چکیده

Drama is the dominant literary form in English literature of the Renaissance period. Teaching English Renaissance drama is a demanding task, not just because English language has changed a lot since the Renaissance period but also because it is difficult to impart a sense of the historical, socio-cultural aura of these works to the students. In other words, due to the wide cultural gap it is difficult for the students to even partly grasp the particular aura of these works through the verbal medium alone. Here film adaptations of the Renaissance plays or films about Renaissance plays/playwrights can help a lot. A case in point is the movie Shakespeare in Love which aims at creating a scrupulous account of Shakespeare’s life and a vivid portrayal of Renaissance drama through the medium of cinema. Using Adaptation Studies as the general theoretical framework, this study aims to look into how such a cinematic rendering can help students have a much better grasp of the peculiarities of Renaissance drama, how it gives a vivid account of the people, the theaters, the costumes, and the conventions of drama in the Renaissance era. It is argued that despite some examples of anachronism and inaccuracies, the movie provides its audience with a detailed graphic account of the era and a memorable outline of its drama, exemplifying the vast pedagogical potential of films in English literature classes.

کليدواژه ها

Adaptation Studies, Renaissance Drama, Shakespeare, Film, Shakespeare in Love, Teaching English literature

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Alireza Ramezanzadeh , 1398 , Adaptation Studies and Teaching English Literature: The Case of Shakespeare in Love , اولين کنفرانس بين المللي مطالعات زبان انگليسي