ENGLISH/LITERATURE
VI 1027 A Raisin in the
Sun.
DVD. 1998.
172 min.
Story of a family caught between
the reality of their surroundings and a chance at a piece of the American
dream.
VI
0344 400 Blows. VHS
cassette. 1992. 99 min.
This is the story of s young boy
who is more or less on his own.
VI 0063 1984. VHS cassette.
1984. 115 min.
Starring John Hurt and Richard
Burton, the film is based on the book by George Orwell.
VI 0297 Acting One, Day One.
VHS cassette. 1997. 35 min.
Suitable for the
beginning college acting class, this video demonstrates Robert Cohen’s four
basic acting principles.
VI 0205 Age of Innocence. VHS
cassette. 1993. 138 min.
A brilliant
adaptation of Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A romance about three wealthy New Yorkers
caught in a tragic love triangle, the story chronicles the grandeur and
hypocrisy of high society in the 1870’s.
VI 0085 Alice Walker. VHS
cassette. 1994. 35 min.
Alice
Walker relives her journey from an impoverished childhood in rural
VI
0777 American Passages.
16 VHS cassettes. 2003. 30 min. ea.
[A] Native voices
[B] Exploring borderlands
[C] Utopian promise
[D] Spirit of nationalism
[E] Masculine heroes
[F] Gothic undercurrents
[G] Slavery and freedom
[H] Regional realism
[I] Social realism
[J] Rhythms in poetry
[K] Modernist portraits
[L] Migrant struggle
[M] Southern renaissance
[N] Becoming visible
[O] Poetry of literation
[P] Search for identity.
This 16-part American
literature instructional series places literary movements and authors within
the context of history and culture.
VI
0359 Annie Hall. VHS
cassette. 1977. 94 min.
A romantic and sensitive comedy
revolving around the diverse and diverting relationships of two nervous New
Yorkers, Alvy Singer and Annie Hall.
VI 0286 Antigone. VHS cassette.
1989. 86 min.
The Greek tragedy of Sophocles in
which King Creon orders Antigone's death for burying her slain brother against
the King's desire.
VI 0442 Barbara Kingsolver. VHS cassette. 1997.
60 min.
This program presents an
interview with the author Barbara Kingsolver.
VI 0356 Barton Fink.
VHS
cassette. 1991. 116 min.
Set in
VI 1019
Bell Hooks makes a compelling
argument for the transformative powers of cultural criticism. She demonstrates
how learning to think critically was central to her own self-transformation and
how it can play a role in the students' quest for a sense of agency and
identity. Includes footage from many films and music videos, and news coverage.
VI 0331 Beggar’s Opera. VHS
cassette. 1985. 13 min.
The characters of this highly
spirited comedy of
VI
0357 The Big Lebowski. VHS
cassette. 1949. 98 min.
The Dude. One cool guy who comes
home one day to find two thugs have broken in and ruined his favorite
carpet--the one that made the room "hang together." They did it
because he has got the exact same name as one of the richest men in town,
Lebowski.
VI
0345 The Big Sleep. VHS
cassette. 1946. 114 min. (b & w)
Philip Marlowe is hired by
millionaire Gen. Sternwood to learn who is blackmailing his young, loose
daughter, Carmen, with pornographic pictures.
Hard-boiled private eye Marlowe has his hands full when he gets involved
in a web of sex, blackmail and murder.
VI 0443 Bobbie Ann Mason. VHS cassette. 1995.
60 min.
Southern author Bobbie Ann Mason
of
VI 0410 The
Animated versions, in a variety
of styles, of the stories told by pilgrims on their way to
VI 0152 The Color Purple. VHS
cassette. 1985. 154 min.
An
award winning film, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning literary classic by
Alice Walker, it is the story of a poor black woman from the south, whose
friendship with two women helps her overcome the brutality of her father and
husband. Starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey.
VI 0374 Conducting Light on a Shoestring. VHS
cassette. 2000. 33 min.
Introduction to Sledgehammer
Theater at St. Cecilia's (former chapel) in
VI 0155 Death of a Salesman.
2 VHS cassettes. 1986. 218 min.
Dustin
Hoffman stars in this adaptation of Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning play
that depicts the dark side of the American dream. Willie Lowman, a traveling salesman,
struggles with the conflict of family values and society's expectations of
success. Film includes a candid look at the filming of the play and
conversations with the actors about various aspects of film making.
VI 0288 Doll’s House. VHS
cassette. 1973. 107 min.
Nora, the "model wife,"
commits forgery and risks destruction in order to save her husband. But after
he rejects her, she leaves her husband and children to begin a new life.
VI
0328 Doorway to Dickens.
VHS cassette, activity & resource book. 1995.
120 min.
A resource pack for studying the
life, literature and legacy of Charles Dickens.
It includes materials on his style, characterization, and the plots and
themes of Hard Times and Martin Chuzzlewit.
VI
0371 Dreams Are What You Wake
Up From. 2000.
60 min.
Carver’s second wife, Tess
Gallagher and writers Jay McInerney and Richard Ford, his close friends,
explore Carver’s artistic legacy; his stories and poems about the other side of
the American Dream.
VI
0315 Educator’s guide to
using the Internet in the classroom: English and Language Arts.
VHS cassette. 2000. 30 min.
Designed for teachers, this video
describes uses of the Internet in English and language arts instruction. It shows how to use the Internet for
research, how to link to reference sites, how to communicate with other
educators, and how to provide students with a sense of direction online.
VI
0287 Frankenstein. (See
under Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein)
VI 1052 Federico Garcia Lorca: Remembering The Earth. DVD. 1999. 59 min.
This documentary traces the life
of Federico Garcia Lorca from Fuentevagueros in Andalusia to his death at age
38 in 1936 when he was executed in Granada by nationalists at the beginning of
the Spanish Civil War.
VI
1064 Ghosts. DVD.
2004. 77 min.
For
years, Mrs. Alving has, for appearance's sake, endured a loveless marriage to a
dissolute and drunken man. She even sent her only son away from home so that he
would not be corrupted by his father. But despite (or, ironically, perhaps
because of) her efforts, the ghosts of the past are resurrected as her son
reappears, the obvious heir to his father's sins and excesses.
VI 0086 Gloria Naylor. VHS cassette. 1994.
22 min.
In
this program, one of the most astute observers of contemporary African-American
life discusses the value and difficulty of maintaining an African-American
identity in a world dominated by whites.
VI 0319 The Great Gatsby. VHS cassette. 2000.
100 min.
An A&E production of the
American classic, the video stars Mira Sorvino, Toby Stephens and Paul Rudd.
VI 0333 Gulliver’s Travels.
2VHS cassettes. 1996. 187 min.
Starring Ted Danson, this is a
tale of an 18th century physician who takes eight years to travel
through a variety of fantastical lands, only to have everyone but his wife take
him for a adman when he returns home.
VI 0055 Hamlet. VHS cassette (b&w). 1989.
155 min.
The
1948 Academy Award wining film starring Laurence Olivier. Considered Shakespeare's greatest tragedy,
the plot involves murder, conspiracy and revenge.
VI 0225 Henry IV. VHS cassette.
2 VHS cassettes. 1987.
Pt. 1 147 minutes.
Pt. 2 151 minutes.
VI 0067 Henry V. VHS cassette.
1988. 136 min.
The
1944 movie of Laurence Olivier's award-winning production based on the
historical play about the English king who defeated the French at
VI 0313 History of the English language. VHS cassette.
1991. 20 min.
Uses
texts of the judgment of Solomon from the Middle Ages to the present day to
show how the English language has evolved over the last millennium.
VI 0154 House Made of Dawn. VHS cassette.
1997. 77 min.
The
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Scott Momaday comes to life in this deeply
stirring film that tells the story of an outcast Native American and his search
for destiny.
VI 0289 House of the Spirits.
VHS cassette. 1994. 109 min.
The core of this epic tale
spanning three generations of the Trueba is the stormy, yet passionate, relationship
between the supernaturally gifted Clara and her controlling husband Esteban,
who resists change both politically and personally.
VI 0144-6 Human Language Series.
3 VHS
cassettes. 55 min. each.
VI 0144 (part 1) Discovering the
Human Language
VI 0145 (part 2) Acquiring the
Human Language
VI 0146 (part 3) The Human
Language Evolves
VI 0314 Ideas of Chomsky. VHS
cassette. 1997. 47 min.
Linguist and political activist
Chomsky challenges accepted notions of the way in which language is learned,
examines the relationship of language to experience, and discusses the
philosophical nature of knowledge.
VI 0221 In Search of the First Language.
VHS cassette. 1994. 60 minutes.
This deals with
the research that has been done on tracing the roots and families of languages,
specifically the Indo-European and the Sino-Tibetan. Also discusses the evolution and death of
languages through time.
VI 0204 Intimate Portrait:
Maya Angelou. VHS cassette. 1996. 45 min.
As a child of a
broken home, her life had many personal tragedies. Recipient of Emmy and Tony nominations and
countless other awards she shares her full story in this video.
VI
0697 Jane Austen: a concise
biography. VHS cassette.
1993? 30 min.
This film traces the life and
literary career of Jane Austen, generally regarded as the greatest of women
novelists.
VI
0274 Jane Austen’s Life,
Society, Works. 3 VHS cassettes. 1997.
52 min. each.
A three-part series, these videos
delve into the late 18th and early 19th centuries to find
the effects of the world on Jane Austen, and vice versa.
A. Life
B. Society
C. Works
VI
0273 Jane Eyre. VHS
cassette. 1997. 100 min.
An A & E adaptation of the
book, the story tells of Jane Eyre who arrives at Thornfield Hall to take over
duties as a governess and falls in love with the owner.
VI 0226 King Richard the Second.
VHS cassette. 1980. 157 minutes.
This version stars Derek Jacobi,
Sir John Gielgud, and Dame Wendy Hiller
VI
0312 Language Development. VHS
cassette. 1995. 40 min.
Emphasizes
the development of language in babies and young children following this
development
from
the first cry of an infant through that of a seven year-old.
VI 0444 Lee Smith.
VHS cassette. 1996. 60 min.
This
program examines novelist Lee Smith's upbringing and its influence on her work
and explores her development as a novelist and engaging storyteller, her
approach to the process of writing, and her experience and significance as a
teacher and mentor of "new" writers both young and old.
VI 0369 Leslie M. Silko.
VHS
cassette. 2000. 45 min.
Silko
discusses her own background and the interrelationship between her smaller,
immediate Native American world and the larger, brutal surrounding world.
VI 0156 A Light History of the English Language.
VHS cassette. 1997. 37 min.
Professor Elliot Engel (English,
No.
VI 0358 The Limey. VHS cassette. 1999.
89 min.
Oscar nominees Terence Stamp,
Lesley Ann Warren, and Peter Fonda team up with the director of Out of Sight
and sex, lies and videotape for this critically acclaimed thriller that Newsday
called “a lean and mean treat for savvy action lovers.”
VI 0237 Literary Visions. 7 VHS
cassettes. 1992. 30 min each program.
A. Introduction to Literature;
Responding to Literature; The Art of the Essay; The Elements of Short Fiction
B. Plot and Structure in Short
Fiction; Character in Short Fiction; Setting and Character in Short Fiction;
Tone and Style in Short Fiction
C. Symbolism and Allegory is Short
Fiction; Theme in Short Fiction; The Elements of Poetry; Setting and Character
is Poetry
D. Words and Images in Poetry;
Rhetorical Figures in Poetry; Prosody and Form in Poetry; Myth, symbolism and
Allusion in Poetry
E. Theme in Poetry; The Elements of
Drama; Characters and Actors in Drama; Plot and Conflict in Drama
F. Setting and Staging in Drama; The
Language of Drama; Myth and Symbolism in Drama; Theme in Drama
G. The Power of Literature; The Uses
of Literature
VI 0069 Macbeth. VHS cassette.
1948. 115 min.
The
original uncut version starring Orson Wells and Roddy McDowall. This is a classic story of murder, witchcraft
and revenge.
VI 0353
This film is a wry, touching and
finely rendered portrait of modern relationships against the backdrop of urban
alienation. Considered to be one of
Woody Allen’s most enduring accomplishments.
VI 0153 Mark Twain: His Amazing Adventures. VHS cassette. 1996.
50 min.
Explore the life and career of
the American humorist and writer, whose writing greatly reflected the events of
his life, particularly his boyhood in
VI 0287 Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. VHS
cassette. 1995. 123 min.
This is an adaptation of the
classic horror story in which a young doctor creates life. The creature he assembles
from the bodies of convicts and the brain of a brilliant scientist soon
realizes that he will be rejected by society and goes on a rampage seeking
revenge on the doctor who gave him life.
VI 0805 Ed McClanahan. VHS
cassette. 1995. 60 min.
Southern author Ed McClanahan of
VI 0227 Merry Wives of
Written by William Shakespeare,
this version of his play stars Ben Kinsley.
VI 0206 Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe, The.
VHS cassette. 1994. 50 min.
This
extraordinary program tells Poe’s complete story, from the death of his parents
when he was three, to his tragic death at the age of forty. Dramatic readings recall the devastation of
his broken engagement and the loss of his child bride.
VI
0355 Mystery Train.
VHS cassette. 1989. 110 min.
VI
0806 Marsha Norman.
VHS cassette. 1995. 60 min.
Pulitzer Prize- and Tony
Award-winning playwright Marsha Norman reflects on her early years growing up
in
VI
0373 Nathaniel Hawthorne. VHS
cassette. 25 min.
Three leading
VI
1070 One Step on a Journey:
Tadashi Suzuki in
Japanese theater director Tadashi
Suzuki incorporates his technique and methodology in an Australian workshop and
training session in preparation for the theatrical production of the
"Chronicles of MacBeth."
VI
0284 Othello. VHS cassette. 1996. 124 min.
A great man's vanity is
manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall. Betrayal,
deception
and murder end the friendship between Othello, Desdemona, and Iago.
VI
0330 A Passage to
This is an emotional and deeply
personal story of love and class-struggle in 1928
VI
0379 Performance Assessment. VHS
cassette. 2000. 29 min.
In this timeless program, Dr. Art
Costa-at
VI
0296 Performing Shakespeare.
VHS cassette. 1990. 120 min.
Studio exercises are presented to
help the American actor best perform Shakespeare.
VI 0098 Peter Elbow on Writing.
VHS cassette. 1995. 43 min.
One of the leading teachers on
writing reviews the process of writing.
Helpful tips are clearly presented to students and teachers.
VI 1035 Plagiarism: It’s a Crime. DVD.
2004. 22 min.
Includes a definition of
plagiarism and consequences, reasons why people plagiarize, types of
plagiarism, and strategies for avoiding plagiarism.
VI 0002 Poet Laureate Rita Dove.
VHS cassette. 1994. 60 min.
Ms. Dove talks about her life and
work, the relationship between poetry and power. Also included are Dove’s reading extensive
selections from her works.
VI 0462 Ralph Ellison: An American Journey.
VHS cassette. 2001. 87 min.
"First documentary on one of
the most gifted and intellectually provocative authors of modern American
literature. It establishes Ellison as a central figure in contemporary debates
over art, politics, race and nationhood. ... [T]he film brilliantly presents
the first scenes ever filmed from Ellison's landmark novel, Invisible
man."--Container.
VI 0367 Raymond Carver. VHS
cassette. 50 min.
American short story writer,
poet, and essayist. In this program,
Raymond Carver and Carver’s wife discuss lower-middle-class roots in the
Northwest as the source of inspiration for his characters and stories.
VI 0329 Reading Hard Times.
VHS cassette + handbook & 25 slides.
1989. 45 min.
The video is part of a resource
kit of materials for teaching and study.
VI 0343 Rear Window. VHS
cassette. 1954. 115 min.
Alfred Hitchcock directed this
spine-tingling movie. Confined with a
broken leg, a photographer keeping a close eye on his neighborhood suspects
that one neighbor murdered his wife.
VI 0285 Richard III.
VHS
cassette. 1996. 105 min.
In 1930's
VI
1053 Roots: The Saga of an
American Classic. DVD. 2003.
47 min.
For eight nights in 1977,
VI 0087 Scrooge. VHS cassette.
n.d. 61 min.
The 1935 English version of
"A Christmas Carol" starring Sir Seymour Hicks, three ghosts make a
night visit to Scrooge and change his Christmas.
VI
0088 Searching for a Native
American identity: Louise Erdrich and Michael Dorris.
VHS cassette. 1994. 30 min.
In this program with Bill Moyers, the
husband and wife team discuss faith and the search for a Native American
identity in a pluralistic society.
VI 0354 Sex, lies and videotape.
VHS cassette. 1990. 99 min.
James Spader’s seductive
performance as Graham, a long lost college friend who drifts back into town and
into the lives of John, a self-involved philanderer, his angelic wife Ann and
her saucy sister, Cynthia.
VI
0450 The Standard Deviants
Core Curriculum Series. 10 VHS cassettes, CD teacher’s
guide. 2000. 120 min.
This series "combines
serious academic content with a humorous presentation style to help make the
rules of English more accessible.
A. Introduction to Grammar/Parts
of Speech (1)
B. Parts of Speech (2)
C. Parts of Speech (3)/Sentences
D. Flexibility in English/Common
Errors (1)
E. Common Errors (2)/”Acceptable
Errors”
F. Introduction to
Punctuation/The End Marks
G. The Wily Comma
H. The Semicolon,
I. Surrounding Information:
Punctuation that comes in Pairs
J. Punctuation Potpourri
VI 0298 Stock Scenery Companion Videos. 4
VHS cassettes & handbook. 1994.
A. Building s standard flat
frame. 8:48 min.
B. Flat frame fasteners. 7:12 min.
C. Covering a flat. 8:08 min.
D. Sizing, back painting &
priming. 4:45 min.
VI 0003 The Stories of Maxine Hong Kingston.
VHS cassette. 1994. 60 min.
In this program with Bill Moyers,
VI
0347 Student Speeches for
Analysis. 2 VHS cassettes. 199? 60 min. each.
Looks at student speeches and
helps in their analysis.
VI 0061 Ten Days That Shook the World.
VHS cassette. 1987. 77 min.