LITB1 ASPECTS OF NARRATIVE - THE GREAT GATSBY

The following are excellent video resources, you can follow the link to the archive page or follow the link and view the rest from that:

http://cm-englitres.blogspot.co.uk/2011/04/litb1-aspects-of-narrative-great-gatsby.html?showComment=1368472916651#c1135072735839207495 


 










There are two others on SETTING and STYLE and notes on PLOT, but you will need to follow the link for those, whereupon you will find some useful revision notes, a means of testing your knowledge and of checking on how well your revision is going, so do take a look:  

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/learning/bitesize/higher/english/great_gatsby/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/higher/english/great_gatsby/ 

THE GREAT GATSBY

I would encourage all AS students to consider and digest the following resources to develop their own reading of the narrative and develop an awareness of the possible readings of the story. In particular to look at  Fitzgerald's aims and how he uses character as symbol to shape key ideas. To help, the Channel Four News interview with film director Baz Luhrmann is essential viewing:

http://www.channel4.com/news/baz-luhrmann-the-great-gatsby-film-director

 Di Caprio on Gatsby: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22338888

More Di Caprio: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxxrehVI0Lk

  The Guardian discusses Gatsby:    http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/apr/30/great-gatsby-movie-fashion-wealth

 A just tolerable interview with Nick, Daisy,Gatsby, Tom and Myrtle:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ2woqCbB20


These Crash Course English Literature videos by John Green are useful

 


Make sure you watch all of the following: John Green explores The Great Gatby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw9Au9OoN88http:

John Green - IS GATSBY GREAT?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn0WZ8-0Z1Y

John Green looks at THE VALLEY OF ASHES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VhYMdnAsyM 

John Green provides a critical overview of Chapter One:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehjTS6AhMJ8 

THE KITE RUNNER

For those of you starting LITB4 Independent Reading you might want to follow the link to read this article from The Guardian in full:

 http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jun/01/khaled-hosseini-kite-runner-interview?INTCMP=SRCH  

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jun/01/khaled-hosseini-kite-runner-interview?INTCMP=SRCH