Race and Gender in Shakespeare and the Art of Rhetoric
Marialuisa Sapienza
Published September 2008
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Objectives
to analyze the concepts of race and gender, and reflect about their real implications
to predict, infer, and see causes and effects;
apply their prior knowledge in determining these concepts, and before reading the written texts;
write an initial essay analyzing the concept of race and gender;
draw conclusions and evaluate the eventual differences;
read the written documents and start an initial understanding by underlining or highlighting the points and/or
parts that grab the students' attention;
draw conclusions about the right interpretation of the underlined or highlighted points;
understand the specific vocabulary of the various texts;
determine the purpose(s) and the perspective(s) of each document;
write a close analysis of the written documents;
discuss the close analysis of the written documents with peers;
compare and contrast the various written documents, and draw the appropriate conclusions;
write an annotated bibliography of all the documents studied;
write a final essay in which each student will evaluate and theorize about his/her own concepts of race and
gender, supporting his/her theory with three texts at least;
illustrate their theories with Power Point and present them to their audience.
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