COD 2021 - D473
Webinar - AS Set Text (2021,2022, 2023): Antihumanism in Shakespeare's King Lear
Teachers interested in Literature, Philosophy, Critical Pedagogies and AS and IGCSE teachers
1
sessions, start: 13-Aug
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2021
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Ms. María Cecilia Pena Koessler MA, Ms. Florencia Perduca MA
ESSARP Schools
Free of charge
Free of charge
Exams Schools
ARS 1800.00
ARS 1800.00
Non affiliate
ARS 1800.00
ARS 1800.00
Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 August 2021 | 05:30 pm | 07:00 pm |
Facilitator/s
María Cecilia Pena Koessler
Florencia Perduca
Teachers interested in Literature, Philosophy, Critical Pedagogies and AS and IGCSE teachers
We will aim at:
- Exploring the literary representation of the human in King Lear and proposing a contemporary posthuman turn to our reading of the Shakespearean text.
- Analyzing the extent to which the characters that depict the human relate to nature and landscape at the core Shakespearean drama
- Approaching King Lear from the perspective of Posthuman Pedagogy and Ecocritical Studies.
- Carrying forward a systematic instrumental analysis of the literary text to suit the AS Cambridge exam.
- Exploring the literary representation of the human in King Lear and proposing a contemporary posthuman turn to our reading of the Shakespearean text.
- Analyzing the extent to which the characters that depict the human relate to nature and landscape at the core Shakespearean drama
- Approaching King Lear from the perspective of Posthuman Pedagogy and Ecocritical Studies.
- Carrying forward a systematic instrumental analysis of the literary text to suit the AS Cambridge exam.
- Theory
• Framing the context: the Anthropocene in Jacobean times.
• Exploring the new paradigmatic crisis: Humanism vs. the Antihuman turn at the core of the Renaissance man.
• Defining the object of study: anthropocentrism vs. biocentrism.
- Pedagogy
• Posthuman Pedagogy and Ecocriticism: helping learners engage critically and empathically.
• Presenting key notions.
• Exploring hands-on approaches to the literary text.
• Systematizing an instrumental reading of the literary text through the lens of posthuman and ecocritical theory and pedagogy to meet the needs of AS students
• Framing the context: the Anthropocene in Jacobean times.
• Exploring the new paradigmatic crisis: Humanism vs. the Antihuman turn at the core of the Renaissance man.
• Defining the object of study: anthropocentrism vs. biocentrism.
- Pedagogy
• Posthuman Pedagogy and Ecocriticism: helping learners engage critically and empathically.
• Presenting key notions.
• Exploring hands-on approaches to the literary text.
• Systematizing an instrumental reading of the literary text through the lens of posthuman and ecocritical theory and pedagogy to meet the needs of AS students
1)Presentation and discussion of how to approach literary texts through posthuman approaches.
2)Exploration of the object of study King Lear in the light of the framework proposed to enrich Cambridge AS-oriented classes and to propose innovative approaches to the language and literature classes.
3)Instrumental reading and systematic analysis of King Lear to cater for AS classes.
4)Presentation of Posthuman Pedagogy, its main tenets and its didactic implications and contribution to intercultural education.
2)Exploration of the object of study King Lear in the light of the framework proposed to enrich Cambridge AS-oriented classes and to propose innovative approaches to the language and literature classes.
3)Instrumental reading and systematic analysis of King Lear to cater for AS classes.
4)Presentation of Posthuman Pedagogy, its main tenets and its didactic implications and contribution to intercultural education.
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•Bayley, A (2018). Posthuman Pedagogies in Practice: Arts based approaches for developing participatory futures. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
•Braidotti, R. (2013). The Posthuman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
•Clarke, B. & Rossini, M. (2017). Literature and the Posthuman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
•Dionne, C. (2016). Posthuman Lear: Reading Shakespeare in the Anthropocene. Punctum Books.
•Egan, G. (2006). Green Shakespeare: From Ecopolitics to Ecocriticism. London: Routledge.
•Egan, G. (2015). Shakespeare and Ecocritical Theory. London: Bloomsbury.
•Estok, S. (2011). Ecocriticism and Shakespeare: Reading Ecophobia (Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment). N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan.
•Bayley, A (2018). Posthuman Pedagogies in Practice: Arts based approaches for developing participatory futures. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
•Braidotti, R. (2013). The Posthuman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
•Clarke, B. & Rossini, M. (2017). Literature and the Posthuman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
•Dionne, C. (2016). Posthuman Lear: Reading Shakespeare in the Anthropocene. Punctum Books.
•Egan, G. (2006). Green Shakespeare: From Ecopolitics to Ecocriticism. London: Routledge.
•Egan, G. (2015). Shakespeare and Ecocritical Theory. London: Bloomsbury.
•Estok, S. (2011). Ecocriticism and Shakespeare: Reading Ecophobia (Literatures, Cultures, and the Environment). N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan.