ERIC Number: EJ1231214
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
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Watching Hamlet's Mother: Exploring the Relationship between Hamlet and Gertrude with a Year 7 Class
Philp, Hannah
Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, v26 n4 p383-391 2019
In this essay, I draw on the experience of reading "Hamlet" with a class of 11- and 12-Year-old boys in a London comprehensive school. I explore how a number of comments in my classroom reveal the complexities of my students' thinking about gender and sexuality in "Hamlet." I look at how these thoughts are difficult for the students to fully express, and I argue that it is necessary to attend to the heteroglossic nature of the language used within the classroom.
Descriptors: English Literature, Drama, Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Gender Issues, Sexuality, Males, Secondary School Students, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (London)
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