No. of pages 237
Published: 2016
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This book is part of a book series called Cambridge School Shakespeare .
There are 237 pages in this book. This book was published in 2016 by Cambridge University Press .
This book has the following chapters: Foreword; Introduction: Active methods; Teaching Shakespeare: an overview; 1. Why teach Shakespeare?: Abiding and familiar concerns; Student development; Language; Otherness; 2. Principles: Treat Shakespeare as a script; Make Shakespeare learner-centred; Shakespeare is social; Shakespeare celebrates imagination; Shakespeare is physical; Make Shakespeare exploratory; Address the distinctive qualities of the play; Choice and variety; Shakespeare and plurality; Negative capability; Shakespeare is about enjoyment; 3. Perspectives: Feminism; Psychoanalysis; Structuralism; Deconstruction; Political perspectives; Reception theory; Using perspectives; 4. Shakespeare's language: Introduction; Dramatic language; Imagery; Personification; Antithesis; Repetition; Rhyme; Lists; Verse; Prose; Rhetoric; Bombast; Hyperbole; Irony; Oxymoron; Puns; Malapropism; Monosyllables; Pronouns; Changing language; Inventing language; Everyday language; Two types of language; The development of Shakespeare's language; The Sonnets; 5. Story: The Story of the play; Enacting the story; Stories in the play; Recapitulating the story; Point of view narratives; Ariel's story; 6. Character: Introduction; Fundamental questions; Complexity of character; Language and character; Introduction to activities; Cast the play; Job interviews; Absent characters; This is your life; Obituaries; Point of view; Hot-seating; Public and private; Props; Free-wheeling associations; List of characters; Ranking characters; Journeys through the play; Relationships; Exploring character; Character types; Character names; 7. Themes: Introduction; Four common themes; Levels; Particular themes; Fathers and daughters; Acting and theatre; 8. Stagecraft: Introduction; Stage directions; Critical incidents; Creating atmosphere; Opening scenes; 9. Active methods: Content; The teacher's role; Organising the classroom; Introduction to activities; Acting a scene; Beginning the play; Sense units; Speaking Shakespeare; Teacher leading; Five investigations; Sections and headlines; Student as director; Point of view: theory; Improvisations; Warm-ups; A memory game; Tableaux; Chroal speaking; Insults; Using films; Trials and inquiries; Writing and design; Sequencing; Shakespeare's life and times; Theatre visits; Staging a Shakespeare play; Shakespeare festivals; Researching the classics; Other resources; 10. Shakespeare for younger students: Introduction; Shakespeare's life and times; Storytelling; Dramatic storytelling; A co-ordinated approach across the curriculum; A Shakespeare term; A puppet Macbeth; 11. Assessment: Process or product? Principles; Student self-assessment; Assessment of performance; Essays; Assessment tasks; Examinations; Evaluating a lesson; Quotations used in the text; Index
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This book features the following characters:
John Shakespeare
This book features the character John Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor. He wrote plays, sonnets and verse and is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English Language. Son of a glove maker, he grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon. He married Anne Hathaway and had three children, though one died very young. Shakespeare left Stratford to pursue theatre in London, where he acted at the Globe Theatre, wrote and was part owner of a playing company called 'The Lord Chamberlein's Men' (later 'The King's Men').
Mary Arden
This book features the character Mary Arden.
Anne Hathaway
This book features the character Anne Hathaway.