The Reel Anna Karenina

Christine Kern, Ph.D., Honors College

Brenna Gittins, Undergraduate Student, Honors College

Marielle Rottman, Undergraduate Student, Honors College

Jessica Leal, Undergraduate Student, Honors College

Kasandra Goldberg, Undergraduate Student, Honors College

Jordan Ishii, Undergraduate Student, Honors College

Madison Kwalwasser, Undergraduate Student, Honors College

Madison Feyrer-Melk, Undergraduate Student, Psychology and Honors College

Blake Huxell, Undergraduate Student, Honors College

Isabella Malak, Undergraduate Student, Honors College

Do you like movies? Do you like Keira Knightley and Jude Law? Do you like pretending that you know a lot about film adaptations of novels? Do you call them films and novels instead of movies and books to sound smarter? Well, so do we. Come learn how Leo Tolstoy’s novel Anna Karenina compares to the 2012 Joe Wright film adaptation of the same name. Throughout the year, our Honors class has explored various ideas in the novel, and in this presentation we examine community, love, peasantry, shame, communication, authenticity, blame, suicide, and Tolstoy’s life as they are represented in the movie and book. Just one question remains: Is the book really better than the movie? (Spoiler alert! Yes, it is.)