year4 Extremely Loud start

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Extremely loud & Incredibly close

FICTION & FILM

trigger warning!
(online or hard copy)

About the novel

Themes:

Trauma / Loss
Interconnection

Complex characters:
Multi-layered, flawed, ..

Film & Fiction

The novel has been made into a movie (as often happens).

You are going to analyse how that works.
The story is the same, but the storytelling is different.

Test = Literature essay

We are going to READ (part of) the novel, and we are going to WATCH the movie

Then you'll write an essay about it.

Ok, let's get into the themes/background a little bit..

First: placement tests listening & reading

Why?
Fast track available
Good to know where you stand

Working time. Choose:

Gold: unit 1
Reading: Extremely loud & incredibly close

Short Break (15:00 - 15:10)

8e uur: 406.

BE THERE ON TIME

Step 2: listening (Woots) > 24" (so half an hour)
8e uur in 406

Done? Read Extremely Loud & Incredibly close
or
Work in Unit 1 (Gold)

9/11 

4 years later, this is one of the first books to talk about it.
Why do you think it took that long?

Oskar

> child (9 y.o.)
> a bit autistic, possibly (it isn't mentioned, but there are signs)

Reliable as a narrator or not?
What's the effect of a child narrator?

Visual representation of trauma

Step 1: reading (hard copy)

I'll start us off, and then you continue
Enjoy!

Reactions

Opening: Oskar’s Voice & the Search for Meaning

Book: We have read the “What the?” opening pages + Oskar’s inner monologue (his inventions, fears, the tambourine, “heavy boots”).

Film: we are now going to watch the opening; voiceover + scenes of Oskar walking through NYC, explaining his fears.

Focus questions:

How does the novel create Oskar’s voice?

What does the film do differently to show the same ideas?
What do you learn about Oskar from words vs. images?

Try to answer (DDU)

How does the novel create Oskar’s voice?

What does the film do differently to show the same ideas?

What do you learn about Oskar from words vs. images?

First, think individually
Then, discuss with a neighbour
Finally, share

Compare & analyse

What stayed the same?

What changed?

Why did the director change it?

Which version has more emotional impact?

One analytical sentence: “Foer uses ___, while the film uses ___ to show that…” 

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See you next week!

Have a good weekend!