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Much Ado About Nothing: Language and Writing: Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing

Autor Indira Ghose
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 15 noi 2017
Much Ado About Nothing presents a world of glittering surfaces and exquisite social performances. The language of the play sparkles with a fireworks of wit and dazzling bouts of repartee, most memorably in the "merry war" of words between the reluctant lovers, Benedick and Beatrice. A closer look at the language of the play, however, reveals it to be laced with violence and charged with the desire to humiliate others. Wit is deployed as a weapon to ridicule one's opponent; much of the humour circulates incessantly around the theme of cuckoldry, a major source of male anxiety in the period. The most drastic use of language is to slander Hero by accusing her of a lack of chastity - an accusation that spelt social death for a woman in the early modern age. The death that Hero feigns mirrors accurately the devastating effects of the assassination of her character by the smart set of young noblemen in the play. This study guide focuses on examining the array of the uses of language that the play displays, and probes into the ideas about language that it explores. The book looks at key film versions of the play by Kenneth Branagh and Joss Whedon which are often used on courses, whilst also offering practical questions and tips to help students develop their own critical writing skills and deepen their understanding of the play.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781472580979
ISBN-10: 1472580974
Pagini: 194
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția The Arden Shakespeare
Seria Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Offers new critical insights as well as practical activites and tips for students' writing, making it ideal for classroom use alongside the Arden edition of the play

Notă biografică

Indira Ghose is Professor of English Literature, University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Cuprins

Introduction1. Language in Print; Writing matters2. Language: Forms and Uses; Writing matters3. Language Through Time; Writing matters4. Writing and Language SkillsFurther Reading

Recenzii

With an expert hand Ghose orients students to the generic wobbliness of a comedy that seems to kill off its female Hero, then moves in to assess the play's language as it produces such effects as character, rhetoric, the mood of romance, and the sense of shame. Discretion over consistency in format and emphasis is no doubt a reason that the series, under the editorship of Dympna Callaghan, has attracted such excellent contributors. Its latest companions are boons for those teaching writing-intensive courses, as well as for those simply seeking better essays from their students.
Ghose nicely balances an easy-going critical style with some real perspicacity. She deftly provides the cultural context required to make sense of behavioural codes such as early modern notions of honour, masculine supremacy and sprezzatura ... A precise and concise critical account - highly recommended.
[Ghose's] discussion is precise and concise and she deftly provides the cultural context required in order to make sense of now outmoded behavioural codes such as early modern notions of honour, masculine supremacy or sprezzatura . [An] excellent volume.