Teaching Literature through Cinematic Aids Case Study 2nd Year English students at Laghouat University

Abstract

This research tackles the issue of using movies to teach literature; it uses Jane Austen‟s novel Pride and Prejudice (1813) and its adopted movie that takes its name Pride and Prejudice (2005) as a case study. It aims at testing the effectiveness of movies in teaching literature. A questionnaire, pre and post tests are the research instruments that are used to get answers from the sample population who are the students of second year students of English at Laghouat University. The results of the students‟ answers proved that they understand literature better when they watch the adapted literary texts as movies, unlike reading that makes students feel bored and not motivated. Besides, the study also reveals that movies are effective to a great extent to be used as teaching tool