Why English audiences have the toughest time with Shakespeare

Why English audiences have the toughest time with Shakespeare

(Paris, AFP)      All the world’s a stage but the irony is the rest of the globe often has an easier time understanding William Shakespeare than English speakers. Thanks to frequently updated translations that dispense with the archaic Renaissance language, foreign audiences often find the Bard easier to follow. Take “King Lear”, a new version…

GW University Teaching Day

GW University Teaching Day

The 2022 George Washington University Teaching Day will take place in Gelman Library on October 6. Register here to attend the free event.       The English Department’s Alexa Alice Joubin will be one of the speakers. She will address open-access tools to foster inclusiveness.       There e are multiple ways to facilitate inclusion…

New Books Network Podcast

New Books Network Podcast

Shakespeare’s plays enjoy a great deal of popularity across the world, yet most of us study Shakespeare’s local productions. Alexa Alice Joubin‘s Shakespeare and East Asia (Oxford 2021) addresses this gap through a wide-ranging analysis of stage and film adaptations related to Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore, Tibet, Hong Kong, Taiwan, the US and UK, including Asian American works….

New Summer Course: Shakespeare on Film

New Summer Course: Shakespeare on Film

Take a course this summer, learn to analyze films, and fulfill the Writing-in-the-Disciplines (WID) requirements!  Professor Alexa Alice Joubin is offering ENGLISH 3440W Shakespeare on Film in the first summer session (May 17 – June 23, 2021). See the course catalogue.  SPECIAL FEATURES  Films by people of color, women, and  disability / LGTBTQ-identified actors Relevance…