Adaptation: Literature, Film and Society

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 18.03.06

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Content Objectives
  3. Teaching Strategies
  4. Classroom Activities
  5. Resources
  6. Appendix
  7. Notes

Fahrenheit 451 in 2018: Can film bring Ray Bradbury’s classic into the modern age?

Jennifer L. Mazzocco

Published September 2018

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Resources

Bibliography for Teachers

Bahrani, Ramin, dir. Fahrenheit 451. (2018; New York: Home Box Office, 2018), Digital video.

Bahrani, Ramin. “Why ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Is the Book for Our Social Media Age.” The New York Times (New York, NY), May 10, 2018. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/books/review/fahrenheit-451-ray-bradbury.html.

Berg, Chris. “‘Goddamn you all to hell!’: The Revealing Politics of Dystopian Movies.” IPA Review, March 2008.

Blasingame, James and Frank Serafini. “The Changing Face of the Novel.” The Reading Teacher 66, no. 2 (2012): 145-148.

Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2018.

Cahir, Linda Costanzo. Literature into Film: Theory and Practical Approaches. North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2006.

Nichols, Phil. “Classics Cut to Fit? Fahrenheit 451 and Its Appeal in Other Media.” In Critical Insights: Fahrenheit 451, edited by Rafeeq O. McGiveron, 92-106. Massachusetts: Salem Press, 2013.

Zipes, Jack. “Mass Degradation of Humanity and Massive Contradictions in Bradbury’s Vision of America in Fahrenheit 451.” In No Place Else: Explorations in Utopian and Dystopian Fiction, edited by Eric S. Rabkin, Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander, 182-198. Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, 1983.

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