Discussion of Shirley Jackson's The Lottery

Duration: 10

Year Published: 1969

Creator: ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA EDUC. (FILM

Format: 16mm

Copyright: Registered 17Oct69 · MP20047 (Jan-Jun 1970) Copyright holder: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp

Description: James Durbin, of the Department of English, University of South California, suggests the idea of "commmunal tragedy, " the purpose of the lottery in community life; the traditional idea of blood sacrifice to the gods as a plea for a fruitful harvest; of the story as a "parable of our time, " of today's society. Companion film in the same series is "The Lottery By Shirley Jackson."

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