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Autor/in | Brooks, Greg |
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Titel | 'What Do You Read, My Lord?' Oral and Silent Reading in Shakespeare's Plays |
Quelle | In: Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 27 (2020) 1, S.5-14 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Brooks, Greg) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 1358-684X |
DOI | 10.1080/1358684X.2019.1658519 |
Schlagwörter | Drama; Oral Reading; English Literature; Sustained Silent Reading; Social Status; Literacy; Illiteracy; Comedy; Reading Processes; Literary Devices; Freedom; History; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (England) |
Abstract | There are many references to reading, and some to writing, in Shakespeare's plays; a list is provided in an Appendix. They are analysed for what they reveal about the social status of literacy in Shakespeare's day, and the references to reading are analysed further according to oral v. silent reading, and whether characters have company on stage, or are (or believe themselves to be) alone. Only a few characters are depicted as illiterate, sometimes for comic effect, more often for purposes of the plot. All persons of rank, and most others, are depicted as literate. It seems that in Shakespeare's time, even among the highly educated, the practice of oral reading for varied purposes, even when alone, was still alive. One effect was, serendipitously, to give Shakespeare the freedom to manipulate reading practices plausibly, and brilliantly, for his own purposes. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2022/1/01 |