COMPSTD 2301

COMPSTD 2301: Introduction to World Literature

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Suggested International Authors and Books

Use this list to explore international authors and find a novel for your assignment. Titles include a range of genres and time periods, along with film adaptations when available.

Books by international authors with suggested titles and film adaptations
Author	Books	Film Adaptations
Chimamanda Adichie	Search the library catalog for Half a Yellow Sun	Read about the Half of a Yellow Sun film on Wikipedia
Isabel Allende	Search the library catalog for House of the Spirits	Use Wikipedia to learn about the House of the Spirits film
Jane Austen	Search the library catalog for Pride and Prejudice Search the library catalog for Emma Search the library catalog for Sense and Sensibility Search the library catalog for Mansfield Park Search the library catalog for Persuasion	Explore Jane Austen film adaptations
Fredrik Backman	Search the library catalog for A Man Called Ove	Read about the A Man Called Ove film on Wikipedia
Karen Blixen	Search the library catalog for Out of Africa	Read about the Out of Africa film on Wikipedia
Charlotte Bronte	Search the library catalog for Jane Eyre	Explore adaptations of Jane Eyre
Emily Bronte	Search the library catalog for Wuthering Heights	Explore adaptations of Wuthering Heights
Pearl S. Buck	Search the library catalog for The Good Earth	Read reviews of The Good Earth film on Rotten Tomatoes
Anthony Burgess	Search the library catalog for A Clockwork Orange	Read reviews of A Clockwork Orange on Rotten Tomatoes
Frances Hodgson Burnett	Search the library catalog for The Secret Garden Search the library catalog for The Little Princess	Read reviews of The Secret Garden film on Rotten Tomatoes
Lewis Carroll	Search the library catalog for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass	Explore film and television adaptations of Alice in Wonderland on Wikipedia
Miguel de Cervantes	Search the library catalog for Don Quixote	Explore works influenced by Don Quixote on Wikipedia
James Clavell	Search the library catalog for Shogun	Explore films and screenwriting work by James Clavell on IMDb
Joseph Conrad	Search the library catalog for Heart of Darkness Search the library catalog for Lord Jim
Charles Dickens	Search the library catalog for Charles Dickens novels	Explore film adaptations of Charles Dickens novels on IMDb
Roald Dahl	Search the library catalog for James and the Giant Peach	Explore film adaptations of Roald Dahl’s works
Arthur Conan Doyle	Search the library catalog for Hound of the Baskervilles and Sherlock Holmes stories	Explore Sherlock Holmes film adaptations
Alexandre Dumas	Search the library catalog for The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers	Explore film adaptations of The Count of Monte Cristo
George Eliot	Search the library catalog for Silas Marner	Explore film adaptations of Silas Marner
Gustave Flaubert	Search the library catalog for Madame Bovary	Explore film adaptations of Madame Bovary
Ian Fleming	Search the library catalog for Casino Royale, Goldfinger, and other James Bond novels	Explore James Bond film adaptations
Cornelia Funke	Search the library catalog for The Thief Lord and Inkheart	Explore film adaptations of The Thief Lord and Inkheart
Neil Gaiman	Search the library catalog for Coraline, The Graveyard Book, and Neverwhere
William Golding	Search the library catalog for Lord of the Flies	Explore film adaptations of Lord of the Flies
Thomas Hardy	Search the library catalog for Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd	Explore film adaptations of Far from the Madding Crowd
Nick Hornby	Search the library catalog for A Long Way Down	Explore film adaptations of A Long Way Down
Khaled Hosseini	Search the library catalog for The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns	Explore film adaptations of The Kite Runner
Victor Hugo	Search the library catalog for Les Miserables	Explore film adaptations of Les Miserables
Aldous Huxley	Search the library catalog for Brave New World	Explore film adaptations of Brave New World
Thor Heyerdahl	Search the library catalog for Kon-Tiki	Explore film adaptations of Kon-Tiki
Kazuo Ishiguro	Search the library catalog for Never Let Me Go	Explore film adaptations of Never Let Me Go
Diana Wynne Jones	Search the library catalog for Howl's Moving Castle	Explore film adaptations of Howl's Moving Castle
Thomas Keneally	Search the library catalog for Schindler's List	Explore film adaptations of Schindler's List
W.P. Kinsella	Search the library catalog for Shoeless Joe	Explore film adaptations of Field of Dreams
Milan Kundera	Search the library catalog for The Unbearable Lightness of Being	Explore film adaptations of The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Stieg Larsson	Search the library catalog for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo	Explore film adaptations of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Yann Martel	Search the library catalog for Life of Pi	Explore film adaptations of Life of Pi
Gabriel Garcia Marquez	Search the library catalog for Love in the Time of Cholera	Explore film adaptations of Love in the Time of Cholera
L.M. Montgomery	Search the library catalog for Anne of Green Gables	Explore film adaptations of Anne
George Orwell	Search the library catalog for 1984 and Animal Farm	Explore film adaptations of 1984
Boris Pasternak	Search the library catalog for Doctor Zhivago	Explore film adaptations of Doctor Zhivago
Alan Paton	Search the library catalog for Cry, the Beloved Country	Explore film adaptations of Cry, the Beloved Country
Erich Maria Remarque	Search the library catalog for All Quiet on the Western Front	Watch film adaptations of All Quiet on the Western Front on YouTube
Mordecai Richler	Search the library catalog for The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz	Watch film adaptations of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz on YouTube
J.K. Rowling	Search the library catalog for the Harry Potter series
Marjane Satrapi	Search the library catalog for Persepolis	Explore film adaptations of Persepolis
Mary Shelley	Search the library catalog for Frankenstein	Explore various adaptations of Frankenstein
Robert Louis Stevenson	Search the library catalog for Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde	Explore various adaptations of Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Bram Stoker	Search the library catalog for Dracula	Explore film adaptations of Bram Stoker's Dracula
Jonathan Swift	Search the library catalog for Gulliver's Travels	Explore various adaptations of Gulliver's Travels
J.R.R. Tolkien	Search the library catalog for The Hobbit	Explore various adaptations of The Hobbit
Leo Tolstoy	Search the library catalog for Anna Karenina and War and Peace	Explore film adaptations of Anna Karenina
Jules Verne	Search the library catalog for Around the World in Eighty Days	Explore the 2004 film version of Around the World in Eighty Days
H.G. Wells	Search the library catalog for The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds
Oscar Wilde	Search the library catalog for The Picture of Dorian Gray	Watch film adaptations of The Picture of Dorian Gray on YouTube
Markus Zusak	Search the library catalog for The Book Thief	Explore film adaptations of The Book Thief

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Research Databases

Databases for Biography and Literature

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For your International Author Assignment

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Film and Media Information

Information on Movies

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Reviews and Newspapers

Movie and Book Reviews in Newspapers

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Citing Films

Use Purdue OWL MLA guidelines to cite films ↗ (opens in new window)

Films or Movies

List films (in theaters or not yet on DVD or streaming) by their title. Include the name of the director, the film studio or distributor, and the release year. If relevant, list performer names after the director’s name. Use the abbreviation perf. to head the list. List film as the medium of publication.

The Usual Suspects. Dir. Bryan Singer. Perf. Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin, and Benicio del Toro. Polygram, 1995. Film.

To emphasize specific performers (perf.) or directors (dir.), begin the citation with the name of the desired performer or director, followed by the appropriate abbreviation.

Lucas, George, dir. Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Twentieth Century Fox, 1977. Film.

Recorded Films or Movies

List films by their title. Include the name of the director, the distributor, and the release year. If relevant, list performer names after the director’s name. Use the abbreviation perf. to head the list. End the entry with the appropriate medium of publication (e.g. DVD, VHS, Laser disc).

Ed Wood. Dir. Tim Burton. Perf. Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette. Touchstone, 1994. DVD.