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Stillwaggon, James; Frye, Charlotte; Cato, Dennis

doi:10.1111/j.1741-5446.2005.00008.x

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“…The success that Hart seeks, the goal to which his desire drives, is not to be one with Kingsfield, in the sense of making love to him, but of being recognized as his equal, or of achieving the same position with respect to the law (Cho 2005;Stillwaggon 2005a). Entering an empty classroom, Hart demonstrates the direction of his desire by posing as his professor (Grumet 1995): walking up to the podium, he looks out over the silent seats to see his own seat from the perspective of the teacher before a janitor exposes Hart's desires by turning on the lights.…”

Section: King Of Hartmentioning

confidence: 97%

Legal, Tender: The Deferred Romance of Pedagogical Relation in The Paper Chase

Stillwaggon

Jelinek²

2010

Stud Philos Educ

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Films depicting educational relationships typically emphasize personal connections between students and teachers over the educational goals that such relations facilitate. In doing so, these films raise the question of how teachers stand in relation to their institutional roles in such a way as to inspire students' desires for knowledge. In this paper, in order to examine the influence of institutional roles in defining teacher-student relationships, we analyze ''The Paper Chase,'' a film in which teacher and student have no personal connection but in which the drama of student desire is nonetheless clearly featured. Drawing from Plato's erotics, in which the soul is shaped by desire for that which it lacks, and from Jacques Lacan's theories of desire and transference, we argue that ''The Paper Chase'' portrays educational desire as rooted in the differential of authority between teacher and student.Keywords Film Á Desire Á Pedagogical relation Á Plato Á Lacan Á Transference Scholars analyzing the teacher-student relationship as portrayed in popular media (Dalton 2004;Keroes 1999) invariably focus their attention on To Sir, with Love (Clavell 1967). The film's appeal draws from its emphasis on teacher-student relations: little formal schooling takes place despite its educational setting and characters. As in the many films that follow its lead, To Sir, with Love replaces the ''three R's'' with romance and transforms the task of education into an interpersonal exchange of beliefs and tastes. 1 The popularity of To Sir, with Love, as well as the regular repetition of its character types and J. Stillwaggon (

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Section: King Of Hartmentioning

confidence: 97%