“What is this?” Using cinema for teaching Literature. A teaching proposal

Abstract

Α film (documentary or fiction) can under certain conditions be a valuable learning aid promoting innovation and students' critical reflection skills along with raising their audio-visual literacy and motivation. Therefore, the aim of this study is to describe a realistic lesson plan in which a (short) film taken from the internet is used for the deepening-expansion of a literary text approached in the relevant course in secondary schools. Furthermore, this lesson plan can also be applied -with minor modifications- in other educational settings, such as in adult education or in cases of special educational needs.