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VCE Stuff => Victorian Education Discussion => Topic started by: MuggedByReality on April 15, 2011, 12:32:20 am

Title: Shakespeare: To modernise or not to modernise?
Post by: MuggedByReality on April 15, 2011, 12:32:20 am

      The maker of the video has thinks so; the writer of the article trenchantly disagrees.
 
    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyyoung/100082724/anti-free-schools-fanatic-scores-spectacular-own-goal/

Title: Re: Shakespeare: To modernise or not to modernise?
Post by: EvangelionZeta on April 27, 2011, 07:20:50 pm

Modernizing Shakespeare alters the meaning of it all - half of Shakespeare is the language...

Title: Re: Shakespeare: To modernise or not to modernise?
Post by: Eriny on April 28, 2011, 11:06:25 am

I think that providing 'translations' so that students can follow the basic story is a good idea, but I agree that if you want to actually enjoy Shakespeare, you do have to read the non-modernised version. Or see it performed.