Category: Lesson Plans
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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…
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