“All the World’s a Stage, and All the Men and Women Merely Players”: An Autobiographical Approach to Teaching Shakespeare
Location
Zoom Room 7
Start Date
31-3-2022 3:00 PM
End Date
31-3-2022 3:20 PM
Type of Presentation
Scholarly Work Presentation (15 minutes)
Proposal for Presentation
In light of recent disillusionments concerning the relevance of Shakespearean texts in the high school curriculum, this paper proposes an alternative pedagogical method that envisages changing this paradigm through autobiographical theory. In prioritizing individual autobiographies as the starting point for educational engagements, our method promotes regression, expectation of future experiences, analysis, and performance. Shakespeare’s text is holistically understood when lived, given its original conception as embodied, enacted narrative in the early modern period. By allowing students to engage in creative adaptations, reader’s theatre, and collaborative theatrical experiences, teachers create opportunities for self-transformation through trans-historical social themes present in the text.
“All the World’s a Stage, and All the Men and Women Merely Players”: An Autobiographical Approach to Teaching Shakespeare
Zoom Room 7
In light of recent disillusionments concerning the relevance of Shakespearean texts in the high school curriculum, this paper proposes an alternative pedagogical method that envisages changing this paradigm through autobiographical theory. In prioritizing individual autobiographies as the starting point for educational engagements, our method promotes regression, expectation of future experiences, analysis, and performance. Shakespeare’s text is holistically understood when lived, given its original conception as embodied, enacted narrative in the early modern period. By allowing students to engage in creative adaptations, reader’s theatre, and collaborative theatrical experiences, teachers create opportunities for self-transformation through trans-historical social themes present in the text.