By Dina Schein Federman

Ayn Rand's movie scenario "Red Pawn" is one of the most dramatic stories she ever wrote. What makes it dramatic? How would one properly analyze any work of fiction? This course aims to raise the reader's enjoyment of "Red Pawn" by analyzing it and teaches in a step-by-step manner how to analyze any work of fiction. Among issues discussed: "Red Pawn's" plot-theme, characters, climax and theme; what makes literary romanticism objectively superior to naturalism; value-pursuit and conflict as necessities of a good plot; how to escalate conflict; the difference between conflict and suffering; the role of villains; suspense; Ayn Rand's multi-tiered writing technique; the difference between "Red Pawn" and its nearest literary neighbor, We the Living; the problem of writing for a visual medium; the history of "Red Pawn."

(Audio CD; 4-CD set; 5 hrs., 16 min., with Q & A)