PBS' Masterpiece Classic leaves behind the works of Jane Austen this Sunday, April 13, and makes a seamless transition into the world of E.M. Forster with a new adaptation of the classic A Room with a View. It is a straightforward, engaging, and emotionally satisfying tale of romance, class conflict and independence. (Plus, it boasts lush Italian and English backdrops.) Appropriate for highschoolers of all ages, this screen adaptation would be ideal paired with the novel and Forster's short and highly readable Aspects of the Novel. The slim volume offers nuts-and-bolts literary theory, hearty and logical common sense stuff it is difficult to find today. This is where Forster explains his famous ideas on "flat" versus "round" characters, for example.
Read Aspects and Room concurrently and explore Forster's ability to enact his theories in his own fiction.
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