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Explores how Shakespeare's portrayal of "ethics and aesthetics" draws on classical and philosophical sources, with a focus on Rape of Lucrece and Hamlet. English summary, 236.
Evaluates Mary Cowden Clarke's The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines using Nie Zhenzhao's "ethical literary criticism," specifically through lens of "animal factor"/"Sphinx factor." Positions Cowden Clarke's book as didactic, teaching Victorian sexual mores and inviting women to appreciate Shakespeare. English summary, 63.
Suggests that Shakespeare's characters offer a variety of ways to consider "philosophy and poetry and their practitioners" in his plays and poems. English summary, 30.
Suggestes that it is a reader's spirit that gives them entry into Shakespeare's text and compares idolatrous readers (using Harold Bloom as example) to poststructuralist readers (using Gérard Genette as example). English summary, 177.
Traces history of translation of Shakespeare into Croatian. Finds Mate Maras's recent translations lacking compared to earlier translations. Suggests new translation of Shakespeare's complete works into Croatian is required.
"Provide[s] an introductory survey of ... 'mediated theatre studies'--that is, the study of recordings of theatrical performances." "Chart[s] broad trends in the research," including consideration of how mediated theater criticism merges film studies and performance studies approaches. Reviews existing digital platforms that stream Shakespeare productions and considers how to incorporate online performances in the classroom. English summary, online.
"Offer[s] practical strategies for training students in reading theatre broadcasts in ways that preserve the eventness of the experience and help develop group literacy in the medium." Showcases how filmed Shakespeare productions can help students explore "(1) experientiality; (2) collective learning; and (3) ephemerality." Describes value of attending to paratexts and "screen direction" with students. English summary, online.
"Argue[s] for the importance of intentionally framing such inclusively-cast productions, and describe the enlivened learning that emerges from students’ creative and analytical engagements with the local voices of modern Shakespearean performance, which offer representations of their identities in live theater within their own communities." Describes undergraduate class focused on local Shakespeare performance, where students created public-facing writing, including audience guides and production reviews. English summary, online.
Outlines the learning outcomes students achieve while creating the Nashville Shakespeare Performance Archive, a digital resource documenting Shakespeare performances in Nashville: "challenging authenticity," contextualizing performances, learning about regional Shakespeare, and "democratizing Shakespeare." English summary, online.
Describes preparing students to attend plays at the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company by using "performance-based pedagogy material"; focusing on theatre reviews and how to review; embedding performance into class discussion; and "incorporating performance studies readings." Includes appendices offering guidelines for two post-show assignments: journal entries about performance and short analytic paper. English summary, online.