English Through Reading for efl learners
English Through Reading for EFL Learners
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English Through Reading for EFL Learners
INSTRUCTOR: DR. H. GHAEMI 49 Unit 17: Shakespeare 400 years on Four hundred years after he died, in 1616, William Shakespeare, the "bard (poet) from Stratford" is still one of the most influential forces in the world of theatre and cinema today . As more than one critic has said, if he were still around today, he would quite likely be one of Hollywood's top movie directors. Back in 1999, people in Britain chose Shakespeare as the "Man of the Millennium" – the greatest Briton in 1000 years. So how is it that this writer has established a reputation as the greatest writer the world has ever known? Portrait of Shakespeare made six years after his death. 1. The works of Shakespeare have been translated into all of the major languages in the world – over 80 languages; 400 years after he died, Shakespeare is studied in schools and universities worldwide, and throughout the world he is still considered by many as the greatest writer of all time. Shakespeare's plays have been made into over 420 films – far more than any other author – and each year there are hundreds of Shakespeare festival’s worldwide, including many in non-English-speaking countries like Poland, Germany, France, Spain, Japan or Argentina. For a writer who died 400 years ago, this volume of attention and respect is incredible, almost unbelievable. So how has Shakespeare managed to establish such an immense reputation? 2. In short, Shakespeare is seen as the world's greatest writer because he was.... an incredibly good writer. Even in his lifetime, Shakespeare was a star. He was the most popular playwright of his age, at a time when the theatre was very popular indeed in England. Indeed, Shakespeare was very lucky to be born at just the right time in history, when the theatre was becoming a very popular art for the first time, and - in England at least - writers were exploring all sorts of new ideas and techniques. 3. Shakespeare distinguished himself from other writers of his time, in that while many other writers mastered one side of dramatic art, Shakespeare mastered them all. He could write amazing poetry, but he was also a master of ordinary prose dialogue; he could write lines of the most tragic sincerity, but he was also a master of comedy... and he could even mix comedy and tragedy in the same play, inventing the dramatic technique known as "comic relief". He wrote some very funny comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, the world's most |
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