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Study Materials

Below is a listing of literature and films recommended by past participants in the course.
BOOK / PRINTED RESOURCE AUTHOR
All My Sons Miller, Arthur
Antigone  Sophocles
Acharnians, The Aristophanes
Beach, The Garland, Alex
Bean Trees, The Kingsolver, Barbara
Brave New World Huxley, Aldous
Camille Claudel: A Sculpture of
Interior Solitude
Caranfa, Angelo
Catch-22 Heller, Joseph
Captain Corelli's Mandolin De Bernières, Louis
Ekklesiazousai (Women at the Ecclesia) Aristophanes
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly
Fried Green Tomatoes Flagg, Fannie
From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life Barzun, Jacques
Good Earth, The Buck, Pearl S
Invitation, The Mountain Dreamer, Oriah
Judgment at Nuremburg (out of print)
Life Stories
Lord of the Flies, The Golding, William Gerald
Neuromancer  Gibson, William
Of Vice and Virtue
Positronic Man, The (out of print) Asimov, Isaac
Prince, The Machiavelli, Niccolo
Socrates' Apology Plato
Sophie's Choice  Styron, William
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values Pirsig, Robert M
The Story Factor Simmons, Annette

FILM / MUSIC / DRAMA DIRECTOR / WRITER
12 Angry Men Rose, Reginald
2001: A Space Odyssey Kubrick, Stanley
American History X Kaye, Tony
Bicentennial Man Columbus, Chris
Boyz N the Hood Singleton, John
Children of Heaven Majidi, Majid
Children of the Revolution Duncan, Peter
Cinema Paradiso Tornatore, Giuseppe
Color of Paradise, The Majidi, Majid
Comrades, Almost a Love Story Chan, Peter
Devils on the Doorstep Jiang, Wen
Eat Drink Man Woman Lee, Ang
Ghost Dog Jarmusch, Jim
Muriel's Wedding Hogan, P J
My Fair Lady Lerner, Alan Jay
Once Were Warriors Tamahori, Lee
Pinocchio Collodi, C
Platoon Stone, Oliver
Postino, Il (Postman, The) Radford, Michael
Pygmalion Shaw, George Bernard
Rogue Trader Dearden, James
Saving Private Ryan Spielberg, Steven
Shawshank Redemption, The Darabont, Frank
Sumo Do, Sumo Don't Suo, Masayuki
Wall Street Stone, Oliver