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The Hunchback of Notre Dame . Romania , December 2009 Hofstad Lyceum. What can you expect ?. Presentation : 50 minutes
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame Romania, December 2009 Hofstad Lyceum
Whatcanyouexpect? • Presentation: 50 minutes • Subject: Aspectsonliterature, culture and Frenchlanguage - inspiredby Victor Hugo’sfamousFrench classic novel‘Notre Dame de Paris’, set in medieval Paris • Film fragments: Walt Disney’sanimation film ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Programme • Film fragment (15 minutes) • Quiz (5 minutes) • Story and maincharacters (10 min.) • Second film fragment (10 minutes) • Themes (5 minutes) • Assignmentsfor the class (15 minutes)
Film fragment • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quiz • A small test: how much do you know and how well did you pay attention to the film fragment? • 10 questions with two answers: A and B • Right answer stand up and keep standing! • Wrong answer sit down
Question 1 • The maincharacter(protagonist) is: A Quasimodo B Notre Dame
Question 2 • The story is set in the followingperiod: A MiddleAges B 18th century
Question 3 • Howmanytowersdidyousee? A 1 B 2
Question 4 • One of the towers is called: A Bell Tower B Notre Dame
Question 5 • In the song: Eyes of the Notre Dame, the eyesrefer to: A Quasimodo B statues
Question 6 • The ‘man on the horse’ is called: A Frollo B sergeant
Question 7 • Howmanyfriends does Quasimodo have in the tower? A 3 B 4
Question 8 • What does the name Quasimodo mean? A disfigured B half formed
Question 9 • Walt Disney’s film is inspiredby Victor Hugo’s classic novel: A The Hunchback of the Notre Dame B Notre Dame de Paris
Question 10 • Howold is Notre Dame cathedral? A 800 years B 1200 years
Story and maincharacters • Film story is slightly different fromoriginal story • The Walt Disney film (1996) has a happy ending • Original story is writtenby the Frenchauthor Victor Hugo: Notre Dame de Paris (1831) • The classic novelinspiredmany films and different versions of the story, rewrittenforchildren • Maincharacters:
Quasimodo The hunchbackwho lives in the towers of Notre Dame • Esmeralda A beautifulGypsydancerwho is lovedby Quasimodo and Frollo, butfalls in lovewithPhoebus • Frollo The priest of Notre Dame whoadopts Quasimodo as hisson, but does notlovehim • Phoebus The captain who, in the end, savesEsmeralda, falls in lovewith her and fightsFrollo
Second film fragment • Quasimodo at the Festival of Fools
Themes • Outcast (Quasimodo looks different and feels he doesn’t belong) • Discrimination (Gypsies are discriminated and treated as witches) • Historical context (life in medieval Paris) • Architecture (personification: the Notre Dame as an important character in the story; along with the bells which have names, and the speaking statues)
Assignmentsfor the class • Sequence of 4 lessons (x 50 minutes) • 1st and 2nd lesson: film and discussion • 3rd lesson: assignment in groups • 4th lesson: options • History (Notre Dame cathedral) • Drama (script writing/performing) • Art (painting/drawing) • Frenchlanguage