COD 2026 - D1248

Webinar - IGCSE Literature 2028: Through her Eyes. Teaching Antony and Cleopatra

Language and Literature teachers interested in teaching literature, in general, and Antony and Cleopatra, in particular. Literature lovers interested in discussing this dramatic piece from a critical perspective

1 sessions, start: 18-Sep

Please enrol before Tuesday, September 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 September 2026 05:30 pm 07:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Cecilia Lasa

Cecilia Lasa holds a Ph. D. in Literature and a Master's Degree in Literatures in Foreign Languages and in Comparative Literatures (FFyL, UBA). She is a Teacher of English (IESLV "Juan R. Fernández") and a Teacher of Literature (FFyL, UBA). She has a Higher Diploma in Research in Humanities (UBA) and has done a Specialisation in Reading, Writing and Education (FLACSO) and in Writing and Literature (Ministerio de Educación, Argentina). She has worked as a teacher of Literature and of academic reading and writing in Teacher Training Colleges in Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires and national universities as well. She is currently working as a teacher and researcher in English Literature and American Literature (FFyL, UBA). She is the author of Academic Writing and has edited and co-authored Literatura y formación docente. Proyectos de lectura y de escritura.
Language and Literature teachers interested in teaching literature, in general, and
Antony and Cleopatra, 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 Antony and Cleopatra
- To account for the main conflict(s) in the play
- To explain how the construction of characters and the setting contributes to the main
conflict(s) in Antony and Cleopatra
- To analyse the cultural and political implications of the play
- To discuss possible strategies, activities, resources and dynamics to tackle Antony
and Cleopatra in class
- Contextual aspects: society, politics, economy and gender in Renaissance England.
- Character construction.
- The foreign and the exotic.
- Gender and politics. Imperial expansion.
- Shakespeare’s reappropriation of history.
- 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.
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