Original Literature	Related or Adapted CD and Films
Before 14th century The 7th Century The 12th Century The 14th Century The 15th Century	1) Beowulf *	n          Sturla Gunnarsson’s 2005 Beowulf & Grendel (100 m, not available from Amazon yet, highly recommended) n          Peter Jackson’s 2004 DVD The Fellowship of the Ring in The Lord of the Rings *
	2) Thomas of England’s Le Roman de Tristran (or Tristan and Isolde) * 3) Marie de France’s “Chevrefoil”	Kevin Reynolds’ 2006 DVD Tristan and Isolde (125m) *
	4) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight *	n          Stephen Weeks’s 1984 Sword of the Valiant—The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (not highly recommend, available from Amazon) n          Peter Jackson’s 2004 DVD The Return of the King in The Lord of the Rings * n          Antoine Fugua’s 2004 DVD King Arthur (138 m) *
	5) Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales *	Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1980 DVD The Canterbury Tales (121 m) *
	6) Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte Darthur (or King Arthur) *	Antoine Fugua’s 2004 DVD King Arthur (138 m) *
The 16th century	1) The Bible *	n          John Irvin’s 1999 Noah's Ark n          Krzysztof Kieslowski’s 1988 DVD Decalogue (十誡之生命之歌)—“Thou should not kill”* n          Cecil B. Demiller’s Ten Commandments (十誡, 245 m) n          Cecil B. DeMIlle’s 1956 DVD The Ten Commandments n          Pier Paolo Pasolini’s The Gospel According to St. Matthew (馬太福音) * n          Pier Paolo Pasolini’s O le 120 Giorante di Sodoma (索多瑪120天)—based on French writer Sade’s work n          George Stevens’s The Greatest Story Ever Told (141 m) n          Carlos Saura’s Salomé (82 m, a dance film) *
	2) Faerie Queen *	Shekhar Kapur’s 1998 DVD Elizabeth I (124 m)
	3) Christopher Marlowe’s The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus *	n          1968 Richard Burton’s Dr. Faustus n          F. W. Murnau’s 1926 DVD Faust (116 m, a silent film) * n          David Fincher’s 1995 Seven (127 m) *
	4) Shakespeare’s Sonnets *	n          John Madden’s 1999 DVD Shakespeare in Love (123m) * n          CD: Love Immortal by Michael Maxwell (Sonnet # 18: “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”) * n          The Norton Anthology Audio Companion and website http://www.wwnorton.com/nto/ *
	5) Much Ado about Nothing *	Kenneth Branagh’s 1993 DVD Much Ado about Nothing (111 m) *
	6) The Twelfth Night *	Trevor Nunn’s 1996 DVD The Twelfth Night (134 m) *
	7) The Merchant of Venice	Michael Radford and Luxembourg’s 2004 DVD The Merchant of Venice (131 m)
	8) Othello	n          Oliver Parker’s 1995 DVD Othello (123 m) * n          Song # 11 “The Willow Song” in CD The English Lute Song * n          BBC Version *
	9) Hamlet	Lawrence Olivier’s 1948 DVD Hamlet (134 m) *
	10) The Tempest	Derek Jarman’s 1979 The Tempest
	11) Anthony and Cleopatra	Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Cleopatra (250 m)
	12) King Lear *	n          Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 DVD Ran (162 m, 黑澤明的《亂》) * n          BBC Version