Title: O ensino da dramaturgia shakespeariana no Brasil: realidade e perspectivas
Abstract: This study, which has an ethnographic base, maps the teaching of Shakespeare in Brazilian universities and raises literary, educational and methodological questions.It is thus an interdisciplinary study but does not lose sight of the specific qualities of the dramatic text.Using the educational philosophy of Paulo Freire and his followers, especially Henry Giroux, bell hooks and Moacir Gadotti, it examines the teaching and study of Shakespeare at the beginning of the 21st century, which has been marked by the influence of the cinema, television and Internet.The methodology used includes the observation of classes at the Federal Universities of Santa Catarina and Rio de Janeiro and the University of São Paulo, where classes were observed during a period of four years.Interviews were made with university teachers of Literatures in English, both Shakespearians and non-Shakespearians, in a number of Brazilian states.Questionnaires were also used to discover the opinions of students and teachers.In addition to the work of Paulo Freire, that of Elaine Showalter and the Brazilian professor Ligia Chiappini were also used to provide a theoretical framework.The desire for transforming actions, which can be seen in critical pedagogy and which is rooted in the thinking of Paulo Freire, and the practice of certain teachers, the voices of students, the majority of whom are from the University of São Paulo, helps us to realise the need to reflect on our educational actions.This action is also a political action, thereby widening the possibilities of debate for a more critical teaching.