COD 2026 - D1243
Webinar - AS & A Level Literature 2026 and IGCSE Literature 2028: The Problem of Coming Back. Ideas and Resources to Teaching The Tempest (set text)
Language and Literature teachers interested in teaching literature, in general, and The Tempest, in particular. Literature lovers interested in discussing this dramatic piece from a critical perspective.
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sessions, start: 18-Apr
Please enrol before Wednesday, April 15th 2026
Course detail
Year: 2026
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Announced
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Cecilia Lasa PhD
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Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 April 2026 | 10:00 am | 11:30 am |
Facilitator/s
Cecilia Lasa
Language and Literature teachers interested in teaching literature, in general, and The
Tempest, in particular. Literature lovers interested in discussing this dramatic piece
from a critical perspective.
Tempest, in particular. Literature lovers interested in discussing this dramatic piece
from a critical perspective.
- To identify the main problems and challenges teachers and student may face when
studying The Tempest
- To account for the main conflict(s) in the play in the light of its denouement
- To explain how the construction of characters and the setting contributes to the main
conflict(s) in The Tempest, bearing its outcome in mind
- To analyse the cultural and political implications of the play and how they provide
some insight into its ending
- To discuss possible strategies, activities, resources and dynamics to tackle The
Tempest in class, considering the relevance of its denouement
studying The Tempest
- To account for the main conflict(s) in the play in the light of its denouement
- To explain how the construction of characters and the setting contributes to the main
conflict(s) in The Tempest, bearing its outcome in mind
- To analyse the cultural and political implications of the play and how they provide
some insight into its ending
- To discuss possible strategies, activities, resources and dynamics to tackle The
Tempest in class, considering the relevance of its denouement
- The romance as a genre. The importance of the coming-back-to-life theme in this
genre.
- Contextual aspects: society, politics, economy and gender in Renaissance England.
- Character construction in relation to the ending of the play.
- The use of magic and its relevance in the denouement.
- Knowledge and politics, colonisation and language: categories that shape the
outcome of the play.
genre.
- Contextual aspects: society, politics, economy and gender in Renaissance England.
- Character construction in relation to the ending of the play.
- The use of magic and its relevance in the denouement.
- Knowledge and politics, colonisation and language: categories that shape the
outcome of the play.
- Recovery of attendees' main difficulties when teaching literary texts and of their
previous knowledge about the play and its author
- Discussion of the problems related to the context of production
- Introduction to Shakespeare's theatre and the importance of this play
- Exploration of specific features of the play –stage directions, characters, setting,
conflict, etc.
- Guided group analysis of the play.
previous knowledge about the play and its author
- Discussion of the problems related to the context of production
- Introduction to Shakespeare's theatre and the importance of this play
- Exploration of specific features of the play –stage directions, characters, setting,
conflict, etc.
- Guided group analysis of the play.
Source text
Shakespeare. W. The Tempest.
Critical and theoretical material
Brown, Paul. “’This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine’. The Tempest and the
Discourse of Colonialism”. In Dollimore, Jonathan and Sinfield, Alan. Political
Shakespeare: Essays in Cultural Materialism. Manchester: Manchester University
Press, 1994a, pp. 48-71.
Lasa, Cecilia and Menán, Carina. “El elemento político en The Tempest: confluencia
del saber y lo pragmático”. Paper read at the International Conference “Alienación y
Extrañamiento: Reflexiones Teóricas y Críticas”. Buenos Aires, 2012.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations (2018). Learner Guide IGCSE® Literature in
English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Russell, C (2018). Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Whitthome, E (2018). AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
Shakespeare. W. The Tempest.
Critical and theoretical material
Brown, Paul. “’This thing of darkness I acknowledge mine’. The Tempest and the
Discourse of Colonialism”. In Dollimore, Jonathan and Sinfield, Alan. Political
Shakespeare: Essays in Cultural Materialism. Manchester: Manchester University
Press, 1994a, pp. 48-71.
Lasa, Cecilia and Menán, Carina. “El elemento político en The Tempest: confluencia
del saber y lo pragmático”. Paper read at the International Conference “Alienación y
Extrañamiento: Reflexiones Teóricas y Críticas”. Buenos Aires, 2012.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations (2018). Learner Guide IGCSE® Literature in
English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Russell, C (2018). Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Whitthome, E (2018). AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.