Shakespeare - Why was he so awesome?

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Discuss
In one minute, discuss with your neighbours what you know about Shakespeare.

After one minute, the teacher will ask you what you came up with.
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The plan (1)
Goal: 
You know who Shakespeare was.
You know the most important events in his life.
You can explain why Shakespeare is still so relevant today

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The plan (2)
- About Shakespeare's work
- Rumours about Shakespeare's authorship.
- Shakespeare's life (and death)
- Shakespeare's Language
- David Tennant & Stephen Colbert
- To be or not to be...

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Shakespeare's work
  • Considered to be the greatest writer the English language has ever known.

  • 154 sonnets and 34 plays. Most of these written between 1585 - 1601.

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Rumour has it...
Doubts about Shakespeare's authorship.

  • written by a different writer or by multiple writers
  • written by someone well-educated such as the Earl of Oxford.
  • Shakespeare never published any of his plays. Only published seven years after his death.
  • Vocabulary too big for one human being: 29,000 different words.
         
    (Vocabulary of an average English speaker is 15,000 words)

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Birth
The official date of birth is unknown.

We only know the date of his baptism:
26-04-1564

Place of birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon.

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Family
1582 - Married Anne Hathaway.

1583- Susanna was born.

1585 - Twins Judith and Hamnet were born.

Hamnet died at the age of 11.

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The Lost Years
1584 - 1592
No idea what the guy was doing during those years!

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Language
  • Major role in the transformation of English. Many words and phrases were first written down in his work.

  • Early modern English was only about 100 years old when Shakespeare was writing; not many words were written down.

  • Contributed over 3000 words, approximately 1700 were used for the first time.  

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Next class
Start reading a book for your book pitch
Start reading "Kennis van Land & Samenleving"
Study vocabulary

Next class: more on Shakespeare

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