Reading Shakespeare Through Drama

Author : Jane Coles,Maggie Pitfield
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781009008778

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Reading Shakespeare through Drama by Jane Coles,Maggie Pitfield Pdf

Reading Shakespeare through Drama arises out of case study research which focuses on reading as a socio-cultural practice. Underpinned by theories of reading, learning, drama and play, it is, nevertheless, rooted in the everyday work of secondary English classrooms. Utilising the dialogic ambiguities inherent in Shakespeare's playscripts, this collaborative approach to reading pays particular attention to adolescent readers as meaning-makers and cultural producers. The authors examine different iterations of 'active Shakespeare' pedagogies in the UK, the USA and Australia, drawing a distinction between 'reading through drama' as an approach and the theatre inflected practices promoted by well-known arts-based institutions. Observational and interview data highlight the importance of addressing issues concerning identity and representation that are inevitably raised by the study of canonical literature. Importantly, this Element situates teachers' practice within broader ideological contexts at institutional and national policy level, particularly from the perspective of England's highly regulated system of schooling.

Author : Emma Smith
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-02
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780241361641

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This Is Shakespeare by Emma Smith Pdf

A THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'The best introduction to the plays I've read, perhaps the best book on Shakespeare, full stop' Alex Preston, Observer 'It makes you impatient to see or re-read the plays at once' Hilary Mantel A genius and prophet whose timeless works encapsulate the human condition like no others. A writer who surpassed his contemporaries in vision, originality and literary mastery. Who wrote like an angel, putting it all so much better than anyone else. Is this Shakespeare? Well, sort of. But it doesn't really tell us the whole truth. So much of what we say about Shakespeare is either not true, or just not relevant, deflecting us from investigating the challenges of his inconsistencies and flaws. This electrifying new book thrives on revealing, not resolving, the ambiguities of Shakespeare's plays and their changing topicality. It introduces an intellectually, theatrically and ethically exciting writer who engages with intersectionality as much as with Ovid, with economics as much as poetry: who writes in strikingly modern ways about individual agency, privacy, politics, celebrity and sex. It takes us into a world of politicking and copy-catting, as we watch him emulating the blockbusters of Christopher Marlowe and Thomas Kyd, the Spielberg and Tarantino of their day; flirting with and skirting round the cut-throat issues of succession politics, religious upheaval and technological change. The Shakespeare in this book poses awkward questions rather than offering bland answers, always implicating us in working out what it might mean. This is Shakespeare. And he needs your attention.

Author : Sylvia Adamson
Publisher : Arden Shakespeare
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UCSC:32106011406383

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Reading Shakespeare's Dramatic Language by Sylvia Adamson Pdf

Collection of short essays in two parts: Pt. 1: The language of Shakespeare's plays: Pt. 2: Reading Shakespeare's English.

Author : Michael Alexander
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350316829

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Reading Shakespeare by Michael Alexander Pdf

An essential introductory text that provides students with a lively and enjoyable tour of Shakespeare's life, his writing career and the theatre of his time. Concise yet comprehensive, the guide examines the texts of twenty widely-studied plays, and the Sonnets, illuminating both their original contexts and their later reception. Lucidly written, with no jargon, this is an invaluable overview of Shakespeare's life and works for students who may be studying Shakespeare for the first time. This is an ideal set text for modules on Shakespeare, Jacobean Drama or Renaissance/ Early Modern Literature which may be offered at all levels of an undergraduate Literature degree. In addition it is a helpful resource for students who may be studying Shakespeare's plays as part of a taught postgraduate degree in Literature. New to this Edition: - New material on politics and history - Clearer chapter titles and explanation of the scope and rationale of the book - Updated and expanded bibliography with more on gender, performance, politics and history

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1245755564

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Shakespeare in the Spotlight by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : Lynne Hunter,Sylvia Adamson
Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0174436629

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Reading Shakespeare's Dramatic Language by Lynne Hunter,Sylvia Adamson Pdf

The first in an occasional series of student guides to be published by the Arden Shakespeare, this interdisciplinary volume addresses a fundamental need in education in language, literature and drama. Many of today's students lack the grammatical and linguistic skills to enable them to study Shakespearean and other Renaissance texts as closely as their courses require. This practical guide should help them to understand and use the structures and strategies of written and dramatic language. Eleven short essays on aspects of literary criticism and performance by an eminent team of contributors are followed by a more detailed exploration of the history of language use, grammar and spelling, plus a glossary of terms offering definitions, contexts and examples. Together these provide an informed historical understanding of dramatic language in the early modern period.

Author : Scott Newstok
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780691227696

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How to Think Like Shakespeare by Scott Newstok Pdf

"This book offers a short, spirited defense of rhetoric and the liberal arts as catalysts for precision, invention, and empathy in today's world. The author, a professor of Shakespeare studies at a liberal arts college and a parent of school-age children, argues that high-stakes testing and a culture of assessment have altered how and what students are taught, as courses across the arts, humanities, and sciences increasingly are set aside to make room for joyless, mechanical reading and math instruction. Students have been robbed of a complete education, their imaginations stunted by this myopic focus on bare literacy and numeracy. Education is about thinking, Newstok argues, rather than the mastery of a set of rigidly defined skills, and the seemingly rigid pedagogy of the English Renaissance produced some of the most compelling and influential examples of liberated thinking. Each of the fourteen chapters explores an essential element of Shakespeare's world and work, aligns it with the ideas of other thinkers and writers in modern times, and suggests opportunities for further reading. Chapters on craft, technology, attention, freedom, and related topics combine past and present ideas about education to build a case for the value of the past, the pleasure of thinking, and the limitations of modern educational practices and prejudices"--

Author : Neil Corcoran
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781474253529

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Reading Shakespeare's Soliloquies by Neil Corcoran Pdf

'Now I am alone,' says Hamlet before speaking a soliloquy. But what is a Shakespearean soliloquy? How has it been understood in literary and theatrical history? How does it work in screen versions of Shakespeare? What influence has it had? Neil Corcoran offers a thorough exploration and explanation of the origin, nature, development and reception of Shakespeare's soliloquies. Divided into four parts, the book supplies the historical, dramatic and theoretical contexts necessary to understanding, offers extensive and insightful close readings of particular soliloquies and includes interviews with eight renowned Shakespearean actors providing details of the practical performance of the soliloquy. A comprehensive study of a key aspect of Shakespeare's dramatic art, this book is ideal for students and theatre-goers keen to understand the complexities and rewards of Shakespeare's unique use of the soliloquy.

Author : Peter Kishore Saval,Taylor & Francis Group
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032242949

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Reading Shakespeare Through Philosophy by Peter Kishore Saval,Taylor & Francis Group Pdf

Reading Shakespeare through Philosophy advocates that the beauty of Shakespearean drama is inseparable from its philosophical power. Shakespeare's plays make demands on us even beyond our linguistic attention and historical empathy: they require thinking, and the concepts of philosophy can provide us with tools to aid us in that thinking. This volume examines how philosophy can help us to re-imagine Shakespeare's treatment of individuality, character, and destiny. It draws upon a variety of thinkers including Plato, Aristotle, Leibniz and Kant, in search of a revitalized philosophical criticism of Julius Caesar, Love's Labor's Lost, Timon of Athens, and Twelfth Night.

Author : David Bevington
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-16
Category : Drama
ISBN : UOM:49015003157238

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How to Read a Shakespeare Play by David Bevington Pdf

Designed for readers who want to know how to go about reading Shakespeare's works for pleasure, this work offers readings of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Romeo and Juliet', 'Henry IV Part I', 'Hamlet', 'King Lear' and 'The Tempest'. It also talks in theatrical terms about producing the plays on stage or screen.

Author : Lisa Jardine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2005-07-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781134780617

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Reading Shakespeare Historically by Lisa Jardine Pdf

Reading Shakespeare Historically is a passionate, provocative book by one of the most renowned and popular Renaissance scholars writing today. Charting ten years of critical development, these challenging, witty essays shed new light on Renaissance studies. It also raises intriguing questions about how the culture and history of the past illuminates the key social and political issues of today. Lisa Jardine re-reads Renaissance drama in its historical and cultural context, from laws of defamation in Othello to the competing loyalties of companionate marriage and male friendship in The Changeling. In doing so she reveals a wealth of new insights, sometimes surprising but always original and engrossing. At the same time, these essays also provide a fascinating account of the rise of feminist scholarship since the 1980s and the diversifying of `new historicist' approaches over the same period. Reading Shakespeare Historically will fascinate and provoke students of shakespeare and his historical age, and general readers with an urge to understand how the culture and history of our past illuminates the key scoial and political issues of today.

Author : William Shakespeare
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044020271821

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The Merchant of Venice and Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare Pdf

Author : John Haddon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781135266653

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Teaching Reading Shakespeare by John Haddon Pdf

‘John Haddon offers creative, systematic and challenging approaches which don’t bypass the text but engage children with it.’ – Trevor Wright, Senior Lecturer in Secondary English, University of Worcester, UK Teaching Reading Shakespeare is for all training and practising secondary teachers who want to help their classes overcome the very real difficulties they experience when they have to ‘do’ Shakespeare.

Author : Maria Franziska Fahey, Dr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0615731953

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A Guide to Reading Shakespeare's Macbeth by Maria Franziska Fahey, Dr Pdf

Many guides dictate the meanings of Shakespeare's scenes and translate his rich language into more ordinary speech. But A Guide to Reading Shakespeare's Macbeth gives readers the tools to understand the play for themselves. The greater part of the guide is comprised of a sequence of carefully designed questions for each scene of the play. These questions give readers needed guidance to parse the play's sometimes complex and obscure language and to begin to grasp its larger themes. Before these scene-by-scene questions to guide close reading, four brief chapters provide information key to understanding the play: a description of how modern editions of Macbeth adapt the 1623 First Folio text alerts readers to what editors may introduce; an introduction to meter provides the essentials needed to hear how Shakespeare composes differently for witches than for kings; an introduction to figurative language offers techniques to comprehend Shakespeare's abundant imagery; and an outline of the play's core topics prepares readers to consider its key motifs. A Guide to Reading Shakespeare's Macbeth gives readers the methods and the confidence to arrive at their own interpretations of Shakespeare's great tragedy.

Author : James P. Lusardi,June Schlueter
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0838633943

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Reading Shakespeare in Performance by James P. Lusardi,June Schlueter Pdf

This work attempts to bring together the divided commitments of academics and theater people. Its method is threefold: scrutinizing the text for signals that may guide production, identifying and analyzing those moments that represent textual and performance cruces, and looking at ways in which performance interprets text by focusing on King Lear.