Eden C. Stein
Almond, David.
Kit's Wilderness
. New York: Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2009. The young adult novel of magical realism with embedded stories. This novel is the core literature read in this unit.
Andersen, H. C., and Edmund Dulac.
Dulac's The Snow Queen, and Other Stories from Hans Andersen
. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. This classic fairy tale told in seven parts will be read in class.
Andersen, H. C., Erik Christian Haugaard, and Virginia Haviland.
The Complete Fairy Tales and Stories
. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974. This edition contains all of Andersen’s stories. Other tales may be of interest to the teacher, such as “The Little Match Girl,” in elucidating Andersen’s outlook on life.
Apkon, Stephen.
The Age of the Image: Redefining Literacy in a World of Screens
. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014. This book emphasizes the importance of instruction in film analysis in the classroom for its own sake.
Bettelheim, Bruno.
The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
. New York: Vintage Books, 2010. Bettelheim's classic text discusses how the reading and telling of fairy tales and myths are important to children developmentally.
Bould, Mark. "Fantasizing the Real: The Secret of Roan Inish."
Film International
4, no. 6 (11 2006): 28-38. doi:10.1386/fiin.4.6.28. The article presents important scenes in the movie and presents the various types of storytelling used.
Carson, Diane, and Heidi Kenaga.
Sayles Talk: New Perspectives on Independent Filmmaker John Sayles
. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2006. In this book John Sayles is quote discussing his portrayal of storytelling in the film
The Secret of Ronan Inish.
Douglas, Kirk.
The Broken Mirror
. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. I randomly picked up this book in the library while I was researching my unit only to find that it also uses Andersen’s tale of
The Snow Queen.
"Fairy Tale Subversion: Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen”." Tor.com. June 21, 2016. Accessed April 01, 2017. http://www.tor.com/2016/06/23/fairy-tale-subversion-hans-christian-andersens-the-snow-queen/#comments. This website provides a synopsis of the story, as well as a review and commentary on its content.
"Film Analysis." Film Analysis. Accessed June 10, 2017. http://filmanalysis.yctl.org/. This website was set up by Yale University graduate students in film. It is very useful, defining terms as well as providing examples of various techniques in cinematogophy.
Fry, Rosalie K.
The Secret of Roan Inish
. New York: Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 1995. This is the book that the film was based on. It’s original title was
The Secret of Ron Moor Skerry,
and it was set in Scotland rather than Ireland. When it was republished with the movie title the text was not altered in any way.
Golden, John.
Reading in the Dark: Using Film as a Tool in the English Classroom
. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English, 2001. Here are some ideas for teaching film analysis including a discussion of various classic films.
"Hunt for the Wilderpeople." Featured Visual Glossary | JBFC EDU. Accessed May 28, 2017. https://education.burnsfilmcenter.org/education/visual-glossary/featured. This is another useful website for teaching film analysis. It also has definitions as well as film clips that illustrate the various techniques.
Latham, Don.
David Almond: Memory and Magic
. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2006. The book about the author of
Kit’s Wilderness
provides incidents of his use of magical realism in his various writings. The chapter about our text also mentions the author’s use of writing and various forms of artistic expression in helping young people develop their identities.
Sayles, John (director).
The Secret of Roan Inish
. Culver City, CA: Columbia Tristar Home Video, 1995. This is the DVD version of the film. In addition it contains commentary by the director John Sayles which is invaluable for the teacher in providing insight into how the film was made.
"The Secret of Roan Inish." Been-Seen. February 03, 2012. Accessed May 28, 2017. http://been-seen.com/travel-blog/movie-atlas/the-secret-of-roan-inish. This brief article discusses the setting for the film and also refers to the acclaimed cinematography.
"The Secret of Roan Inish." The Secret of Roan Inish | JBFC EDU. Accessed April 01, 2017. https://education.burnsfilmcenter.org/education/classrooms/168/projects/789. The website provide key terms, still suggestions and discussion questions which could be used in the classroom when teaching the movie.
Sims, Lesley, Alan Marks, and H. C. Andersen.
The Snow Queen
. London: Usborne, 2005. This is another translation of the fairy tale which may be useful for the teacher to compare and choose the one that is best for his or her classroom.
"SurLaLune Fairy Tales: The Annotated Snow Queen." SurLaLune Fairy Tales: The Annotated Snow Queen. Accessed April 01, 2017. http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/snowqueen/. This is a useful website for analyzing
The Snow Queen
and illustrating how Andersen’s life and beliefs impacted the story.
Tanyagalloway. "Faerie Tale Theatre 17 The Snow Queen." YouTube. January 13, 2017. Accessed May 29, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM42mkkKSfM. The is the film version of the fairy tale that will be shown in class. While it is an edited version of the tale the sections told are faithful to the original text.
" ." Digication E-Portfolio :: The Snow Queen :: Welcome. Accessed April 01, 2017. https://bu.digication.com/the_snow_queen/Welcome/published. The website contains the full text of the fairy tale, as well as links to various film, theatre and television adaptations.