COD 2006 - G369A

Cultural Programme: Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice

Literature and Language teachers.

1 sessions, start: 27-Apr

Course detail

Year: 2006
Level: General
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Ana María Anta Paz de Castagnino
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Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 27 April 2006 05:30 pm 08:30 pm

Facilitator/s

Ana María Anta Paz de Castagnino

Teacher of English, graduate of I.E.S. en Lenguas Vivas "Juan Ramón Fernández". She is tenured lecturer in English History and English Literature: Shakespeare at the I.E.S. Lenguas Vivas "Juan Ramón Fernández". She is codirector of Clover (Centro de Estudios de Lengua Inglesa).
Literature and Language teachers.
To become aware of possible readings / interpretations of the play in the light of classical and post-modern literary theory.
- Who is the central character in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice: Antonio / Portia? / Shylock? - Is Shylock, the jew of Venice, the villain or the scapegoat in this (ambiguously) just Venetian society? How has historical development in the western world influenced the interpretation/representation of the play? Methodology: Exposition and group work (discussion and comments on the different points of view presented; questions and group discussion tasks on the part of the audience).
- Bloom, H. (1998). Shakespeare - The Invention of the Human. New York: Riverhead Books. - Dumsinberre, J. (1975 / 1996). Shakespeare and the Nature of Women. Hampshire and London: Macmillan. - Evans, B. (1967). Shakespeare 's Comedies. Oxford: Oxford University Press. - Shapiro, J. (1996). Shakespeare and the Jews. New York: Columbia University Press. - Traversi, D. (1969). An Approach to Shakespeare. New York: Doubleday.
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