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ERIC Number: EJ285251
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Sep
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Two Teachers Look at E.T.
Roderick, James M.; Miller, Charlotte
English Journal, v72 n5 p87-89 Sep 1983
Suggests that the movie "E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial:" is a classic because it touches a mythic nerve--every person's impulse to find a home within an alien environment. Proposes that E.T.'s story, with its New Testament parallels, can be used to teach literary allusion. (MM)
Descriptors: English Instruction, Film Study, Films, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Secondary Education, Student Motivation
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Audience Response; E T (Movie)