[10.1] Teaching Strategies for Interpreting and Constructing Media Texts

[10.2] Studying Film Adaptations of Literature and Theater

[10.2a] Different Modes of Adaptation

[10.3] Organizing the Curriculum Around Teaching Strategies for Interpreting and Constructing Media Texts

[10.3a] Comparing Differences in Experience of Different Types of Media

[10.3b] Interpreting and Producing Narratives

[10.3c] Interpreting Characters’ Actions, Beliefs, Agendas, Goals

[10.3d] Contextualizing Texts in Terms of Cultural and Historical Worlds

[10.3e] Defining Intertextual / Hyptertextual Connections Between Texts

[10.3f] Uses of Intertextuality in Language Use and Voices in Chat, Blogs, or MOOs

[10.3g] Judging Quality of Literary and Media Texts

[10.4] Designing Units

[10.4a] Techniques for Developing Units

[10.4b] Evaluation and Assessment of Learning

[10.5] References

[10.6] Teaching Activities

Powerpoints

[10.2a.1] Andrew, D. (1984). Concepts in film theory. New York: Oxford University Press.

[10.2a.2] Coursen, H. R. (1997). Teaching Shakespeare with film and television: A Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

[10.2a.3] Erksine, T. L., & Welsh, J. M. (2000). Video versions: Film adaptations of plays on video. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.

[10.2a.4] Ferrell, W. K. (2000). Literature and film as modern mythology. New York: Praeger.

[10.2a.5] McFarlane, B. (1996). Novel to film: An introduction to the theory of adaptation. New York: Oxford University Press.

[10.2a.6] Horror film adaptations [employed in Susan Crutchfield’s course, at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse]

[10.2a.7] The film, Adaptation, about issues of creating an adaptation of a book, The Orchid Thief, by Susan Orleon, (played by Meryl Streep) by two brothers (both played by Nicolas Cage) about a Florida man who is obsessed by a rare orchid (played by Chris Cooper).

[10.2a.8] Case studies of film adaptations

[10.2a.9] Early film adaptations

[10.2a.10] The American Short Story series, Part II [videos]

[10.2a.11] Cable in the Classroom [Shakespeare adaptations]

[10.2a.12] Tanya Gough, 10 Shakespeare DVD’s, Shakespeare Magazine

[10.2a.13] Mary Ciccone [teaching an on-line "Shakespeare in Film" course through Virtual High School, Shakespeare Magazine]

[10.2a.14] Mr. William Shakespeare [lots of links to Shakespeare sites]

[10.2a.15] Shakespeare High [on-line discussion, student resources]

[10.2a.16] Complete works of Shakespeare

[10.2a.17] Bravo Channel: Page to Screen [program features adaptations of specific books]

[10.2a.18] Fiction into Film

[10.2a.19] MacBeth on Film: British Film Institute

[10.2a.20] Teach with Movies Lesson Guide: Hamlet

Sites on teaching of literature:

[10.2a.21] Romeo & Juliet unit
[10.2a.22] Interactive Shakespeare Project
[10.2a.23] Lesson Plans: Literature adaptations on A&E Channel

Literature lesson plans:

[10.2a.24] Teachers.net
[10.2a.25] K-12 Literature
[10.2a.26] Discovery Channel School

[10.2a.27] Web English Teacher [activities for texts organized by author]

[10.2a.28] Links to literature [activities for texts organized by author]

[10.2a.29] Sparknotes: summaries organized by title

[10.2a.30] Larry McCaffery [100 greatest works of the 20th century]

[10.2a.31] Literature Classics [can be search by author or historical period]

[10.2a.32] Project Gutenberg [on-line texts]

Awesome Library: organized by author

[10.2a.33] Middle school literature
[10.2a.34] College literature
[10.2a.35] Poetry

[10.2a.36] C-Span American Writers series

[10.2a.37] Electronic Literature Website [links to current on-line literature]

[10.2a.38] Rave-Reviews: Best Selling Fiction in American [University of Virginia]

[10.2a.39] The Folger Shakespeare Library

[10.2a.40] Academy of American Poets

[10.2a.41] Voices of the Shuttle [hundreds of links]

[10.2a.42] Songs Inspired By Literature (SIBL)

[10.2a.43] Perspectives on American Literature [organized by historical period]

[10.2a.44] Literature of the Contact Zone [out-of-print literature that reflect a postcolonial perspective on the literature of empire]

[10.2a.45] Film for the Humanities [On-line catalogue organized by topics]

[10.2a.46] American Verse Project, University of Michigan [organized by poet]

The Annenberg Learning Channel series on teaching literature includes some useful material and teaching techniques for interpreting literary texts:

[10.2a.47] Conversations In Literature
[10.2a.48] In Search Of The Novel

[10.2a.49] Literature courses offered at Virtual High [search under language arts]

[10.2a.50]  Analysis of differences between the novel and film of Sense and Sensibility

[10.2a.51] Wikipedia: Film adapations

[10.2a.52] PBS: comparing films adaptations of Shakespeare

[10.2a.53] Ellen Moody: Jane Austen on Film: Or How to Make a Hit

[10.2a.54] American Film Institute: Modern Adaptations of Shakespeare

[10.2a.55] IMDB: Film adaptations

[10.2a.56] NPR: audio: Talk of the Nation: Film Adaptations of Books

[10.2a.57] Cutchins, D.  (2003).  Adaptations in the classroom: Using film to "read" The Great Gatsby.  Literature Film Quarterly.

[10.2a.58] Pittman, L. M.  (2004).  Taming 10 Things I Hate About You: Shakespeare and the teenage film audience.  Literature Film Quarterly.

[10.2a.59] Humbert, B. E.  (2002).  Cruel Intentions: Adaptations, teenage movie or remake? Literature Film Quarterly.

[10.2a.60] Information about 38 film adaptations

[10.2a.61] Film Education: Study Guides: Classic Books, Classic Films: The Novel and Its Adaptation/Classroom Classics: pdf downloads

[10.2a.62] Jane Marshall: Unit: America in Film and Fiction

[10.2a.63] Pamela J. Greene: Unit: Sherlock Holmes: Teaching English Through Detective Fiction.

[10.2a.64] Chico High School English Language and Literature Resources

[10.2a.65] Jack Lynch: Literary Resources on the Web

[10.2a.66] Voices in the Shuttle: Literature resources

[10.2a.67] About Literature: Contemporary Literature

[10.2a.68] Links to Places Literary

[10.2a.69] A Literary Index

[10.2a.70] Georgetown University: Electronic Archive for Teaching American Literature

[10.2a.71] Georgetown University: Electronic Archive of Teaching Materials and Resources

[10.2a.72] Open Directory: Literature

[10.2a.73] The Educator’s Reference Desk: Literature lesson plans

[10.2a.74] Edsitement: Literature lesson plans

[10.2a.75] Doucette Index: lesson plans

[10.2a.76] MIT: Open Source literature courses

[10.2a.77] Digital Book Index: links to more than 114,000 title records from more than 1800 commercial and non-commercial publishers, universities, and various private sites. About 75,000 of these books, texts, and documents are available free, while many others are available at very modest cost.

[10.2a.78] David Lavery, The Allusions of Television: references to literary texts in television

[10.2a.79] Teachwithmovies.org: Resources for teaching film adaptations

[10.2a.80] MIT course: Popular Narrative: Masterminds

[10.2a.81] Literature Village

For further reading in film adaptations:

Aebischer, P., Wheale, N., & Esche, E. (Eds.). (2003). Remaking Shakespeare: Performance Across media, genres and cultures. New York: Palgrave.

Bluestone, G. (2003). Novels into film. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Burt, R. (Ed.). (2002). Shakespeare after mass media. New York: St. Martin’s Press

Burt, R. & Boose, L. E. (Eds.). (2003). Shakespeare, the Movie II: Popularizing the plays on film, TV, video, and DVD. New York: Routledge.

Cahir, L. C.  (2006).  Literature into film: Theory and practical approaches.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company

Cartmall, D., & Whelehan, I. (Eds.). (1999). Adaptations: From text to screen, Screen to text. New York: Routledge.

Cartmell, D., Hunter, I. Q., & Whelehan, I. (Eds.). (2001). Retrovision: Reinventing the past in film and fiction. New York: Pluto Press.

Corrigan, T. (1999). Film and literature: An introduction and reader. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Elliott, K. (2003). Rethinking the novel/film debate. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Glavin, J. (2003). Dickens on screen. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Kroeber, K.  (2006).  Make believe in film and fiction: Visual vs. verbal storytelling.  New York: Palgrave.

Lehmann, C., & Starks, L.S. (2002). Spectacular Shakespeare: Critical theory and popular cinema. Teaneck, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.

Lothe, J. (2000). Narrative in fiction and film: An introduction. New York: Oxford University Press.

Lupack, B. T. (2002). Literary adaptations in Black American cinema: From Michieux to Morrison. Rochester, NY: Rochester University Press.

Miller, N. (Ed.) (2002). Reimagining Shakespeare for Children and Young Adults. Philadelphia: Taylor & Francis, Inc.

Mustazza, L.  (2006).  Literary filmography: 6,200 adaptations of books, short stories and other nondramatic works.  Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.

Naremore, J. (Ed.) (2000). Film adaptation. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.

Parrill, S. (2002). Jane Austen on film and television: A critical study of the adaptations. New York: MacFarland & Co.

Pucci, S. R., & Thompson, J. (Eds.) (2003). Jane Austen and co: Remaking the past in contemporary culture. Albany, NY: SUNY Pres.

Roberts, J. (2003). The great American playwrights on the screen: A critical guide to film, TV, Video, and DVD. New York: Applause Books.

Seger, L. (1992). The art of adaptation: Turning fact and fiction into film. New York: Henry Holt.

Sibley, B. (2002). The Making of the Movie Trilogy (The Lord of the Rings). Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Starks, L S., & Lehmann, C. (Eds.). (2002). The Reel Shakespeare: Alternative Cinema and Theory. Teaneck, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.

Tibbetts, J. C., &  Welsh, J. M.  (2005).  The encyclopedia of novels into film.   New York: Checkmark Books

Welsh, J. M., Vela, R., & Tibbetts, J. C. (2002). Shakespeare into film (Facts on File). New York: Checkmark Books.