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Entries from September 2006

Are Active Methods the Best Way to Teach Shakespeare?

September 20th, 2006 · 2 Comments

“Active methods comprise a wide range of expressive, creative and physical activities.  they recognize that Shakespeare wrote his plays for performance, and that his scripts are completed by enactment of some kind” (Gibson, Rex.  Teaching Shakespeare.  Cambridge University Press, UK.  1998.  pg. xii).
This book argues that the teaching of Shakespeare is most effective when taught […]

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Why Teach Literature with Theory?

September 18th, 2006 · Comments Off

“The main reason for studying theory at the same time as literature is that it forces you to deal consciously with the problem of ideologies….  If you are going to live intelligently in the modern world, you have to recognize that there are conflicting ideologies and that there is no simple direct access to the […]

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