American Literature and Film Class M 2-4:50‚ Bunche 2170 Professor Elizabeth Marchant Office 2222 Rolfe‚ W 11-12 Phone 206-8101 marchant@women.ucla.edu Mailbox in 1120 Rolfe Course Description This comparative survey of cultural expression in Latin America will emphasize works produced or set in late-19th and early-20th centuries. We will consider different Latin American cultural contexts and concentrate on how gender‚ sexuality‚ race‚ and class are absorbed and reflected in literature and film
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The Judgment of Oskar Schindler Judge: "Members of the jury‚ we are present today to decide the level of virtue possessed by Oskar Schindler during World War II. It will be up to you to take in the facts presented by both the State and the defense and make an informed and unbiased decision. Please take extra care not to allow the influences of other philosophers‚ such as Hobbes‚ Mill‚ and Kant‚ interfere with your decision as only Aristotle’s views shall be tolerated. We would like to thank
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Importance of Being Earnest”: Text and Film Comparison The most memorable and telling line of Oscar Wilde’s play "The Importance of Being Earnest" is perhaps its last‚ as Jack Worthing gleefully announces‚ "I’ve now realized for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest" (Wilde 313). The "vital importance" of this line‚ and its significance‚ constitutes the core difference between the play and Oliver Parker’s film adaptation. As with any film adaptation‚ there are various subtle
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Comparison and Contrast of The Hobbit and The Hobbit Films The Hobbit: An unexpected journey and The Hobbit: The desolation of Smaug had a great director; Peter Jackson to keep every original concept that J.R.R. Tolkien would have in mind if he was the one to direct these movies. They kept that it’s not only about getting Dwarves their homeland back‚ but the development of a quiet‚ stay at home and stay safe Hobbit. Most of the characters were well interpreted into the movie like Thorin’s
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Ecocriticism is the study of literature and environment from an interdisciplinary point of view where all sciences come together to analyze the environment and brainstorm possible solutions for the correction of the contemporary environmental situation. Ecocriticism was officially heralded by the publication of two seminal works‚[citation needed] both published in the mid-1990s: The Ecocriticism Reader‚ edited by Cheryll Glotfelty and Harold Fromm‚ and The Environmental Imagination‚ by Lawrence Buell
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My Reaction Paper: Literature in Ben Hur Film I cannot think of a better movie about the early days of Christianity than this one. There are others‚ of course‚ but none has the grandeur and the spectacular dimension of Ben-Hur. I gladly and proudly give Ben-Hur a score of 10 out of 10! “In order to know the history of nation’s spirit‚ one must read its literature.” Ben Hur film exposes history of Romans and Jews. The novel that was adopted was written in a less vulgar time about a very spiritual
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between Beowulf and “Beowulf” Beowulf‚ an epic written down in the year 1060 by the Beowulf Poet‚ is the epitome of what true writing is‚ defining the standard of the epic itself. The more modern film of “Beowulf”‚ produced in 2007‚ is an attempt to do justice to the Beowulf Poet’s masterpiece. The poem and film have several key similarities and differences which influence the reader/viewer. Important similarities between the two include the heroic characteristics of Beowulf and the severing of Grendel’s
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Horror is a film genre intended to receive a negative emotional response from the audience. Comedy‚ on the other hand is intended to make the audience laugh. Horror films and comedy films‚ both attract sizable audiences every year; beside the simple fact that horror films were produced to scare people‚ and comedy films were produced to make people laugh‚ both genres share plenty of differences‚ but also some similarities. Horror films are those known to create fear by depicting gore‚ ghosts‚ killers
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In the films‚ The Secret in Their Eyes‚ directed by Juan Jose Campanella‚ and The Official Story‚ directed by Luis Puenzo‚ both directors create a revealing depiction of 1970s Buenos Aires. Although neither story takes place during the actual “Dirty War‚” the subject serves as the backdrop for both films‚ illustrating how political turmoil has impacted society in Argentina. During this period also known as the “Holy War‚” ruthless government retaliations to a growing Marxist-Leninist revolutionary
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The Polanski film Death and the Maiden is a wonderful and intelligent interpretation of Ariel Dorfman’s human rights problem play. Polanski has produced‚ in this film‚ an exceptional piece of direction‚ in which his own personal‚ emotional input is evident. The main theme of the play is an extremely personal one for both playwright (and scriptwriter) and director. Both Dorfman and Polanski have had to face and flee the horrors of dictatorship and human rights violations: Dorfman in Chile‚ under General
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