This week in "Star Wars Appreciation 101," Julia and Fern tackle The Empire Strikes Back from a certain point of view (sorry, we had to!). This episode covers narration and POV in literature and film, including how we identify a scene's point-of-view character or characters and what that can teach us. Other points of interest: What is narration, and how does it work in movies compared to literature? What is a work of fiction asking us to consider by taking certain points of view?

Read Fern's short story, "Fox Finds the Fairies" in Fruitslice Magazine!

On the Syllabus this Week:

• Kershner, Irving, director. Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Twentieth Century Fox, 1980.
• Mays, Kelly J. The Norton Introduction to Literature: Shorter 14th Edition. W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 2022.
• Proferes, Nicholas J. Film Directing Fundamentals, 4th Edition. Taylor and Francis, 2017.

Next Class:

• Character (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi)

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Social Media:
@swenglishclass on Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram
Julia is on TikTok @juliachristine77
Fern is on TikTok @alwaysfern

Business inquiries: starwarsenglishclass@gmail.com

Logo by Jacob David Earl (@jacobdavidearl)
Music by ZapSplat.com