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―75―JournalofChubuUniversityEducationNo.17（2017）GuidingStudentsintotheWorldofShakespeare:ReadingRomeoandJulietandTheTempestSHIMAZUNobuko＊＊Professor,DepartmentofEnglishLanguageandCulture,CollegeofHumanities,ChubuUniversityAbstractThisisareportonhowIteachacourseentitledEnglishLiteraturewhichaimstoguidenon-literaturemajorsintotheworldofShakespeare.AmongthemanyplaysofShakespeare,thecoursedealswithRomeoandJulietandTheTempest.ThispaperintroducesvariousclassactivitiesinordertohelpstudentstounderstandShakespeareanplaysbetterwithoutlosingtheirinterestandconcentration.Thefilmversionsofthetwoplaysarealsousedinthiscourse.IntreatingTheTempest,thecomparisonbetweentheplayandthefilmisindispensabletoshowingthestudentshowtointerpretthethemeoftheplay.Indoingso,Iurgethemtounderstandthatdifferentwaysofinterpretingthetextexist,includingstudyingitfromasocialandpoliticalpointofview.Byactiveengagementofthereaderaccordingtohisorherviewpoint,Ialsopointouttothestudentshowagenuineappreciationofaliteraryworkbecomespossible.KeywordsteachingEnglishliterature,introductiontoShakespeare,RomeoandJuliet,TheTempest,interpretingthetheme