摘要：Abstract This essay utilises the representation of publics in William Shakespeare’s Roman plays to reflect on Shakespearean pedagogy and questions of public value. Through the use of a complexivist framework, this essay demonstrates how distinct areas of enquiry—the publics of Shakespeare’s Roman plays and pedagogical theory—can usefully illuminate each other and reflect on questions of Shakespeare as a public good. Peripheral publics in Titus Andronicus supply a model for transmission-style pedagogical frameworks; the publics of Julius Caesar and the networks of Antony and Cleopatra demonstrate the complexity of educational systems; and, finally, the representation of the people in Coriolanus interrogates the conceptualisation of the public and problematises notions of public value in Shakespeare and in higher education.
关键词：Shakespeare ; pedagogy ; complexity theory ; public value ; public good ; Roman plays ; teaching ; education ; Julius Caesar ; Titus Andronicus ; Coriolanus ; Antony and Cleopatra
