莎士比亞與演講藝術=Shakespeare and the Art of Public Speaking

醫學生不能在成為主治醫師的時候才去學習怎麼開刀，而一個成功的CEO、總經理、團隊領導人，也不能等你站上那個舞台才去學習如何演講！ 莎士比亞為西方文學巨擘，其三十七齣戲劇蘊含著許多精彩的長篇演說與辯論，無論是《凱撒大帝》劇中的安東尼與布魯特斯的精彩口語交鋒，或是《威尼斯商人》中猶太商人夏洛克面對基督徒的眾聲圍剿而作的反擊演說等，皆為膾炙人口的經典演講範例。 本計畫精選莎士比亞四齣名劇中的傑出公眾演說範例，透過「案例教學法」深度分析這四齣個案的演說技巧與方法策略，再將莎劇時空轉換到當代的事件中，結合「新創事業」、「企業交涉」、「政治斡旋」、「弱勢抗爭」等不同主題，並實際由每位學生作角色扮演式的演講或辯論，讓學生學以致用在將來人生中可能面對的各種場合。 本實踐計畫的目的是挖掘：（一）如何以「教案教學法」搭配「角色扮演」，讓學生從莎劇中著名角色的公眾演說範例學會演講技巧。（二）如何站在莎士比亞這文化巨人的肩膀上看世界，讓學生不再只侷限在日常瑣事，在更大格局中開闊自我，想像未來；（三）如何透過案例教學法，讓學生從四個莎劇演說案例做深入探究，增進學生的口語溝通、領導統御、危機處理等能力。

The Application of Case Teaching Method and Role-Playing in the Instruction of Shakespeare and the Art of Public Speaking Abstract A doctor must sharpen his surgical skills before becoming an attending physician; likewise, a successful CEO, general manager, or group leader must cultivate his speech skills before standing on the stage! Shakespeare is monumental figure in Western literature, and his 37 plays contain various outstanding long speeches and debates. The most illustrious cases include the intensive oral confrontation between Antony and Brutus in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, the classic speech given by the Jewish merchant, Shylock, to counter the assault of the Christian protagonists in The Merchant of Venice, or the wonderful speech given by Hal, the protagonist in Henry V, to enhance troop morale and encourage his soldiers to fight their enemy bravely in the battle. This project extracts several eminent public speeches from Shakespeare’s four famous plays as the targeted cases, and applies case teaching method to closely investigate the speech skills and strategies used in these cases. The design of this project is to have students immerse themselves in the roles in specific scenarios and appropriate what they have learned to contemporary events/situations. By combining the art of speech in Shakespeare’s plays with modern issues, such as “New Venture Creation,” “Business Negotiations,” “Political Mediation,” and “Minority Protest,” this project will have students personally play the roles of Shakespeare’s plays, during which they will sharpen their speech and debating skills they can practically use in various occasions in their own lives. This project aims to: (I) apply “case teaching method” and “role-playing” in the course of “Shakespeare and the Art of Public Speaking,” which will enable students to learn speech skills from the exemplary speeches given by the famous characters in Shakespearean plays; (II) help students see farther and think deeper in a broader horizon by standing on the shoulder of Shakespeare, a giant of culture, and equip them with the ability to cultivate themselves and imagine their futures in a global vision rather than restricting themselves to little happiness and daily triviality; (III) apply case teaching method to enhance students’ abilities of oral communication, leadership and crisis management by having them study closely the well-known cases of public speech in Shakespeare’s four plays.