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William Shakespeare's Relevance in Today's Society is Changing. (April 23, 2014, excerpt), https://news.utexas.edu/2014/04/23/shakespeares-relevance-in-todays-society-is- changing/ Note: This online article was published on the University of Texas's website. Task 1: Comprehension (AFB I) Sum up the author's opinion given in the text. Task 2: Analysis (AFB II) Analyse how the author gets his point of view across by displaying his line of arguments. Considering the tone of the article, what is the author's intention? Task 3: Evaluation: comment (AFB III) Choose one: Either: In his article Bruster asks: "Is the status of Shakespeare's writing settled for all time?" Discuss his question. Take into account the work done in class about Elizabethan Theatre and also the Excerpt you have seen in Part A where necessary. OR: Write a letter to the Schulministerium discussing wether or not Shakespeare should be taught as topic in the "Oberstufe" and in the "Abitur". Do you think it should still be taught or are there more modern topics that should replace Shakespeare? Operator discuss: Give arguments or reasons for and against, especially to come to a well-founded conclusion. to a woman who is singing a show and romantes song. When Romeo rees Juliet the etmospheress very romantic. 5 10 15 20 25 30 PART B: Douglas Bruster: William Shakespeare's Relevance in Today's Society is Changing If anniversaries are a good time for taking stock¹, Shakespeare's 450th birthday on April 23 offers the perfect reason to ask about his plays and poems, and what the future may hold for them. The writings of this country boy from Stratford are legendary. Thoughts and images came so easily from his pen that other writers have found his talent almost criminal. English had never sounded so good and has rarely sounded that way since. But will this always be the case? Is the status of his writing settled for all time? Not at all. In fact, Shakespeare's next century is likely to be less kind to him than the last, and the century after that less forgiving still. This is partly because his words get harder every year. Looking back, the past four centuries have been good to Shakespeare. School children can no more avoid his plays than a trip to the dentist both of which are supposed to be good for them, although stressful in different ways. Shakespearean playhouses have been reconstructed around the world, making it easy to see his dramas performed in complementary settings. For those wishing to access his writings in other ways, there are not only countless printed editions, but also versions available on smartphones and tablets. Read, watch or listen. Your choice. Shakespeare was a star of the movies almost from the time that movies began, so it is no surprise that he has made it into 21st century forms of culture. This is a man, after all, who helped define our sense of culture in the first place. Small wonder that he seems a monument able to withstand the passing years. In his 55th sonnet, Shakespeare suggested that his writings could last when other things wouldn't. His "powerful rhyme" would be eternal. But he also realizes, in this poem, that everything changes.[...] As Renaissance led to Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution to the Digital Age, computers have changed our lives in ways that Shakespeare could not have imagined. What he did imagine was time changing everything, something that has come true for his writing. As our language changes, older forms of English become more difficult. And words themselves are harder, as glowing screens and convenient apps make the visual image, and having things done for us, the norm rather than the exception. 1 to draw a conclusion 35 40 This is why Shakespeare's place will be increasingly hard to defend. It is pleasant to think that he will remain central to our culture. But the high-water mark of his influence has already passed. It lasted for just a century, between 1870 and 1970. Since that time, his works have declined in relative popularity [...]. People know his reputation more than his words. This is regrettable, for Shakespeare seems like one thing that we shouldn't have to give up in order to have our electronic conveniences. He wrote the most eloquent version of the code we call human character. But he is the most anti-digital of authors. His complexity and richness ask for exceptional literacy, concentration and quiet, things not typically associated with the Computer Age. Shakespeare's 450th birthday comes in a brave new world. May his writings live to see his 500th (550 Words) The online article "William Shakespeare's Relevance in Today's Society is Changing " written by Dougles Bruster was published on the University of Texe's website on the 23rd of April 2014, it deals with... The Author published the article on Shakespeare's 450th birthday. Bruster explains that Shakespeare and his witings were very popular and relevand in his time and in the century between 1870 and 1870. is that the more This opinion it time goes by the harder it gets for people to understand Shakespeare's words. In the last four centuries children could not avoid Shakespeare's plays even. though it stressed them whe a dentist appointment. Playhoures have been reconstructed to perform * or even when Shakespeare's drames in Afferent settings all around the world. There are many different ways to access his writings. People can read his plays as a book or ebook, watch a film edition or linten to it. The author explains that Shakespeare was popular and a movie star when the first movies were published. This is why his plays are also a part of the 214 century's culture. The author illustrates that Shakespeare believed that his contings and chymes could lest forever. The suggested this in his SS the sonnet. But he also know that everything changes. After the audiestrel Revolution to the Digitel Age the use of comar Comp whees became more and more popular. This had and has a his effect on our lives. because people tend to like screens, Oppo and visual images more than .ܔܔܛܔ ܟܦܒܝܢ erܠܘܬS ܚܟ ܐܠܛܝܝ ܯܘܢ ܡܘܨܩܝܡܐ >W to the old forms Shakespeare ܔܠܛܘ ܨܝܝܕ ܫܝܥܐ ܒܩܢܝ understand. That leads to the are ne ܔܔ ܢܠܐ ܬܝܪܘܘ interested in his writings anytime ܠܚܝܘ esܔܢܚܩ ܫܝܘ ܝܠ ܣܚkeaܐ ܔܔܔ ܔܔܔ ܔܛܙܘ ܠܚܚ ܝܢܤܝܠܓ and time to be understood. But the Digital Age is marked ܕܢܝܦܩܝܝ: ܠܝܤܕܢܢ ܔܛܔܓܔ ܔdrܧ ܠܟ . ܕܢܦܝܢܘܝ ܬܩܢ ܫܚܘ All in all it can be said that Sheherpeare's plays are not as referent as befors As caure ܝܠܘܝܚ ܫܦܝܘܝܠܘ ܩܘܚܦܚܦܐ ܫܝܛ difficult to understand his words and people choose their electronic devices over complex. texts which need a lot of interent, time and colexentration to be read and understood. The author erokes the reader's interest by telling about William Shakespeare's birthday et firma (cf.ll.1-3). Everyone knows Shakespeare to when they see that the article is published on his bothday they want to read it. The author starts with telking about the pers. The talks about Shakespeare's writings and calls them legendary (cf. 1.4). He mentions that other authors of time Shakespearely were shocked about his writing styleich. 11.4- 5). He also soup that the English language had never sounded so good (cf. 11. S-6). In this paragraph the author gives his owen option_ Sheherpeare's work. He is admiring Shakespeare which evokes the reader's interes interest to read Shakespeare's plays to mee if they are really as legendary and admireable as about the author explains, The author ashs to questions to make the reader thinkfef. I. 6-71. There questions also show the topics which the author will specifically focus on in his article. He gives a clear annwer in the next (thelch (.8). The mentions that the next centuries will be len kind and forgiving to Shakespeare (cf. ll. 8-37. This is a metaphor. By this the auther illustrates that the people will not take time to read Shaherpeare's plays and will not admire them "Less hind" 11.81 can mean that people will entisize Shakespeare's writings and do not give it much attention. "Less forgiving" (1.3) can mean that people will not accept it that they have to deal with his writings and do not accept it that the language is so hand to understand. After that the author talks about the last four centuries (cf. 11. of one hand becaure children could not wold his plays. The compares this to a trip to a dentest (of M. AA-43) * that there are because usually children do not like to go to a dentist even though it is good for them. This example and compenson makes it earth to understand the author's view. Outhe other hand playhouse all around the world have been reconstructed to perform Shakespeare's play in different accerous and settingalof.l.14). Dy this paragraph the author lots the things that have been done in the last centurtes to keep his plays alive. The author arguments #different ways of acsemting Shakespedes Lankings to denvoustrate that it is easy and it depends on okes Chorce which devices he or she wres to accers ho playsfof. M. 16-48). 19-22 the explaces that Sheherpeare's plays made it to the 21st century's culture because people liked to see movies (ofill, based on Shakerpearers plays. To make his arguments and explanations more convenang he mentions that Shakespeare himself knew realized in his 5st souned that will time everything changes (c.1l. 24-25) even though he thought that his writings and chymes will last forever Icfull. 23-25). The author mets the argument that computers changed our lives, a change that shehempeare could not imagine (cf. Al. 26-28). Furthermore the explains that it becomes more difficult for us to undert and Sheherpeare's words because our language. is changing let 1.297 Bared on his choice of words. (cf ll. 28-31) it can be sud that the author critiatzes that people decide screens and apps over words because their ure is easter than Shakespeare's words. Also people do not want to spend time and concentrete ou con in complex teads when they are used to ceny words from memrages and quickly changing situations (c.18.38-421. By wring the word "regrettalte" (1.38) the author illustrates that it is a big lome and it is red to med spend time with Shaker- pearels wartengs. "People know his name but not his contings" (ef 14 36-37). At the end of his arble le the 44-81 Shaherpeare'ls contings live to ree his Sooth hatthday bofill. To sum up it can be held that the author makes we of an ordinary lanquete. Nas of choke words are elry and he does not was complex sentences. This makes the article eary to understand everyone. His interdion is to motinate the readers to spend more time on Shehespeare's work and to realize how his conting style differs from other authors. It is an appealing article to inspire the reader to keep Shakespeare's writings clive because they are an enrichment for the society. The author also tries to convince the reader that even though Shakespeare's words are not every to to understand, when people have the will to understand i they can and that inverting tiime in it is worth it. ® Discussion Then durcumion will deal with ✓ be all know William Shaker- peare and that he was an important writer. But es Bruster asks in his article: Ta the status of Shakespearey unting settled for all time? Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 rowners. He used 17.000 individual words. But his writing status hes chaused The plays were untten for the theatre. The people in the Elizabethan Era went to the theatre and watched his plays. But now days many people are wat interested in beseting theatres. Reasons for this are Kit can be seid has it) why? forget! that in the past every person could afford it and also there sols a direct interaction between the actors and the audience, But this cannot be the math reason why people are not interested in his works Eng more. Because there are many other ways to read, wetch or listen to his plays. When we look at Romeo and Juliet as an example * that the story can been very ouldeted. Juliet is a 12 year old girl who is promised to a man. She cannot decide who she wants to marryy because her father forces her. The women's role hes completely changed. This can make the play boring or even triggerily for some people. On the other side the plot seems to be very whreewinks. Romeo loves Roseline and goes to the party to ree her but there he rees Juliet and falls in love with her immediately The do not know each other but they fall in love bared I on their appereance. They talk. about seal love and how deep ܢܢܘܝܛܐ ܕܛܩܢܝܠܓ ܝܙܒܚܘ ܠܢ ܘܢܩܐ ܨܩܝܠܛ know each other for a few minutes. Furthermore they get married after a day. They do that only because they de And this leads to another ܫܟܘܚee wܟ ܓܠܥ ܝe0 the Shakespeare's plays: redܘܐ ܔܔܥ ܩܡܝܫܠܐ ܕܢܚܩܝܟ ܢܓܢ ܟܠܢ ܥܟ ܠܓܛܠܢ .ܩܓܝܥܐܫܪ ܓܟܠܨ ܛܝܡ 3 people It also needs to be mentoned aseܝܛܦܢܐ ܟܤܘܒܝܢ ܬܘܝܠܘ ܢܩܝܥ ܟܥ dܛܨܟܩܝ ܬ ܣܝܛ ܩ can lead to the point that people get bened. Looking at the question from a different perspective it can be said that love stories are still an important to par .ܗܟܛܘܚܘܢ . ܠܠܚܢܧ Poens and poetic quotes are still relevent. This can be on socia reen in rougs a media posts. People like to quote important enthers like sheherpeace. Another expect is that Juliet has different attributes from the role of women il te Elyekethan Era. Juliet is mart and she knows what the wante. So it can be said that Shakespeare broke down the believe that women are week and foolish. It was the fiMA step in the right direction. All on all it can be said that the states of Shakespeare's writting can be rettled for all time because the dealt with topies that can be related to our time like love, chemies and the role of women. His words affected the Eglish language. because he created now words and phrases. He is one of the most popular authers so his work and effect on English literature will remain forever. So what is your decision? Erwartungshorizont Klausur Englisch GK (Ov) Teil A: Inhaltliche Leistung Teilaufgabe 1 (Comprehension) Anforderungen The student adequately introduces the text by naming author, title, genre, publishing date and topic (For example: The excerpt from an online article "William Shakespeare's relevance in today's society is changing" by Douglas Bruster, published on April 23 2014, is about the status/relevance of Shakespeare's writing in the modern age.) summarises the author's opinion, roughly as follows: NAME: -Thesis: Author thinks that Shakespeare is brilliant but is unsure if his status will remain - S. could not have been avoided in the last centuries and even today is assessable through modern media - he helped define a sense of culture and his writings were able to withstand modernisation (which surprises the author) - S. himself knew that everything changes with time and this could also be applied to his own writings in the age of digitalisation the changed time (digital age) and language make his works difficult to understand nowadays - the author thinks that Shakespeare's time of influence is up → regrettably the computer age is no longer equipped to understand such a complex writer ... erfüllt ein weiteres aufgabenbezogenes Kriterium Teilaufgabe 2 (Analysis) Anforderungen Gesamt The student analyses the line of arguments and explains the author's intention by analysing the articles tone, e.g.: - the student recognises the article's structure (first pro then contra arguments) author starts with positive arguments which support Shakespeare's relevance (II.1-29) Writings are "legendary" (1.4), "English had never sounded so good" (1.5f) Every child in school had to read his works (II. 11f) His writings are assessable through digital media (II. 16f) - then there is a change from positive to negative (1. 30): the author uses negative arguments to question Shakespeare's relevance time and especially the language has changed - but Shakespeare has not - which makes his writings less accessible for modern readers (the language is too hard to understand (II. 30ff)) Shakespeare's peak is over, people know his name but not his works (I. 38) Even though the author regrets it, Shakespeare is too complex for the readers of today (II. 39ff) Sarce Erreichbare Punkte (2) 12 Erreichbare Punkte Erreichte Punkte 12 Erreichte Punkte describes the tone, e.g.: very positive, enthusiastic and praising in the beginning: e.g. "legendary" (1.4), "English had never sounded so good and has rarely sounded that way since." (11.5f) more critical and doubting at the end: e.g. "Shakespeare's place will be increasingly hard to defend" (11. 34f) explains the author's intention, e.g.: wants to educate the readers/make them aware of Shakespeare's situation readers should reconnect with Shakespeare's writings otherwise they do not have a chance of surviving in the modern age and that would be "regrettable" (1.39) erfüllt ein weiteres aufgabenbezogenes Kriterium Teilaufgabe 3 (Evaluation: comment) Anforderungen The student explains what the statement is about (The question if Shakespeare's status is settled for all times) and discusses it (pro and contra arguments concerning the question), e.g. pro: (settled for all time) part of the curriculum in school (students have to read at least parts of his works) topics are universal (love, vengeance, jealousy, power, ...) part of (English) culture/language contra: (not settled for all time) language too hard to understand therefore not accessible enough curricula can be changed - if it is not mandatory, will anybody read it? even though the topics are universal- the plays' contexts are harder to relate to comes to a (well-founded) conclusion erfüllt ein weiteres aufgabenbezogenes Kriterium Teil B: Viewing Comprehension Max. erreichbare Punkte 30 Gesamt Erreichte Punkte 24 Gesamt (2) 19 17 Erreichbare Erreichte Punkte Punkte (2) 17 14 Der Prüfling 1 richtet seinen Text konsequent und explizit im Sinne der Aufgabenstellung auf die Intention und den Adressaten aus. 5 2 Beachtet die Textsortenmerkmale der jeweils geforderten Textzielformate. 3 Erstellt einen sachgerecht strukturierten Text. 1 Sprachliche Leistung/ Darstellungsleistung 4 Gestaltet seinen Text hinreichend ausführlich, aber ohne unnötige Wiederholungen und Umständlichkeiten. 2 Kommunikative Textgestaltung 3 Anforderungen 4 Belegt seine Aussagen durch eine funktionale Verwendung von Verweisen und Zitaten. Punkte insgesamt Anforderungen Ausdrucksvermögen/Verfügbarkeit sprachlicher Mittel Der Prüfling Löst sich vom Wortlaut des Ausgangstextes und formuliert eigenständig, Verwendet funktional einen sachlich wie stilistisch angemessenen und differenzierten allgemeinen und thematischen Wortschatz. Verwendet funktional einen sachlich wie stilistisch angemessenen und differenzierten Funktions- und Interpretationswortschatz. Verwendet einen variablen und dem jeweiligen Zieltextformat angemessenen Satzbau. Max. Punkte insgesamt erreichbare Punkte 6 5 5 5 3 24 Max. erreichbare Punkte 5 6 5 80 24 Erreichte Punkte 6 4 4 2 21 Erreichte Punkte 3 4 4 6 17 10 3 Sprachrichtigkeit Grammatik Der Prüfling Betrachtet die Normen der sprachlichen Korrektheit im Sinne einer gelingenden Kommunikation. Wortschatz 4 Orthographie (Rechtschreibung und Zeichensetzung) Gesamtsumme: Punktzahl Note Punkte Punktzahl Note Punkte Anforderungen Die Klausur wird mit der Note 150-143 sehr gut (+) 15 89-83 befriedigend (-) 7 142-135 sehr gut 14 Teil A (Inhalt) (Sprache) Teil B (Inhalt) C 134-128 sehr gut (-) 13 82-75 ausreichend (+) 6 127-120 gut (+) 12 74-68 ausreichend 5 Punkte insgesamt 119-113 gut 11 67-60 ausreichend (-) 4 GESAMT Teilaufgabe 1 Teilaufgabe 2 Teilaufgabe 3 Gesamt 112-105 gut (-) 10 Erreichte erreichbare Punkte Punkte 59-50 mangelhaft (-) 3 Max. 10 49-41 mangelhaft 2 10 4 24 72 12 19 17 72 30 150 10 10 4 24 62 12 17 40-30 mangelhaft 1 ty 62 24 129 bewertet. 104-98 97-90 befriedigend (+) befriedigend 9 8 29-0 unganigand 0