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Informationen zum Autor Jennifer Flaherty is Professor of English at Georgia College, USA, and her research emphasizes adaptation theory and global Shakespeare. Deborah Uman is Professor of English and Dean of the Lindquist College of Arts & Humanities at Weber State University, USA. Klappentext The collective trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital shaming. Violence against women. Sexual bullying. Racial slurs and injustice. These are just some of the problems faced by today's young adults. Liberating Shakespeare explores how adaptations of Shakespeare's plays can be used to empower young audiences by addressing issues of oppression, trauma and resistance. Showcasing a wide variety of approaches to understanding, adapting and teaching Shakespeare, this collection examines the significant number of Shakespeare adaptations targeting adolescent audiences in the past 25 years. It examines a wide variety of creative works made for and by young people that harness the power of Shakespeare to address some of the most pressing questions in contemporary culture - exploring themes of violence, race relations and intersectionality. The contributors to this volume consider whether the representations of characters and situations in YA Shakespeare can function as empowering models for students and how these works might be employed within educational settings. This collection argues that YA Shakespeare represents the diverse concerns of today's youth and should be taken seriously as art that speaks to the complexities of a broken world, offering moments of hope for an uncertain future. Vorwort Liberating Shakespeare demonstrates the cultural and pedagogical importance of adapting Shakespeare for young adults, focusing on adaptations that seek to empower young audiences by addressing issues of oppression, trauma and resistance. Zusammenfassung The collective trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital shaming. Violence against women. Sexual bullying. Racial slurs and injustice. These are just some of the problems faced by today’s young adults. Liberating Shakespeare explores how adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays can be used to empower young audiences by addressing issues of oppression, trauma and resistance. Showcasing a wide variety of approaches to understanding, adapting and teaching Shakespeare, this collection examines the significant number of Shakespeare adaptations targeting adolescent audiences in the past 25 years. It examines a wide variety of creative works made for and by young people that harness the power of Shakespeare to address some of the most pressing questions in contemporary culture – exploring themes of violence, race relations and intersectionality. The contributors to this volume consider whether the representations of characters and situations in YA Shakespeare can function as empowering models for students and how these works might be employed within educational settings. This collection argues that YA Shakespeare represents the diverse concerns of today’s youth and should be taken seriously as art that speaks to the complexities of a broken world, offering moments of hope for an uncertain future. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Taking Young Adult Shakespeare Seriously, Jennifer Flaherty and Deborah Uman Section I: Trauma and Survival 1. Teaching Romeo and Juliet in Plague Time: A Trauma-Informed Approach, Ariane Balizet (AddRan School of Liberal Arts, TCU, USA) 2. Nothing/Something: YA Much Ado Novels in the World of Digital Shaming and Virtual Outcasts, Laurie Osborne (Colby College, USA) 3. 'I will not be a frozen example, a statued monument': Self-Actualization After Trauma in Pandosto , The Winter’s Tale , and Exit, Pursued by a Bear, Sara Morrison (William Jewell College, USA...
