Unit 1 The Power of Narrative
Section 1.1 Introduction: Issues, Strategies, and Methodologies
To begin your forrays into the World Wide Web, we recommend that you familiarize yourselves with some of the general resources that are available for the study of literature and film. This list is by no means comprehensive, but it does provide a starting point for your own searches.
You may return to this page as you work through the course materials, and again, when you begin researching your essay topics later on in the course.
Film:
- Screen Site, the most academic film site on the world wide web, provides access to film and television resources through the World Wide Web. Its primary purpose is to facilitate the study of film/TV. As opposed to some web sites that take more of a fan's approach to the media, ScreenSite stresses the teaching and research of film and television and is designed for educators and students.
- The American Communication Association Film Studies Page links pages on film scholarship, film studies, the business of film, and screenwriting. This is another excellent place to begin.
- Sarah Zupko's Movie House, part of her larger Cultural Studies Centre, indexes movies reviews, databases, film festivals, specific films as well as magazines and e-zines about film.
- The Greatest Films site contains interpretive, descriptive review commentary and historical background, and hundreds of colourful, vintage film posters for some of the best Hollywood and American classic films in the last century.
- Alan Liu's Voice of the Shuttle Media Pages offers a comprehensive index of web pages relating to Film and Video. Spend time here!
Literature:
- Alan Liu's Voice of the Shuttle is a remarkable, comprehensive site indexing the best of the World Wide Web relating to literary, media, and cultural studies.
- The Great Writers and Poets page indexes home pages about various authors from around the world.
- Malaspina College's Great Books Home Page indexes web sites about writers as well as directors.
- Bartelby Library archives full text electronic versions of Great Books mostly from Anglo-American traditions.
- Jack Lynch's On-line Literary Resources indexes internet resources on literature and writing by period and genre.
- General Resources on Film and Literature.
