Imitation as a teaching technique in The Taming of the Shrew and Erasmus's Colloquies

Sullivan, Ceri ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1698-7404 2026. Imitation as a teaching technique in The Taming of the Shrew and Erasmus's Colloquies. Smith, Emma, ed. Shakespeare Survey 79, Cambridge University Press, pp. 169-177. (10.1017/9781009876827.016) Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

Imitation is often said to be the primary way by which early modern youth learned linguistic and social skills. What is less often recognized, however, is how this could be done parodically, the instructor correcting the pupil by hyperbolically repeating the latter’s mistakes. The Taming of the Shrew uses this method in passages suggested by three of Erasmus’s Colloquies (‘Marriage’, ‘Senatulus’ and ‘The Knight Without a Horse’) to allow criticism through irony.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > English, Communication and Philosophy
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISBN:	9781009876841
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	3 September 2024
Date of Acceptance:	28 August 2024
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2026 13:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/171767

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