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Friday, January 20, 2012

Friday, January 20, 2012 9:17 am by Cristina in , , , ,    No comments
Women's Wear Daily features Kaya Scodelario:
By starring in director Andrea Arnold’s adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” Kaya Scodelario is the latest in a long line of British ingénues to earn her spurs in a period drama.
But the 19-year-old Londoner doesn’t channel the delicate turns of phrase and genteel manners that the genre is known for. Instead, Scodelario gives an emotionally raw performance as Catherine Earnshaw in Arnold’s earthy, rough-hewn adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel. The film, which gets its U.S. premiere this weekend at the Sundance Film Festival, earned much buzz when it premiered in Europe at the Venice Film Festival late last year, with Britain’s Daily Telegraph noting that Scodelario “crackles with flirtatious petulance” in the role.
“For me the whole point of this story is that [Catherine] loves [Heathcliff] so much that it almost kills her — well it does eventually kill her,” says Scodelario, in her soft London accent. “I think a lot of people assume that ‘Wuthering Heights’ is this great love story, but I think the first thing [Arnold] said to me that it wasn’t, it’s very dark, deep and conflicting. It’s very kind of Gothic and a bit f---ed up to be honest.”
Arnold, who is known for gritty films such as “Red Road,” set on a tough Glasgow housing project, places her “Wuthering Heights” on northern England’s punishingly windswept, rainy Yorkshire Moors. While much of the action centers on Catherine and Heathcliff as children, Scodelario and first-time actor James Howson play the older Catherine and Heathcliff, when they reunite after she’s unhappily married to another. (Nina Jones)
Hitfix also includes Wuthering Heights in a Sundance roundup.

The New Zealand Press reviews the film Sione's 2: Unfinished Business:
Modelled on Star Trek 3 (complete with its own form of "klingons"), the story involves a copy of Wuthering Heights, a Maori Hamburger joint, a strip club and a ladies' toilet block. (James Croot)
Agri-View reviews P.D. James's Death Comes to Pemberley where
In some ways James' description of weather and the countryside is reminiscent of the writings of Charlotte and Emily Brontë-darkness, wind, rain, scary sounds, etc. (Joan Sandstadt)
The Independent wonders, 'Where have all the book illustrators gone?' and looks back on a few great illustrators reminding readers of the fact that,
CE Brock illustrated E Nesbit but also Emily Brontë and Walter Scott. (Melanie McDonagh)
The New York Times' The Learning Network shares a few tips on collaborative reading such as:
Gender: Place students in groups by gender for the first part of reading a discussing any book that has both male and female characters. Facilitate both groups’ discussions, noting which characters each talked about, at what length or depth and the emotion or judgment toward them. When the groups are together, point out what each group said to start a discussion. Or, they can read two books back to back – one with exclusively male characters (like “The Lord of the Flies”) or a male protagonist, and the other with entirely female characters or a female protagonist (like “Jane Eyre”) – and share and compare experiences with the text. (Shannon Doyne and Holly Epstein Ojalvo)
The Lewiston/Auburn Sun Journal reports a group of students enjoying a Victorian tea party where
Prior to the tea party, the students immersed themselves in Victorian literature and culture. In addition to reading "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde, students chose between "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen and "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë.
Hipsy's View posts about Jane Eyre 2011 and LoveBooks (in French) writes about Wuthering Heights.

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