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Textbook: The Short Guide to Writing About Film
Movie + Literature
a. sharing of feelings about humanity and society in stable length to tell the story.
b. Movie = visually
c. Literature = verbally
No body can authorize how you view a literature or art. We share our feelings.
李歐梵 Ophius
a. 著名教授 主要研究領域為文學及文化研究
b. 李歐梵自述：「音樂畢竟是我一生的摯愛，沒有音樂我也活不下去、寫不下去。」
「我的日常生活也被音樂填滿了：清晨起來第一件事情就是大開唱片機聽音樂。」
*** 感受 (feeling, emotions, sharing)
Most of the movies are being rearranged from a novel.
a. ex. Shakespeare, 雨果, Les Miserable
Approaches of movies and films:
1. Thematic approach
Shakespeare (end of the century)
Films based on novels
Modern Classics from Shakespeare
Life and Death, Love and Lost, Dream and Adventure
Stimulating influence of teacher
2. Genre approach
3. History approach
4. Critical approach
Recommended movies:
* Ordinary People (1980)
* Voyager (1991)
The French Lieutenant’s Woman (an open ended novel)
The Scarlet Letter
She’s the Man
The Working Girl
The Bucket List
American Splendor
* Wit (Death be not Proud by John Donne)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS-m0UAB3uQ
A Walk to Remember
Dead Poets Society
Educating Rita
Mona Lisa Smile
Freedom Carrier
Mr. Holland’s Opus
* A Chorus Line 歌舞線上
* Babette's Feast 芭比得盛宴
* The Reader 為愛朗讀
Syllabus:
