Dear students,
in the next lessons your task is to do some research about Shakespeare on the internet to give you a good background knowledge about the time Shakespeare lived in and wrote his plays. This is an important and often underestimated prerequisite when dealing with the famous playwright.
Form groups of three. Every student in the groups chooses ONE of the topics given, researches on it and compiles an appealing DIN A 4 handout in which he/she includes the most important facts and figures. Your handout should also include three questions (easy, mediocre, difficult).
The research aims largely at three major topics given beyond:
To get you started I advice you to use the given links.
- Shakespeare's biography
- find out what is known about Shakespeare's life, career and his works (i.e. what forms of literature he wrote and give famous examples of each form)
- Your handout must include a timeline (maybe given on the back)
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/works.html
http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/london.html
2. the historical background
- describe the time Shakespeare lived in - its society, economy, religion and politics.
- comment on what it was like to live in Shakespeare's London
- Your handout should include a mindmap with illustrations
http://npu.edu.ua/!e-book/book/djvu/A/iif_kgpm_Family-9780313342394.pdf
http://www.shakespearestudyguide.com/Ageof.html
http://www.elizabethanenglandlife.com/
+ handout (which you can get from me in class!!!)
3. the Elizabethan world view
- find out how the Elizabethans saw the order of the universe and what they meant by the chain of being and the terms micro- and macrocosm.
- explain how their world view influenced people's attitude to politics and society.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_chain_of_being
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPLei-sp-8k
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