SHAKSPER 2000: Teaching King Lear vs. Hamlet

From: Hardy M. Cook (editor@ws.bowiestate.edu)
Date: 01/04/80 

The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 11.0096  Monday, 17 January 2000.

From:           Laura Blankenship <blanken@comp.uark.edu>
Date:           Friday, 14 Jan 2000 11:15:12 -0600
Subject:        Teaching King Lear vs. Hamlet

I think I'm going to teach Lear instead of Hamlet this semester for a
composition class (writing about literature).  I've found two problems
with Hamlet in the past: 1) many students read it in high school and/or
2) students don't respond well to it.  I was think students might react
better to Lear and possibly might not have read it yet.  Any tips on
teaching it? Or arguments for teaching Hamlet or something else?  I only
get to teach one Shakespeare/Renaissance play.

Thanks,
Laura Blankenship
University of Arkansas


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