2020 Conference Archive
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Teaching Practices (Poster Only) – Analysis, synthesis, reflection, and discussion
Abstract
The ability to transfer knowledge from one type of text to another is a struggle for many lower-division, undergraduate students, particularly in the field of literature. In this poster presentation, I will share a strategy that I use to help students take what they have learned from reading literature and have them apply it to a different medium that they will continue to engage with throughout their lives – namely, film. By integrating a popular film, Stranger Than Fiction, at the end of a sophomore-level literature course, students learn how to interpose terms and techniques that we’ve been using to study literature to “read” other, non-literary texts.
Session Format
Poster
1
Location
Harborside Ballroom East
Publication Type and Release Option
Event
Recommended Citation
Robinson, Elizabeth, "Transferring Knowledge Beyond the Classroom: From Literature to Film" (2020). SoTL Commons Conference. 25.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sotlcommons/SoTL/2020/25
Transferring Knowledge Beyond the Classroom: From Literature to Film
Harborside Ballroom East
The ability to transfer knowledge from one type of text to another is a struggle for many lower-division, undergraduate students, particularly in the field of literature. In this poster presentation, I will share a strategy that I use to help students take what they have learned from reading literature and have them apply it to a different medium that they will continue to engage with throughout their lives – namely, film. By integrating a popular film, Stranger Than Fiction, at the end of a sophomore-level literature course, students learn how to interpose terms and techniques that we’ve been using to study literature to “read” other, non-literary texts.
