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8/13/2019 Teaching Literature in Film
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INTRODUCTION
This is a study of how literature istaught in films which are based in a
classroom setting and are usually
about a teacher who has inspired hisor her students to higher
achievements.
It includes an overview of techniquesthat have been used by such movies
as well as the idea that a teacher
offers emotional support as well asacademic uidance.
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To Sir, With Love
1967 film starringSidney Poitier as MarkThackeray, a teacherat a school in the EastEnd of London.
Based on a novel ofthe same name byE.R. Braithwaite.
The students come
from toughbackgrounds, brokenfamilies and havebeen rejected by mostother schools.
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Thackeray doesntjust teach them thestandard curriculum;he also instructsthem in matter suchas composure anddeportment.
Before he teachesthem Shakespeare,he actually takesthem to a museumand to see some ofShakespeares playsperformed.
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Dead Poets Society
1989 film starringRobin Williams asJohn Keating, a newteacher of poetry atthe traditional andconservative WeltonAcademy in 1959.
His teachingmethods areinnovative and hefirmly believes thatpoetry must be feltand experiencedrather than justlearned and taught.
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Ripping of the pageswith the almost-mathematicalintroduction to the
reading of poetry. Unconventional
teaching methodssuch as the march in
the courtyard. His insistence on
self-expression andencouragement.
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Dangerous Minds
1995 film starringMichelle Pfeiffer asLouAnne Johnson,an ex-marine who
takes on thedifficult job ofteaching poetry inan inner-city school
class of TheRejects.
Based on MyPosse Dont Do
Homework
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Unorthodox
teaching methods
such as the
incentive system. Use of popular
music to introduce
symbolism and
metaphor. The Dylan-Dylan
contest.
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Teaches Holocaust
poetry through
actual meetings
with Holocaustsurvivors.
Student diaries
which were later
published as TheFreedom Writers
Journals.
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Based on true storiesare plausibleexamples of classroom teaching.
Literature is not just a subject to be
taught, it has a moral purpose and it isupto the teachers to bring that up.
A teacher who instills belief in students
and encourages them to explore,question and create.