Book contents
- Reimagining Shakespeare Education
- Reimagining Shakespeare Education
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Reimagining Shakespeare with/in Schools
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Shakespeare Schools Foundation
- Chapter 2 Shakespeare and Citizenship in France
- Chapter 3 Bell Shakespeare
- Chapter 4 The Better Strangers/Shakespeare Reloaded Project
- Part II Reimagining Shakespeare with/in Universities
- Part III Public Reimaginings
- Part IV Digital Reimaginings
- Part V Reimagining Performance
- Afterword
- Index
- References
Chapter 2 - Shakespeare and Citizenship in France
from Part I - Reimagining Shakespeare with/in Schools
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2023
- Reimagining Shakespeare Education
- Reimagining Shakespeare Education
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I Reimagining Shakespeare with/in Schools
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Shakespeare Schools Foundation
- Chapter 2 Shakespeare and Citizenship in France
- Chapter 3 Bell Shakespeare
- Chapter 4 The Better Strangers/Shakespeare Reloaded Project
- Part II Reimagining Shakespeare with/in Universities
- Part III Public Reimaginings
- Part IV Digital Reimaginings
- Part V Reimagining Performance
- Afterword
- Index
- References
Summary
In 2016, France celebrated Shakespeare in the aftermath of devastating terrorist attacks which questioned the very notion of citizenship. In this context, the Institute for research on the Renaissance, the Neo-Classical Era and the Enlightenment (IRCL), together with the Printemps des comédiens, the second biggest theatre festival in France in terms of attendance and international visibility, launched an innovative and experimental educational project on Shakespeare and citizenship, involving five secondary schools with different social profiles in Montpellier. Throughout the year, six classes of students aged 14 to 15 worked on a Shakespeare play with their English, French and Civic Education teachers, researchers from the IRCL, actors and the staff of the festival, to put on their own school festival. Its preparation is as important as the result, since it allows the partners to address the three main values attached to the notion of citizenship: civility, civic rights and duties, and solidarity.
To meet these objectives, the IRCL, the festival and the schools progressively opened the collaborative project to other partners, and now have to find common ground between scientific, artistic, educational and socio-political logics. Shakespeare is the nexus between the various institutions working together on a project that reaches far beyond its initial educational purpose to confront and question methods, practices and policies, suggesting new, cross-bordering paths to explore collaboratively – all this in the jovial atmosphere of the Montpellier festival.
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- Reimagining Shakespeare EducationTeaching and Learning through Collaboration, pp. 41 - 53Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023