Fahrenheit 451 and Freedom Writers: a discussion on reading, writing, imagination, resistence and freedom

Authors

  • Maria Ignês Carlos Magno Universidade Anhembi Morumbi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9125.v14i1p127-136

Keywords:

cinema, education, literature, language, fiction.

Abstract

This section recommends two motion pictures that, although different in their themes, genres and historical contexts, put the book and the writing as basic elements for knowledge and freedom: Fahrenheit 451, by François Truffaut (1966), and Freedom Writers, by Richard LaGravenese (1995). The author remarks that these pictures are inspired in Literature, suggesting, as a complement, the reading of texts by Borges and Canevacci.

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Author Biography

  • Maria Ignês Carlos Magno, Universidade Anhembi Morumbi
    Doutora em Ciências da Comunicação pela ECA/USP. Professora do Mestrado em Comunicação da Universidade Anhembi Morumbi e da Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo.

Published

2009-04-30

How to Cite

Magno, M. I. C. (2009). Fahrenheit 451 and Freedom Writers: a discussion on reading, writing, imagination, resistence and freedom. Comunicação & Educação, 14(1), 127-136. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9125.v14i1p127-136