COD 2024 - D991
Webinar - The Problem of Coming Back. Ideas and Resources to Teach The Tempest (set text, AS & A Level Literature 2024))
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: 15-May
Please enrol before Friday, May 10th 2024
Course detail
Year: 2024
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Announced
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Cecilia Lasa MA
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Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 May 2024 | 05:30 pm | 07:30 pm |
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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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 William Shakespeare’s dramatic world 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.
- Discussion of the problems related to the context of production
- Introduction to William Shakespeare’s dramatic world 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.