Theodore F. Sheckels Theodore F. Sheckels i(A54091 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 Sydney, a City without Love: The Unknown Terrorist in 'The Unknown Terrorist' Theodore F. Sheckels , 2018 single work criticism
— Appears in: Richard Flanagan : Critical Essays 2018; (p. 169-177)
1 Australian Film in the Australian Literature Classroom Theodore F. Sheckels , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 29 no. 1 2015; (p. 105-115) 'In the late 1970s and early 1980s, when the Australian government was striving to enhance its international standing in the arts, it chose to focus on film. Many films were produced to global acclaim. After watching Bruce Beresford's "Breaker" Morant (1980), Gillian Armstrong's My Brilliant Career (1979), or Peter Weir's Gallipoli (1981), many in academic contexts outside Australia were drawn to examine Australian writing. Since then, film has not lost its prominence among those who study Australian literature. Here, Sheckels discusses the use of Australian film in teaching Australian literature and the ways that enhance that undertaking. He explores three directions that teachers might pursue in integrating film into Australian literature courses.' (Publication abstract)
1 The Complex Politics and Rhetoric of John Marsden's 'Tomorrow' Series Theodore F. Sheckels , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 28 no. 2 2014; (p. 436-449) 'Sheckels suggests that John Marsden's popular, multiple award-winning "Tomorrow" series of seven books–primarily but certainly not exclusively for young readers–has this very Escher-like quality. They possess a double-voicedness much in the spirit of what Bakhtin suggests in his study of Dostoevsky, offering a–much in John Schilb's or Stanley Fish's terms–resisting reading and then, perhaps, a disconcerting rhetorical flip back upon itself. The texts then are rhetorically interesting, but so is the way in which the texts serve as an example of what Bakhtin implies about double-voicing but perhaps fails to make sufficiently clear because of his tendency to list and offer misleading generalizations.' (Publication summary)
1 The 'Stolen Generations' in Feature Film: The Approach of Aboriginal Director Rachel Perkins and Others Theodore F. Sheckels , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: A Companion to Australian Aboriginal Literature 2013; (p. 173-185)

In this essay the author attempts 'to account for the appearance of Aboriginals behind the camera beginning in the late 1980s.' (Introduction)
1 Adrift But within Sight of the Shore : Criticism of Australian Film Theodore F. Sheckels , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of Commonwealth and Postcolonial Studies , Fall vol. 17 no. 2 2011; (p. 125-132)
— Review of Shining a Light : 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute Lisa French , Mark Poole , 2009 single work criticism ; Diasporas of Australian Cinema 2009 anthology criticism ; The Cinema of Australia and New Zealand 2007 anthology criticism ; Australian Film Saskia Vanderbent , 2006 reference ; Film in Australia : An Introduction Albert Moran , Errol Vieth , 2006 multi chapter work criticism
1 Gendered Terrorism : Intertext, Context, and Richard Flanagan's The Unknown Terrorist Theodore F. Sheckels , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 24 no. 1 2010; (p. 35-39)
1 Fear in Peter Weir's Australian Films : A Matter of Control Theodore F. Sheckels , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 23 no. 1 2009; (p. 75-80) Many have noted the prevalence of the emotion of fear in Peter Weir's Australian films. In dealing with this fear, commentators have directed their focus at the world external to that which Weir's characters inhabit. The commentators have asked what is it 'out there' that these characters are so afraid of. As is wont of all good scholars they have attempted to discern an answer that unites Weir's oeuvre.
1 Australian Film Theodore F. Sheckels , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: A Companion to Australian Literature Since 1900 2007; (p. 403-415)
1 The Difficulties of Translating Peter Carey's Postmodern Fiction into Popular Film Theodore F. Sheckels , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Fabulating Beauty : Perspectives on the Fiction of Peter Carey 2005; (p. 83-100) Argues that 'the film adaptations of Carey's fiction seem to pull the work away from the postmodern aesthetic and, as a consequence, away from what Carey was positing through its use. The films offer something more modern or realistic, thereby confusing or altering Carey's themes' (81).
1 Filming Peter Carey: From the Adequate to the Distorted Theodore F. Sheckels , 1999 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 13 no. 2 1999; (p. 91-94)
1 Do We Need Another Schema? : "New Wave" Cinema's Redefinition of Australian Heroism Theodore F. Sheckels , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 12 no. 1 1998; (p. 29-36)
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