Studying King Lear – EMC Advanced Literature Series (Print)

Resources and activities to support students in exploring and analysing King Lear as a literary text and as a drama script in production. 

• Includes substantial critical extracts and articles originally published in emagazine.
• Combines practical classroom materials and a critical guide to the play.
• Before reading activities to introduce key ideas and encourage engagement.
• Key activities on each act.
• Substantial after reading activities to allow students to explore core aspects of the text through critical, creative, stylistic and investigative approaches:
  • Themes
  • Character
  • Dramatic context: tragedy
  • Sources and re-tellings
  • Language
  • The world of King Lear
  • Structure
  • King Lear on stage.
• Critical and contextual material (including on a range of productions) integrated throughout the publication

On USB*

• Full PDF publication
• Production stills in colour
• One video and one audio lecture by Dr Eric Langley (University College London), given at the English and Media Centre.

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