Tragizm, wiedźmy i Elsynor : co Szekspir mówi dzieciom we współczesnej szkole

Abstract

The article discusses the presence of Shakespeare’s works in the existing core curriculum and textbooks for the Polish language classes. The author analyses the propositions to the work with texts by Shakespeare in school textbooks. This analysis shows that the school’s interpretation of Shakespeare’s dramas omitted essential features of drama and dramatic form, which diminishes educational value of this projects, especially from the perspective of postmodern culture. As the contexts are used modern realisations of Shakespeare dramas and discussed is their possible educational use at school. The author emphasizes the necessity of training teachers of Polish to writing fragments of dramas about contemporary existential situation of young people. The conclusion of the article is that drama at school should be read as a process of subjective knowledge.