COD 2024 - D993

Webinar - Staging Fear. Teaching Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (set text; AS & A Level Literature 2024)

Language and Literature teachers interested in teaching Literature, in general, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, in particular. Literature lovers interested in discussing this dramatic piece from a critical perspective

1 sesiones, inicia: 03-Jul

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Ciclo: 2024
Nivel: A Distancia
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Terminado
Lugar: A Distancia
Capacitador/es: Cecilia Lasa MA
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1 03 Julio 2024 05:30 pm 07:30 pm

Capacitador/es

Cecilia Lasa

Cecilia Lasa is a Teacher of English (IESLV “Juan R. Fernández”) and a Teacher of Literature (Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, UBA). She holds a Master's Degree in Literatures in Foreign Languages and in Comparative Literatures (UBA) and a Higher Diploma in Research in Humanities (UBA). She has done a Specialisation in Reading, Writing and Education (FLACSO) and in Writing and Literature (Ministerio de Educación). 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 in Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda. She is currently working as a teacher and researcher in English Literature and American Literature (FFyL, UBA) and conducting her Ph. D research at Instituto de Filología “Amado Alonso” (UBA-CONICET). 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 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, 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 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
- 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 Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
- To analyse the cultural and political implications of the play
- To discuss possible strategies, activities, resources and dynamics to tackle Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf in class
- The USA in the context of the Cold War.
- Character construction.
- Setting and Atmosphere.
- Violence and intimacy.
- The relevance of gender.
- 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 Edward Albee’s experimental 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

Albee. E. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

Critical and theoretical material

Adams. M. (1962). Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. New York: Wang High School of Queens.
Selerie, G. and Handley, G. (1992). Albee: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic.

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.
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