of the same story. (JH)

Considers two basic premises for teaching film study in the two-year college and suggests ways to cut the costs of purchasing filmmaking equipment and film rentals. (RB)

Aspects to consider in studying the film "The Red Kite" are (1) a synopsis of the story, which concerns a young father's musings about life and death; (2) the film's structure, which focuses on the father's encounters in a store, on a bus, in his home, at a party, and finally on a hill while flying the kite; (3) possible themes, such as…

Suggests ways to get students interested in talking seriously about comedy. (RL)

A course in gay literature, intended to help raise the consciousness of gay college students, is described. (JH)

The use of films in the classroom can help motivate students not only to write but also to consciously employ literary techniques. A film offers visual and audio parallels for conventions traditionally associated with writing, such as metaphor, plot, theme, point-of-view, dialect, satire, and imagery. Since these film conventions can be directly…

Uses ideas contained in King's book as the basis for a unit on critical analysis of horror films for composition students. (NKA)