Category: Lesson Plans
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Algorithmic Canals and Digital Dikes: Adapting the Legend of Yu the Great in City of Choice
This lesson plan analyzes how Gu Shi’s contemporary novella City of Choice adapts the legend of Yu the Great to teach climate fiction and adaptation studies.
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Visual Storytelling in El hombre de Maisinicú / The Man from Maisinicu
This lesson plan focuses on the graphic novel El hombre de Maisinicú / The Man from Maisinicu, which adapts the 1973 film of the same name.
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Adapting and Visualizing a Legend: Teaching Yu the Great
This lesson plan focuses on the 2007 graphic novel Yu the Great: Conquering the Flood, which adapts the ancient Chinese legend of Yu the Great.
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Inferno 5 and Pop Music, Then and Now
Author: Elizabeth (Beth) Coggeshall Peer-Reviewers: Kathryn McClain and James FleuryWebsite Developer: Kristen Figgins Inferno 5 and Pop Music, Then and Now Course: ITT 3114: Dante’s Inferno Summary: This lesson is the keystone of my introductory course on Dante’s Inferno (in English translation), which I offer every fall to 60 undergraduates at Florida State University. The…
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“‘In New York You Can Be a New Man’: Adapting American Mythology in Hamilton”
Author: Rachel M. Hartnett, College of Coastal Georgia, Survey of American LiteraturePeer-Reviewers: Kathryn McClain and James FleuryWebsite Developer: Kristen Figgins Summary This lesson originates from a lower-division undergraduate survey of American literature I taught at the University of Florida in Fall 2018. The course served as an introduction to well-known texts and authors…
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“L’Inferno (1911): Encountering Adaptation Through Silent Cinema”
Author: T. A. Morris, University of Florida, LIT2110–World Literature: Ancient to RenaissancePeer-Reviewers: Kathryn McClain and James FleuryWebsite Developer: Kristen Figgins Lesson Title: “L’Inferno (1911): Encountering Adaptation Through Silent Cinema” Summary This lesson covers a screening and discussion of the Dantescan silent film adaptation L’Inferno (1911). Italian and English language editions of this film…
