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Reading Shakespeare Film First

by Mary Ellen Dakin , Alan B. Teasley
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9780814139073
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte
  • Publisher Imprint: National Council of Teachers of English (Ncte
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 233
  • Original Price: USD 34.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 359 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Shakespeare

Studying Shakespeare in the high school classroom can and sometimes should begin with images and film. In Reading Shakespeare Film First, Mary Ellen Dakin asserts that we need to read Shakespeare in triplicate--as the stuff of transformative literature, theater, and film.

The potential for the mutual reinforcement and transfer of twenty-first-century literacy skills between text and film is too promising for classroom teachers to overlook. The heart of this book is a triangle whose three points are literary, theatrical, and cinematic; the chapters map a route around the perimeter of the triangle, guiding teachers and students with carefully researched and classroom-tested strategies for crossing over from Shakespeare's rich and strange early modern English to equally rich and strange modern film and illustrated productions of his plays.

Along the way, readers engage in reading and analyzing film stills, movie posters, and book covers; recognizing the three faces of film: literary, theatrical, and cinematic; exploring in depth the theatrical and cinematic elements of Shakespeare and then reconnecting them to the text; reading Shakespeare in full-length films; and transmediating Shakespeare's scripts into theater and film. As the "old" language of Shakespeare is constantly renewed through the "new" language of film, students develop twenty-first-century literacy skills through a marriage of the two.

Dakin, Mary Ellen: -

Mary Ellen Dakin is the author of two textbooks written to help students understand and enjoy Shakespeare's writings: Reading Shakespeare Film First and Reading Shakespeare with Young Adults. She has worked as a teacher of Shakespeare in both public and private schools since 1987 and has run workshops on Shakespeare since 1994.She has been awarded the title of Master Teacher by the Massachusetts Department of Education.

Her textbook Reading Shakespeare Film First is an excellent source for teachers in the 21st century as it takes into account modern resources such as film to help students to truly appreciate Shakespeare's work, while Reading Shakespeare with Young Adults works to inspire young readers to be excited to study the famous and beloved bard.

Teasley, Alan B.: -

Alan Teasley serves as director of staff development for the Durham, North Carolina Public Schools and adjunct assistant professor in Duke University's graduate and undergraduate teacher education programs. Alan has also conducted workshops and published articles in English Journal, The ALAN Review, and The Iowa English Bulletin.

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