“Exploring Victorian Literature through Film: A Review of “Hysteria” (2011)”

Extra credit is earned by completing activities outside of class that are related to our study of British literature in the Romantic, Victorian, and modern eras.  This could include all kinds of things, from a visit to the Huntington Library to see their collection of original manuscripts, to attending a live theater production of a play from these eras, to attending a lecture at UCLA, etc.  But for many of you the most logical activity is to view a film production of a work from one of these literary periods or a biography of an author.  I will provide some favorite suggestions, but you are more than welcome to propose something else as well–and to share your idea with others in the class.  Many of these are available on YouTube or NetFlix, through Amazon Prime, or via other streaming services.  Try Googling the topic (which is usually the name of a particular film, with some additional identifying information) and see if that helps you find a source.  If you hit a dead end, contact me for help.
To receive credit, simply write a 1-page review/response paper describing what you did and your reaction to it, then submit it through this assignment portal. You will receive 5 points of extra credit for your activity. There is a maximum of 15 extra credit points for the semester.
For our Victorian Era section, here are a few suggestions to get you started:
Any film version of any Dickens novel:  David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Nicholas Nickleby, A Tale of Two Cities, etc.
Alice in Wonderland (either the 1966 version directed by Jonathan Miller or the 2010 version by Tim Burton)
Wilde (bio-pic about author Oscar Wilde)
An Ideal Husband (film version of the play by Oscar Wilde)
My Fair Lady (adaptation of Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw)
Hysteria (a film from 2011 starring Maggie Gyllenhall that explores several surprising–and true–aspects of Victorian England, including the beginning of women’s rights and the impact of Freudian psychology, through a romantic comedy centering on the development of a very “liberating” new invention).