Intro to Lit: October 2009

Thursday, October 8, 2009

From the BBC/A&E mini-series:

A web portal for all things Jane Austen, which includes a link to a searchable Pride and Prejudice e-text:

http://www.pemberley.com/

See Elizabeth and Darcey's first meeting in the 1995 BBC/A&E Mini-series starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmn3s-vHzc

Please post your reading response question for the first 10 chapters of Pride and Prejudice below.

The 1987 film adaptation of "The Dead" starring Anjelica Houston.
Dubliners you will like Joyce's novel Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Pride and Prejudice think about renting the odd but fun 2008 British tv mini-series "Lost in Austen." It follows the adventures of Amanda, a modern day British woman who finds a portal in her bathroom to the fictional world of Pride and Prejudice.
Pride and Prejudice you will like Emma by Jane Austen.
Pride and Prejudice you will like the 1995 BBC/A&E miniseries closely based on the book.
Twelfth Night you might want to see the 1996 film version, starring Helena Bonham Carter as Olivia and Ben Kingsley as Feste.
Twelfth Night you might like some of Shakespeare's other comedies, such as As you Like it or Much Ado about Nothing.
The Namesake you might like another recent novel by Zadie Smith called White Teeth (2000).
The Namesake you might like a couple of films with similar themes, East is East (1999), My Son the Fanatic (1999), and Bend it Like Bekham (2002).
The Namesake you will like Lahiri's Unaccustomed Earth: Stories
The Namesake you will like Lahiri's pulizer prize winning Interpreter of Maladies