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New approaches to teaching a familiar work By the time they encounter Romeo and Juliet in the classroom, many students have already been exposed to various, and sometimes incongruous, manifestations of Shakespeare's work. This volume makes a virtue of students' familiarity with the preconceptions, anachronisms, and appropriations that shape experiences of the work, finding innovative pedagogical possibilities in the play's adaptations and in new technologies that spark students' creative responses. The essays cover a wide area of concerns, such as marriage, gender, queer perspectives, and girlhood, and contributors embrace different ways of understanding the play, such as through dance, editing, and acting. The final essays focus on decolonizing the text by foregrounding both the role of race and economic inequality in the play and the remarkable confluence of Romeo and Juliet and Hispanic culture. This volume discusses the following texts: Valeria Luiselli's ""Shakespeare, New Mexico,"" James Lujan's Kino and Teresa, Guadalupe García McCall's Shame the Stars, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Taylor Swift's song ""Love Story"" is discussed in the volume, as are the following films: Alan Brown's Private Romeo, Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet, Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, Carey Williams's R#J, Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins's West Side Story, and Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet.

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Author:   Joseph M. Ortiz
Publisher:   Modern Language Association of America
Imprint:   Modern Language Association of America
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9781603296472

ISBN 10:   1603296476
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   28 June 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Preface Part One: Materials Editions Contextual Readings Film and Text Adaptations Critical Readings Pedagogical Resources Part Two: Approaches Introduction, by Joseph M. Ortiz Age, Authority, Marriage ""Get Her Heart"": Reading Romeo and Juliet through Early Modern Ideas of Marriage, by Robert Matz Juliet's Age and Questioning Authority in Romeo and Juliet, by Peter C. Herman Individualism and the Character Turn in Romeo and Juliet, by Meghan C. Andrews Gender and Sexuality An Intersectional Approach to Girls and Girlhoods in Shakespeare's Verona, by Ariane M. Balizet Juliet and Girl Power, by Natalie K. Eschenbaum Queering Romeo and Juliet with Film Adaptations, by Anthony Guy Patricia Considering Genre Rediscovering the Familiar: Comedy in Romeo and Juliet, by Stephanie Pietros ""Love at First Sonnet"": Romeo and Juliet's Collaborative Sonnet in Context, by Joshua Reid Textual and Performance Histories Editing Romeo and Juliet in the General Education Shakespeare Course, by Rebecca Olson Benvolio Must Die: Q1's ""Conceited"" Romeo and Juliet, by Sarah Neville Teaching Romeo and Juliet with Cue Scripts, by Marguerite A. Tassi The High School Classroom Scene Variations: Romeo and Juliet in the High School Classroom, by Abbey Bachmann So You Already ""Know"" Romeo and Juliet? How to Capitalize on Students' Familiarity with the Play, by Mary T. Christel Intersections with Race Studies Romeo and Juliet in a Course on Shakespeare and Race, by Maya Mathur Dancing with the Queen of Sheba: Romeo and Juliet, Ballet, and Race Studies, by Jehbreal Muhammad Jackson and Julia Reinhard Lupton Shakespeare and Latinidades Not-So-Ancient Grudges: Grounding Romeo and Juliet in the Histories of the US-Mexico Borderlands, by Kathryn Vomero Santos Erasing for Inclusion: Romeo and Juliet at Hispanic-Serving Institutions, by Jonathan Burton Diversifying Fair Verona: Shakespeare in Multilingual Classrooms, by Robin Alfriend Kello and Rhonda Sharrah Notes on Contributors Survey Participants Works Cited"

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