About the Dynamic OER Shakespeare
The Dynamic OER Shakespeare is a project to create an OER edition of Shakespeare’s plays that will allow their original language to be experienced and understood across a wide range of reading levels. The site leverages the flexibility of hypertext interactivity to incorporate clickable glosses directly into the text, while also actively revealing and clarifying the syntactical rearrangements that can make Shakespeare’s language so difficult for the modern reader.
The goal is to produce an alternative to currently available online Shakespeare texts: those that use cumbersome marginal or endnote glosses to explain the original language on the one hand, and complete translations into modern English, such as the No Fear Shakespeare editions, on the other. By presenting an original-language version of the plays that removes many of the usability barriers posed by traditional annotation, the Dynamic OER Shakespeare seeks to make the poetry of Shakespeare’s works accessible to as broad an audience as possible.
About the Editor
Matthew Stokes is the creator and editor of the Dynamic OER Shakespeare. He holds a doctorate from Boston University, where his research focused on bearbaiting in early modern England and its intersections with Shakespeare’s stage. He has over fifteen years of experience in teaching Shakespeare in a variety of different college settings. Matthew currently teaches at Bergen Community College and New York University.
The Dynamic OER Shakespeare is a project to create an OER edition of Shakespeare’s plays that will allow their original language to be experienced and understood across a wide range of reading levels. The site leverages the flexibility of hypertext interactivity to incorporate clickable glosses directly into the text, while also actively revealing and clarifying the syntactical rearrangements that can make Shakespeare’s language so difficult for the modern reader.
The goal is to produce an alternative to currently available online Shakespeare texts: those that use cumbersome marginal or endnote glosses to explain the original language on the one hand, and complete translations into modern English, such as the No Fear Shakespeare editions, on the other. By presenting an original-language version of the plays that removes many of the usability barriers posed by traditional annotation, the Dynamic OER Shakespeare seeks to make the poetry of Shakespeare’s works accessible to as broad an audience as possible.
About the Editor
Matthew Stokes is the creator and editor of the Dynamic OER Shakespeare. He holds a doctorate from Boston University, where his research focused on bearbaiting in early modern England and its intersections with Shakespeare’s stage. He has over fifteen years of experience in teaching Shakespeare in a variety of different college settings. Matthew currently teaches at Bergen Community College and New York University.