Literature Teaching and Multimodality

An Analysis of the Film Transposition of Short Story Don’t Look Now, by Daphne du Maurier

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/LL63-v37n1-2021-10

Keywords:

Don’t Look Now, Literature, Cinema, Literacy, Multimodality

Abstract

This article analyzes the relationship between the short story Don’t Look Now (2008), by English writer Daphne du Maurier, and the homonym film transposition (1973) directed by Nicolas Roeg. The aim is to observe what implications multimodal literacy may have for literature teaching. The notion of literacy used in this article considers that each social context has its own, multiple ways of teaching and learning (STREET, 2001) and that contemporary literacy implies multimodal teaching (KRESS, 2003). The idea of multimodality is understood as resources of representation that construct meaning (KRESS; JEWITT, 2010). The tools of film analysis proposed by Jullier e Marie (2009) support the film study. We consider that the association of different ways of literacy may contribute to educating readers capable of acting in an informed and critical way in the multimedia world.

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Author Biography

Carolina Natale Toti, Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná (UENP)

Doutora em Estudos Literários pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL). Professora colaboradora da Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná (UENP).

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Published

2021-06-30

How to Cite

TOTI, C. N. Literature Teaching and Multimodality: An Analysis of the Film Transposition of Short Story Don’t Look Now, by Daphne du Maurier. Letras & Letras, Uberlândia, v. 37, n. 1, p. 169–190, 2021. DOI: 10.14393/LL63-v37n1-2021-10. Disponível em: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/letraseletras/article/view/57592. Acesso em: 25 aug. 2024.