TOPIC: The Leopard, Film and Book Review

Hello! this is is pretty flexible as long as it meets the length of 5 pages which my professor is more strict about. these are her instructions, which again are flexible. A. introduce author (highlight life and works) what is he most known for what is his critical standing B. name your author’s chief works. give a brief general description of the work you are focusing on and explain why you chose this book/film to discuss. C. give a brief history of the audience/ readers response over the years. is it highly thought of and why? is it ground breaking or different? what is special about it? D. talk about something that stood out about the book whether it be characterization, social issues, cultural references, narrative development E. Are there any video/film adaptations? if so discuss F. compare and contrast film and book, especially in terms of your major points raised in D. G.how did the film help you to “see” and “view” (understand) the novel? how did the novel help you to read the film? explain by selecting some central details. cute specific scenes from movie and film and compare and contrast them. H. Conclusion and summary!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

BELOW IS AN EXCERPT OF THE BOOK REVIEW

Film and Book Review

Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa is an Italian author who was of a noble family. Di Lampedusa was a successful author in both Italy and abroad, which most of his works being published and read in many countries globally. He is widely recognized as a writer of complex personality, with his greatest and most successful novel being the Leopard. During his life, Di Lampedusa was a solitary character who spent much of his time reading books (Nolan, 1966). In recalling his Childhood, DI Lampedusa notes that he liked being more with things during his childhood as a boy than with people. Di Lampedusa was the prince of Lampedusa and had served in the Royal Army, where he resigned with the rank of lieutenant.

Among the many works of literature authored by Lampedusa, some of his chief works for which he is known to include a novel titled The Leopard, a series of short stories and essays such as Lezioni su Stendhal and Leo Tolstoy. Other works of literature authored by Lampedusa include Two Stories and a Memory and Lighea. However, The Leopard is the most known work of literature for which Lampedusa has gained a great audience, received prizes and praise from the literature community (Nolan, 1966). The Leopard is a novel that chronicles the social and political changes in 19^th century Sicily during the Risorgimento.

The Leopard is a particularly interesting novel to focus upon as editors ejected it before publication several years after Lampedusa completed it. This novel is also important as it was written shortly before Lampedusa died from cancer diagnosed late. The Leopard was published posthumously and has come to be identified as Lampedusa’s masterpiece (Nolan, 1966). It is important to analyze the novel as it was once Italy’s top-selling novel and is considered by numerous critics to be a classic of modern Italian literature.