COD 2023 - S706

Face-to-face - The Tension between Life and Death in The Winter’s Tale

Literature lovers interested in discussing this piece of prose from a critical perspective in the context of the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio; Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature, in general, and in Shakespearean romances in particular

1 sesiones, inicia: 19-Abr

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Ciclo: 2023
Nivel: Secundaria
Idioma: Inglés
Estado: Pospuesto
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Capacitador/es: Cecilia Lasa MA
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1 19 Abril 2023 05:00 pm 07:00 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.
Literature lovers interested in discussing this piece of prose from a critical perspective in the context of the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio; Language and Literature teachers interested in literary analysis and its impact on teaching literature, in general, and in Shakespearean romances in particular
- To identify the main economic, political and social features of late 16th and early 17th-century England in the context of the transition towards Modernity.
- To analyse the relationships between characters in terms of their gender as well as their social and economic background.
- To account for the relation between women, rhetoric and politics.
- To analyse Shakespeare’s reappropriation of the romance as a genre.
- To analyse the tension between destructive and constructive forces in The Winter’s Tale.
- Anthropocentrism, individualisation, secularisation and mercantilism in early modern England.
- Shakespeare’s romances as non-tragic dramas: its main themes and recurrent formal features.
- The death-to-life pattern in Shakespeare’s romances.
- The role of rhetoric, politics and gender in the construction of characters and their problems.
- Metadramatic features. The contest between characters for the position of a proto stage director.
1) Recovery of attendees’ previous knowledge about the text and its author 2) Discussion of the problems related to the context of production 3) Introduction to Shakespeare’s dramatic world 4) Exploration of specific features of romances –stage directions, characters, setting, conflict, etc.– 5) Guided group analysis of the play.

This seminar is part of the series “Rereading Shakespeare”, which tackles history plays, tragedies and comedies. Although each webinar is independent from the others, each of them deals with genre-specific aspects of analysis.
The other two webinars are:
- The Uncanny Sense of History in the Tragedy of Richard III
- The Place of Desire in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Source texts
Shakespeare, W. (2013). The Winter’s Tale. London: Arden Shakespeare.
Critical and theoretical material
Lasa, C. and Menán, C. (2021), “Hope in Shakespeare’s Late Pieces: The Case of The Winter’s Tale”. In Interstudia. Interdisciplinary Centre for Studies of Contemporary Discursive Forms, N° 29. Bacău: Alma Mater Publishing House; pp. 66-74.
Thomas Crane, M. (2003). “Early Tudor Humanism”. In Hattaway, M. (ed.) A Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture. Malden & Oxford: Blackwell, 2003.
Cambridge’s Bibliography about Literature in English
Cambridge International Examinations.Learner Guide IGCSE®Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Russell, Carey. Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Whitthome, Elizabeth. AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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