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Waingrow, Marshall – Stud Engl Lit, 1970
Discusses about 50 books of or about English literature of the Restoration period published during 1969. (DS)
Descriptors: Anthologies, Book Reviews, Drama, Eighteenth Century Literature
Allgaier, Dieter – Die Neueren Sprachen, 1970
Descriptors: Advanced Programs, Analytical Criticism, Drama, English (Second Language)
Leech, Carolyn – 1995
Labeling literary or artistic periods is always tricky, and labeling an emerging period (such as this post-postmodern one) is, of course, impossible. Harold Bloom has labeled this period the "chaotic age" because of the canon wars that have raged among factions. One writer with a place in any canon and who is an anodyne to the chaos of…
Descriptors: Drama, English Literature, Higher Education, Language Usage
Claener, Ann, Comp. – 1977
Reference works dealing with English and American theatre and drama are listed and annotated in this paper. Part One, "Reference Works," is divided into six sections: encyclopedias and handbooks; dictionaries of terms; English and American histories; biography; indexes to characters in plays and to plays in collections; and directories of…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Drama, English Literature, Foreign Countries
Conlin, Matthew T. – Connecticut English Journal, 1970
"Macbeth" is best understood by considering five specific elements: (1) the tragic view--a recognition of man's dignity as well as his vulnerability to evil; (2) the tragic plot--the reversals in the plans of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, the scene of recognition of impending disaster, and Macbeth's continual suffering; (3) the tragic…
Descriptors: Characterization, Drama, English Literature, Human Dignity
Harbage, Alfred, Ed. – 1964
One of a series of works aimed at presenting contemporary critical opinion on major authors, this collection includes essays by Alfred Harbage, H. B. Charlton, Willard Farnham, H. T. Price, Donald A. Stauffer, Brents Stirling, Maynard Mack, Helen Gardner, C. S. Lewis, Alvin Kernan, Bernard Spivack, L. C. Knights, Francis Fergusson, G. Wilson…
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Drama, English Instruction
Mizener, Arthur, Ed. – 1969
This book, which is most suitable for high school or junior college teachers, is a guide to the teaching of twelve of Shakespeare's plays. For each play the authors include an opening essay about the general character of the play, its main theme, and the dramatic design expressing this theme. A detailed discussion of the dramatic action follows,…
Descriptors: Comedy, Drama, English Literature, History

Shand, G. B. – English Quarterly, 1977
Outlines theatrical and teaching techniques for classroom discussion of Shakespeare's plays, including scene preparation and performance, sound/movement exercises, and improvising scenes that Shakespeare "might have written but discarded." Provides questions for post-performance discussion. (RL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Drama, Dramatics, English Instruction
Williams, Michael – Use of English, 1990
Describes a "Shakespeare Coursework Unit" in which Shakespearean and other literary works of the Tudor era were analyzed for evidence of the gender biases prevalent in that period. Notes that by the end of the course, students accepted the assertion that textual analysis is never truly completed. (SG)
Descriptors: Drama, English Literature, Lesson Plans, Literary Criticism

Elliott, Ward E. Y.; Valenza, Robert J. – Computers and the Humanities, 1996
Applies 51 stylometric computer tests of Shakespeare play authorship and 14 of play authorship, developed by the Shakespeare Clinic, to 37 "true Shakespeares," 27 plays of the Shakespeare Apocrypha, and to several poems of unknown authorship. Finds that no claimant, and none of the apocryphal plays or poems, matched Shakespeare. (DSK)
Descriptors: Authors, Computational Linguistics, Computer Uses in Education, Content Analysis
Butler, Colin – Gifted Education International, 2000
This article describes a multi-part approach to Shakespeare's playwriting, including his conception of comedy, his method of characterization, aspects of staging, and the status of male and females. It can accommodate all types of Shakespearean plays. "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is treated as seminal, while other plays are also…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, English Literature

Johnson, Kathryn King – English Journal, 1998
Describes how, at a school in Texas, Shakespeare becomes a teaching vehicle for learning-disabled students as they engage in a year-long class that studies Shakespeare and his times, as well as produce an entire play. Argues that the experience works so successfully because it is student-centered, collaborative, and experiential. (SR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classics (Literature), Cooperation, Drama
Kehler, Dorothea – 1984
Shakespeare's plays are the apex of western achievement in the humanities and as such afford a highly fertile mechanism for teaching gifted elementary and secondary students. Studying Shakespeare facilitates the understanding of an earlier form of the English language and illustrates the evolutionary nature of language. Aside from a sense of…
Descriptors: Drama, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, English Literature
Gilliard, Fred – 1977
This booklet, containing eight instructional modules on works by major British writers, can be used either within a lower-level literature course for non-English majors or in a survey course for English majors. The first four modules focus on works from the early English period through the Elizabethan Age: "Beowulf,""Sir Gawain and the Green…
Descriptors: Authors, Drama, English Instruction, English Literature
Magowan, Robin – Coll Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Communication (Thought Transfer), Drama, Emotional Experience