Our Town and Ourselves

Series: Humanities Series (Ebec)

Duration: 31

Year Published: 1959

Creator: Coun for a TV Course in the Humanit

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Discusses Wilder's use of music, theme and variation, and condensed line or word, using scenes from the play as examples. Points out that Wilder is attempting to make viewers "aware of life" and "reconcile them to life," and scenes giving evidence of this are dramatically read by Clifton Fadiman. Concludes by again defining the humanities as the study of basic human questions that are unchanging and which bring increasing meaning to our lives., Detailed analysis of Thornton Wilder's play, Our Town, with emphasis on what the play offers the student in increased self-understanding and cultural enrichment. Narrated by Clifton Fadiman.

Complete Record: Discusses Wilder's use of music, theme and variation, and condensed line or word, using scenes from the play as examples. Points out that Wilder is attempting to make viewers "aware of life" and "reconcile them to life," and scenes giving evidence of this are dramatically read by Clifton Fadiman. Concludes by again defining the humanities as the study of basic human questions that are unchanging and which bring increasing meaning to our lives., Detailed analysis of Thornton Wilder's play, Our Town, with emphasis on what the play offers the student in increased self-understanding and cultural enrichment. Narrated by Clifton Fadiman.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.