문학교육을 위한 영화의 활용: 스콧 피츠제럴드의 위대한 개츠비 와 바즈 루어만의 <위대한 개츠비>를 비교한 수업 사례

Using a Film Adaptation in Teaching Literature: In Case of the Comparison of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby

Most undergraduate students are more interested in films than literary works these days. Therefore there are lots of literary courses in which DVD and YouTube are used for helping students understand literary works. Since the final objective of literary education is the development of students’ thinking ability, comparing a film with a literary text is a good way to achieve this goal. This essay examines how using a film adaptation in teaching a literary work can be helpful in developing students’ thinking ability, presenting my own teaching experience of comparing F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of the novel. In the first place, this article discusses various critical issues in comparing the original work and one of its film adaptations in the preparation of the “British and American Literature and Film” course, such as the representation of Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby and the issue of the American Dream. It then presents notable parts of the novel and the corresponding scenes from the film adaptation, as well as students’ activities in the class. It also examines the summaries of five outstanding student assignments that demonstrate their analytic, critical, creative, and logical thinking abilities. Finally, it analyzes students’ responses to the survey questions that confirms the effectiveness of a literature course that utilizes film adaptations.