Review of Romeo and Juliet in Palestine: Teaching Under Occupation
- Publication Type
- Book review
- Authors
In his memoir Romeo and Juliet in Palestine: Teaching Under Occupation
(2015), Tom Sperlinger, a reader in English literature and community
engagement at the University of Bristol, looks back on a semester he
spent teaching English literature at Al-Quds University in the occupied
West Bank. This book includes stories that Sperlinger’s students narrated
to him about what he calls the ‘extraordinary creativity, courage and
humour’ of Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank as well as some
of his first-hand experiences there (137). While the author makes clear
Romeo and Juliet in Palestine is not intended as a general account of life
in Palestine or at the aforementioned university, it reflects a portion of a
Palestinian reality and the nature of the life of the Palestinian university
student.
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- Life Writing
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Publisher Country
- United Kingdom
- Indexing
- Thomson Reuters
- Impact Factor
- 0.18
- Publication Type
- Both (Printed and Online)
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