230555 Transmedial Approaches to Shakespeare: Adaptations of 'Romeo and Juliet' in Class (S) (WiSe 2016/2017)

Romeo and Juliet is one of the most often adapted plays by Shakespeare. For our seminar, we will discuss its value in the literary syllabus taught at school, both in its ‘original’ form as play text and in various media renditions, such as theatre, movie (both as costume drama and modernisation), graphic novel/comic, and song. This brings us to questions about the nature of adaptations, and what makes them attractive or difficult in a EFL classroom, including such key decision as whether to teach R&J in Sek I or to confine it to Sek II? In the course of this class, you will particularly discuss, rehearse and compare different methodical approaches to drama and theatre, and consider possible ways to plan and organize thematic units and individual classroom sessions.

Bibliography

Obligatory Literature (to be purchased by students)
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet: The Graphic Novel. Ed. Clive Bryant. Plain Text Edition (Towcester: Classical Comics 2009).
William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet. Ed. Herbert Geisen. Englischer Text mit deutschen Worterklärungen (Stuttgart: Reclam 1994).

Recommended Literature
Surkamp, Carola/Ansgar Nünning: Englische Literatur unterrichten 1: Grundlagen und Methoden (Seelze: Klett/Kallmeyer, 2009).