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Approaches to teaching Shakespeare's Othello.


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Approaches to teaching Shakespeare's Othello Othello

smothers wife, Desdemona, in paroxysm of rage over her suspected adultery. [Br. Lit.: Othello]

See : Anger


Othello

“thinks men honest that but seem to be so.” [Br. Lit.
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Ed. by Peter Erickson Erickson can refer to several persons:
  • Arthur Erickson - Canadian architect
  • Dennis Erickson - former coach of the NFL's 49ers and Seahawks
  • Major General Edgar C.
 and Maurice Hunt.

Modern Language Association

2005

244 pages

$19.75

Paperback

Approaches to teaching world literature; 88

PR2829

Divided between materials and approaches, this guide to teaching Othello caters to instruction in undergraduate courses. Erickson and Hunt review editions and teaching resources, such as critical, pedagogical ped·a·gog·ic   also ped·a·gog·i·cal
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of pedagogy.

2. Characterized by pedantic formality: a haughty, pedagogic manner.
, performance, and theater studies, student readings, and visual materials. First is an essay on the play and the work of Jim Andreas, who helped propose the volume and whose work connects to the studies. Then the 21 chapters, by the mostly US contributors, describe teaching methods focusing on race, gender and sexuality, genre, classroom strategies, performance, and comparisons with other works by Verdi, Elizabeth Cary Elizabeth Cary may refer to:
  • Elizabeth Tanfield Cary, early modern poet and playwright
  • Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (née Cary), founder of Radcliffe College
  • Elizabeth Cary, modern poet and Sobe green tea enthusiast
, and Aphra Behn Aphra Behn (July 10, 1640 – April 16, 1689) was a prolific dramatist of the Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing participated in the amatory fiction genre of British literature. , among others. Erickson is the author of other books on Shakespeare and Hunt is a professor of English at Baylor U.

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