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ENGL 2322: British Literature 2022

This guide was created for Brinkman's ENGL 2322 class; Fall 2022.

Assignment

For your second, and final, major project, you should select a movie that represents something Shakespearean. This could be something that takes place in Elizabethan England, an adaptation of a Shakespeare play, or a film that represents the life of William Shakespeare. Once you’ve watched the film, write a movie review that includes the following:

  1. An introduction and a conclusion paragraph.
  2. A summary of the film.
  3. A reflection about the film – what worked for you and what didn’t?
  4. Two well-developed paragraphs in which you compare/contrast the film to one of the Shakesepare works we’ve read this semester: sonnets, Venus and Adonis, or King Lear.

You must provide quotations from the film in your compare/contrast paragraphs – and they should be properly cited according to MLA. I will provide a resource with instructions. You must also provide quotations from the works we’ve read in these paragraphs.

Rubric

Category

Point Value

Notes

MLA Formatting

10

  • Heading, header, double-spaced,
  • paragraphs indented
  •  12-point TNR font
  • Works Cited page, properly formatted
  • In-text citations, properly formatted

Summary

15

  • Covers the plot of the movie and relevant details

Reflection

15

  • Evaluates what works and what doesn’t
  • Assertions are well-supported, explained, and developed

Compare Contrast

45

  • Two fully-developed paragraphs
  • Quotes from film and texts
  • Transitions between ideas
  • Topic sentences
  • Assertions are well-supported

Intro/Conclusion

15

  • Intro grabs the readers attention and sets up the review
  • Conclusion signals closure and leaves the reader something to think about
  • Both are well-developed

Roger Ebert was a famous movie critic.  For ideas, read some of his reviews of Shakespeare movies.

https://www.rogerebert.com/cast-and-crew/william-shakespeare 

Watch a Movie: Options for Access

Below are a selection of movies based Shakespeare's works or about him.

For additional movie options, please check Kanopy and our catalog first. Kanopy is a library movie streaming service, while the catalog lists movies you can request to check-out.

Also, there are streaming services where you can watch for movies for free. Or you might already subscribe to one such as Netflix, Prime, or Hulu.

If you need help locating a film, please don't hesitate to ask a librarian.

Movie Examples

Quoting Movies

Works Cited

Wuthering Heights. Directed by William Wyler, Samuel Goldwyn Films, 1939.

Wuthering Heights. Directed by William Wyler, Samuel Goldwyn Films, 1939. Kanopy app.

In-Text

(Wuthering Heights)

(Wuthering Heights 00:36:24-35).

(Title hr:min:sec).

Quoting Plays

Works Cited

Shakespeare, William. King Lear. W. W. Norton & Company, 2008.

 

In-Text

(Shakespeare, 1. 1 lines 247-249)

(Shakespeare, 1. 1 268-275)

(Playwright's Last Name, Act. Scene lines #-##)


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