Methods of Using a Film Adaptation in the Study of Polish Literature

The article deals with the film adaptation and the methods of its analysis in the study of Polish literature. The modern teacher has to make a lot of effort to activate studentsʼ interest in literature, and to make the lesson interesting and meaningful. The film adaptation is one of such means. Different views on this problem are proposed by domestic (V. Vynnychuk, O. Muratov, L. Bryukhovetska, S. Marchenko, etc.) and Polish scientists (B. Kosetska, B. V. Levytsky, E. Nurchynska-Fidelska, I. Plisetsky, etc.). It is noted that the film adaptation helps students to read the work in a new way and discover previously unnoticed beauty and depth, provides a material for the development of figurative thinking. Through the images and events they see on the screen, they can create their own opinion – whether the writerʼs idea is true or false, whether the film characters correspond to the characters of the work, or the directorʼs idea corresponds to the content of the story or novel, what was omitted and what was added. Attention is paid to the developmental, educational, cognitive and educational functions of film interpretations. The main methods of comparative analysis of a work of art and its film adaptation, advantages and disadvantages of film adaptations, are determined. The essence of the concept of "film education", its main tasks and role in the aesthetic education of the younger generation are considered. It was found that the use of film interpretations in the study of literature makes classes not only more diverse, clearer, but also more interesting, emotional and meaningful