by Rebecca · Published February 8, 2013 · Last modified November 18, 2023
Videos referenced in Introduction to Literature (EIL1 Videos) This list encompasses all currently referenced videos for Excellence in Literature Unit 1 (Introduction to Literature), separated by module. Please check back periodically, as EIL is...
Audio / Video / Poetry / Resources for Teaching
by Rebecca · Published February 8, 2013 · Last modified February 10, 2024
Have you ever wondered what the art of making verses is called? It’s versification — a word you won’t often hear. In this article, Professor Sara Selby clearly describes the principles of prosody, which...
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by Janice Campbell · Published January 31, 2013 · Last modified August 27, 2013
In the early days of the American Civil War, American writer Julia Ward Howe penned the lyrics now known as the The Battle Hymn of the Republic. The stirring words were set to the equally lively music of...
Gulliver’s Travels, the 1939 Movie Gulliver’s Travels, originally titled Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, was...
George Orwell (1903-1950) is the pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm (1945) and his dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), two books which...
by Janice Campbell · Published January 24, 2013 · Last modified September 27, 2020
Animal Farm is a 1945 allegorical novella by English writer George Orwell. According to Orwell, the book reflects events that led up to the Russian Revolution of 1917, and then to the Stalinist era...
by Janice Campbell · Published January 24, 2013 · Last modified January 21, 2021
Orwell’s famous “Fairy Story”, Animal Farm, has been adapted many times for stage and screen. In choosing an adaptation to watch it is usually helpful to preview the material. To that end, here is...
Pygmalion is a 1938 British film starring Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller. It is based on the play by George Bernard Shaw, and adapted by him for the screen. The film won an Oscar for best screenplay...
George Bernard Shaw and G.K. Chesterton were intellectual titans of their age, and they had a very interesting relationship. The photograph at left shows Shaw, Hilaire Belloc, and Chesterton. You can get a sense...
by Rebecca · Published November 10, 2012 · Last modified April 25, 2021
The soundtrack for the film Out of Africa has beautiful and evocative music. Get it from your library or bookstore and listen to it as you study. You can listen to an excerpt in...
The entire 1926 movie of Goethe’s Faust is available with English subtitles on YouTube. This is a silent film, with music composed and conducted by Timothy Brock and performed by the Olympia Chamber Orchestra....
This is an old black and white film clip of Faust, a melodramatic performance of Faust – A German Folktale. The images and characters may be disturbing, so these clips are totally optional. You...
Scenes from Goethe’s Faust (Szenen aus Goethes Faust), a musical-theatrical work by composer Robert Schumann, is considered one of Schumann’s most moving works. This three-part composition suggests the struggle between good and evil at...
French Romantic composer and conductor Hector Berlioz was inspired by Goethe’s Faust to compose “The Damnation of Faust,” a free-form oratorio or opera (Berlioz ultimately called it a “légende dramatique”). It is most often heard in...
by Rebecca · Published November 10, 2012 · Last modified April 25, 2021
Listen to Richard Wagner’s Faust Overture: Other World Literature (E5) videos
by Rebecca · Published November 10, 2012 · Last modified April 25, 2021
Franz Liszt wrote a beautiful Faust Symphony with three movements. The first is “Faust,” the second is “Gretchen,” and the third is “Méphistofélès.” Be sure to note the way each character’s theme reflects his...
by Rebecca · Published November 10, 2012 · Last modified April 25, 2021
Listen to a bit of Goethe’s Faust in the original German. It’s always useful to know the sound and cadence of other languages. This video shows a few vintage illustrations. Other World Literature (E5)...
This brief video clip features footage from the life of Count Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace, Anna Karenina, and more. The narration starts off with a brief mention of Vincent Van Gogh,...
Audio / Video / E1-Resources / E5-Resources
by Rebecca · Published November 5, 2012 · Last modified October 9, 2020
Russia is a country with a storied history, in part due to its unique geography; it is a large, diverse nation composed of over 180 different ethnic groups (many of which have their own...
Here is a band version of the French national anthem La Marseillaise, with the words for the first verse and chorus repeated three times. Other World Literature (E5) videos
Listen to the French national anthem, La Marseillaise, sung by Placido Domingo in this video below. Other World Literature (E5) videos
Watch a brief video of Roberto Benigni reciting the fifth canto of Dante’s Inferno in the original Italian. It will allow you to appreciate the beauty of the language and rhythm of the poem....
The Music of Ancient Greece Music is a significant aspect of Hellenic culture, both within Greece and in the diaspora, and the music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as its history. Greek...
by Janice Campbell · Published October 18, 2012 · Last modified February 16, 2021
Here are a few movie trailers to help you decide which version of Huckleberry Finn to see. I have not viewed all of these in their entirety, so I recommend reading reviews to help...
by Janice Campbell · Published October 18, 2012 · Last modified February 16, 2021
You may watch the trailer below for the 1944 film, The Adventures of Mark Twain, which you may want to watch in its entirety. I have not yet watched the entire animated film, The...
by Janice Campbell · Published October 17, 2012 · Last modified January 23, 2021
The House of the Seven Gables is a 1940 drama, loosely based on Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 novel of the same name. Although it differs from Hawthorne’s story, it is nonetheless evocative of the era. Here is the trailer...
Audio / Video / Resources for Teaching
by Janice Campbell · Published October 4, 2012 · Last modified October 13, 2014
Here’s a workshop on teaching K-12 language arts from the 2012 MidSouth Homeschool Convention. The program description read, “Communication skills are essential for every area of life, but it’s easy to get lost in the wilderness...
by Rebecca · Published September 21, 2012 · Last modified September 20, 2020
While we at EIL always encourage readers to perform their own analysis and develop their own ideas regarding our focus texts, we also believe that it can be helpful to learn from both the...
by Rebecca · Published September 21, 2012 · Last modified October 9, 2020
Eudora Welty’s short story, A Worn Path, is wonderful in text form, but sometimes it’s interesting to experience such stories in other mediums. This dramatization may help you to visualize what happens. Of course,...
by Rebecca · Published September 17, 2012 · Last modified February 8, 2021
If you enjoy humor, don’t miss Oscar Wilde’s play, Importance of Being Earnest. Here is an audio recording of John Gielgud and Edith Evans performing in one of the most famous scenes from the play...
Here’s the Everyday Educator — our annual newsletter handout. It has book lists and helpful articles about homeschooling topics. We’d rather be sharing it in person, but for now, you can download the Everyday Educator here. I hope you enjoy it!
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