ENGL 420 Literature and Film Spring 2016 Course Outline Date Topic Readings and or Screenings Due Dates 1/14 Course introduction 1/19 Animal Studies Studies and Film: “Animal An interview with Matthew Brower;” Shapiro and DeMello, “The State of Human-Animal Studies” 1/21 Aesthetic rubric for Cahir, and Novellas “Novels adaptations into Film and an Aesthetic Rubric for Film Translations of Literature” 1/26 Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea 1/28 In-class screening, Aleksandr Petrov’s The Old Man and the Sea 2/4 The Old Man and the Sea discussion 2/6 Looking at Animals Berger, Look at “Why Animals?” Burt, “John Berger’s Why Look at A Close Reading” Animals, 2/9 In-class screening, Film theory, “Nenette: Nicolas Philibert’s animals, and boredom” Nenette 2/11 discussion Gruen, Captivity, Nenette Sequence “Dignity, and an Ethics of Sight.” analysis 2/16 Poe, Murders in the Rue Murders in the Rue Morgue Morgue 2/18 Murders in the Rue Morgue 2/23 (novel) Michael Morpurgo, War War DeMello, Horse; Speaking for “Introduction: Animals” 2/25 War Horse 3/1 Parker-Starbuck, The Making of War Horse “Animal documentary (in-class Ontologies and Media screening) Representations: Robotics, Puppets, and the Real of War Horse;”
ENGL 420 Literature and Film Spring 2016 Course Outline Date Topic Readings and or Screenings Due Dates 1/14 Course introduction 1/19 Animal Studies “Animal Studies and Film: An interview with Matthew Brower;” Shapiro and DeMello, “The State of Human-Animal Studies” 1/21 Aesthetic rubric for adaptations Cahir, “Novels and Novellas into Film and an Aesthetic Rubric for Film Translations of Literature” 1/26 The Old Man and the Sea Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea 1/28 In-class screening, Aleksandr Petrov’s The Old Man and the Sea 2/4 The Old Man and the Sea discussion 2/6 Looking at Animals Berger, “Why Look at Animals?” Burt, “John Berger’s Why Look at Animals, A Close Reading” 2/9 In-class screening, Nicolas Philibert’s Nenette “Nenette: Film theory, animals, and boredom” 2/11 Nenette discussion Gruen, “Dignity, Captivity, and an Ethics of Sight.” Sequence analysis 2/16 Murders in the Rue Morgue Poe, Murders in the Rue Morgue 2/18 Murders in the Rue Morgue 2/23 War (novel) Michael Morpurgo, War Horse; DeMello, “Introduction: Speaking for Animals” 2/25 War Horse 3/1 The Making of War Horse documentary (in-class screening) Parker-Starbuck, “Animal Ontologies and Media Representations: Robotics, Puppets, and the Real of War Horse;”