Resources
Bibliography for Teachers
"Bildungsroman." The Oxford Companion to English Literature, edited by Birch, Dinah. Oxford University Press, 2009. Accessed June 10, 2018. http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780192806871.001.0001/acref-9780192806871-e-798.
Cahir, Linda Costanzo. Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches. McFarland &, 2006. This book is a great introduction into film as it provides not only terminology and describes film theory, but has a lot of examples for teachers to use in their own classroom.
Conger, Clay. "How Wes Anderson Uses Mise En Scène." StudioBinder. June 25, 2018. Accessed July 15, 2018. https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/mise-en-scene/. This article goes over the variety of ways Anderson uses mise-en-scene and really helps you to understand the concept.
"A Director Prepares: Visual Script Breakdown." W(A/O)NDERING Filmmaking. January 03, 2016. Accessed July 10, 2018. https://waondering.com/2014/08/09/a-director-prepares-visual-script-breakdown/. This article breaks down various ways a director may approach a text or script and annotate it and begin to translate it to film.
Fejer, Azhar Noori and Rosli Talif. “Individual Mobility and the Sense of “Deadlock”: A Cultural Materialist Analysis of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar.” SAGE Open, 2014, 4 (3): 1-10. Accessed July 1, 2018. DOI: 10.1177/2158244014547180. A resource that has a wealth of information about the historical and social context of Sylvia Plath’s world, as well as some biographical information. This also has detailed analysis of the novel and characters.
Goldberg, Matt. "1957 Letter from J.D. Salinger Explains Why Catcher in the Rye Wouldn't Work as a Movie." Collider. February 27, 2012. Accessed July 10, 2018. http://collider.com/catcher-in-the-rye-movie-rejection-jd-salinger/. This site has a jpeg of the actually typed letter from Salinger to Mr. Herbert explaining why he doesn’t want anyone to make a movie of his book. This would be great to project on the board to show students.
Golden, John. Reading in the Dark: Using Film as a Tool in the English Classroom. Urbana: National Council of Teachers of English, 2001. This is a great resource to teach students the language and film and where I got the ideas to teach about shots, angles, lighting, etc.
Graham, Sarah. Salinger's the Catcher in the Rye. London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007. Accessed July 11, 2018. ProQuest Ebook Central. This resource not only gives historical and social context, but gives great information about Holden and chapter summaries and analysis.
Hawker, Phillipa. “Kirsten Dunst Film Adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar Underway.” The Australian. July 30, 2016. Accessed July 15, 2018. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/kirsten-dunst-film-adaptation-of-sylvia-plaths-the-bell-jar-underway/news-story/a0954b12e51d1fce2a90fac60caa31e9.
Hutcheon, Linda. A Theory of Adaptation. Routledge, 2006. This book is helpful in understanding what adaptation really as it moves from one medium to the next.
Plath, Sylvia. The Bell Jar. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996.
Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1991.
Seglem, Robyn.“YA lit, Music and Movies: Creating REEL Interest in the Language Arts Classroom.” ALAN Review, 2006, 33 (3): 76-80. Accessed June 5, 2018. https://doi.org/10.21061/alan.v33i3.a.11. This article has convincing rationale as to why teachers should use film in the classroom and details a great project that she uses -- this inspired the culminating activity for this unit.
Seger, Linda. The Art of Adaptation:Turning Fact and Fiction into Film. New York: Holt Paperbacks, 1992. This book really focuses on how to take novels, short stories, plays, and nonfiction stories and turn them into adaptations. It has practical advice for filmmakers (and subsequently our students) making an adaptation.
Shields, David, and Shane Salerno. Salinger. Simon & Schuster, 2013. This is documentary that can give teachers more insight into the life of J.D. Salinger.
Twenge, Jean M. IGEN: Why Today's Super-connected Kids Are Growing up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy-... -and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood--and What. Atria Books, 2018. This gives important information and data about teenage depression rising because of cell phones and the use of technology.
Walds, Matthew L. “Psychiatrist Files a Libel Suit over Film of Plath's 'Bell Jar'.” New York Times, Jan. 14 1987. Accessed June 10, 2018. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/110615026?accountid=15172. This article will give teachers insight into the controversy surrounding the 1979 movie adaptation of The Bell Jar.
Reading and Viewing Lists for Students
The Bell Jar, directed by Larry Peerce. AVCO Embassy Pictures, 1979. Scenes from this made-for TV film will be used as a point of comparison for the novel and as an example of adaptation.
Plath, Sylvia. The Bell Jar. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1996.
Salinger, J. D. The Catcher in the Rye. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1991.
Shields, David, and Shane Salerno. Salinger. Simon & Schuster, 2013. This is documentary that can give students more insight in to the life of J.D. Salinger.
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