Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

"Provides college and high school instructors with materials and approaches for teaching Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Topics covered include genre, marriage, girlhood, and intersectional approaches involving class, race, gender, queer readings, different textual versions, textual editing, performance-based teaching, adaptations, and latinidad"--

Summary

By the time they encounter Romeo and Juliet in the classroom, many students have already been exposed to various, sometimes incongruous, manifestations of Shakespeare’s work. This volume uses students’ preconceptions, finding innovative pedagogical possibilities in the play’s adaptations and new technologies that spark creative responses.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph M. (EDT) Ortiz
• Assisted by: Joseph M Ortiz (Editor), Joseph M. Ortiz (Editor)
• Publisher: Modern Language Assn Of Amer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.2024
• EAN: 9781603296489
• ISBN: 978-1-60329-648-9
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Approaches to Teaching World Literature
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Adult education class / course materials (language); Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies