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An account of the life & work of Jean Rhys, a Dominican writer and her most well known novel "Wide Sargasso Sea".
An account of the life & work of Jean Rhys, a Dominican writer and her most well known novel "Wide Sargasso Sea".
| Module code and title: | A103, An introduction to the humanities |
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| Item code: | A103; 23 |
| First transmission date: | 28-01-1998 |
| Published: | 1998 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:29:02 |
| Note: | Loan copy available on compilation video A103/21,22,23,24. Programme also used for AZX103/23 |
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| Producer: | Amanda Willett |
| Contributors: | Carole Angier; Carolyn Cooper; Cicely Palser Havely; Lennox Honychurch |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Caribbean; Dominica; Market scenes; Novels; Schools; Slave market; Sugar plantation |
| Footage description: | Footage - Caribbean Island of Dominica (0'28"-1'59") - Portrait of Charlotte Bronte [Mary Evans Picture Library]. Sketch of Jane Eyre & Mr Rochester [Mary Evans Picture Library]. Sketch of British Industrialist home [Mary Evans Picture Library]. Photo of Jean Rhys (2'09"-2'49") - Portrait of Charlotte Bronte. Picture of Punishment of the Four Pegs [Mary Evans Picture Library]. Photo of Jean Rhys. Inside cover of Jean Eyre's autobiography. Sketch of Jane Eyre. Dominican market (3'24"-4'14") - Slave market. Extract read from Wide Sargasso Sea. Derelict sugar plantation (5'02"-7'24") - Extract read from Wide Sargasso Sea. Derelict sugar plantation (8'24"-9'19") - River. Trees. Water fall. Extract read from Wide Sargasso Sea (10'10"-11'23") - People singing in church. School (13'14"-14'00") - Congregation singing. Convent. Extract read from Wide Sargasso Sea. Statue of Jesus. People in church (14'50"-16'13") - Sea crashing onto cliffs, waves, beach (16'34"-16'55"). Band beating drums, dancing (17'32"-19'54") - River, footbridge, children dancing, sea (21'03"-22'02") Derelict house. Extract read from Wide Sargasso Sea. Forest, hills (23'56"-24'57"). |
| Master spool number: | DOU9258 |
| Production number: | FOUA526L |
| Videofinder number: | 5366 |
| Available to public: | no |
