Studio Activity in English Literature Class

The students were given task to shoot any one scene from the play 'Long Day's Journey into Night' (a play by Eugene O'Neill). The students were supposed to adapt the script of the play for short video, rewrite dialogues, storyboard the scene, rehearse the dialogues, set camera angles, find location, shoot the scene, edit it and then upload on their YouTube channel.

All the benefits of studio activities mentioned on this blog were experienced by these students.

Here are the scenes prepared by the students:

The first video is not on the play 'Long Day's Journey into Night' but it is one of the earliest attempt to use 'studio activities' in ELT classroom.

The Only Story

 The Only Story - Julian Barnes

Julian Barnes, in full Julian Patrick Barnes, pseudonyms Edward Pygge and Dan Kavanagh, (born January 19, 1946, Leicester, England), British critic and author of inventive and intellectual novels about obsessed characters curious about the past. Click here to read more, in brief, about his works).

About the novel - 'The Only Story'

1. Introductory Presentation by Students (2023)

    

 2. Introductory Presentation by Students (2022): The Only Story - Julian Barnes

   

 3. Characters | Plot Summary | Timeline | The Only Story

   

 4. Narrative Pattern | The Only Story

   

 5. Theme of Love | Passion and Suffering | The Only Story

   

 6. Memory Novel | Memory and History | The Only Story

   

 7. Joan | Character Study | The Only Story

   

 8. Two Ways to Look at Life | The Only Story

   

 9. Question of Responsibility | The Only Story

   

 10. Theme of Marriage | Critique of Marriage Institution | The Only Story

 

'The Only Story' as a Postmodern Novel by Julian Barnes

Crosswords: Symbolic Significance

The Question of Memory

Postmodern Absurdist Critique of 'The Only Story'

Summary of 'The Only Story'

Check your understanding of the novel: Click here to open an online test

Points to Ponder: Questions 

Presentations on 'The Only Story:

Narrative Pattern in Julian Barnes's 'The Only Story' from Dilip Barad

Theme of Love - Passion and Suffering - The Only Story - Julian Barnes from Dilip Barad

Memory Novel - Theme of Memory and History - The Only Story - Julian Barnes from Dilip Barad

Two Ways to Look at Life | The Only Story from Dilip Barad

Additional Reading Resources:

1. Beautiful But Heartrending, 'The Only Story' Looks Back At Love Gone Wrong

2. An exquisite look at love

3. Review by Alex Preston

4. Review by ELLEN PRENTISS CAMPBELL

Worksheets:

• Worksheet 1: Using ChatGPT in analyzing 'The Only Story'
• Worksheet 2: Theme and Narrative Pattern - Using ChatGPT in analyzing novel 'The Only Story'
• Worksheet 3: Crosswords and Quotes - Using ChatGPT in reading Julian Barnes's 'The Only Story'