Aguiar Rodrigues, Matheus Vinícius
Este artigo, por meio de uma simbiose entre Direito, História e Literatura, busca indicar os indícios da modernidade em Shakespeare, mormente na obra de “Hamlet”. “Ser ou não ser?, eis a questão”, “o rei morreu, vida longa ao rei”, e a própria epígrafe deste trabalho mostram passagens em Hamlet que ilustram, concomitantemente, uma ideia do corpus m...
Resshid, Zakia
This research paper examines the experimental nature of appropriation focusing on The National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA) renditions of Shakespeare’s Hamlet (1603) and Richard III (1597). It investigates how these adaptations bring about changes in both dramatic structure and artistic expression, dissecting visual and performative elements t...
Ganim, Russell
This study traces the influence of François de Belleforest on William Shakespeare through the character of Gertrude (named « Geruthe » in Belleforest) in Hamlet. Basing his work on the original Danish legend of Saxo Grammaticus (Historia Danica), Belleforest in his Histoires tragiques gives voice to the character who is both mother of the protagoni...
Mayer, Jean-Christophe
This essay focuses on the early reception of Hamlet’s ‘To be or not to be’ speech. Its first section looks at the print configuration of the play’s original editions. The article then moves on to examine the passage’s early reception by its readers until the Restoration. It also offers a succinct exploration of the critical debates around Hamlet’s ...
Costantini, Cristina
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Hamlet is a troubling piece. In this essay the reasons of internal ambiguity are analyzed through the conceptual prism of revenge. Moving from the well-known dispute between T.S. Eliot and C. Schmitt, the Author proposes an anti-canonical reading of the themes of the tragedy by reconstituting its socio-legal context. The aim is to bring to the surf...
Watt, Gary
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Why do we strike intrinsically inoffensive objects when they intrude upon our lives? Why, for example, do we kick the car when it breaks down, or slap the chair that pinches our finger against the table, or strike the open door that collides with our head? In this essay, I ask whether this phenomenon, which I call the performance of “pure object re...
Hiscock, Andrew
This article concentrates on an early, but strategic scene in Shakespeare’s celebrated tragedy in which the audience is introduced to the court world of Elsinore and to the protagonist himself. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which Shakespeare’s innovative text tests early modern expectations of revenge tragedy as well as incorporating ...
Marion-Ferrand, Alice Mocellin, Adèle Mignard Vivier, Jean
For its 2022–23 season, the National Dramatic Centre of Montpellier put Shakespeare in the spotlight by programming no less than four productions based on his plays. This article aims to review these productions and analyse how they came together during this theatrical season to think contemporary issues through Shakespeare and to explore what it m...
Tholoniat, Yann Chardin, Jean-Jacques Curelly, Laurent
Proceedings of the SEAA1718 conference "Bookscapes / Pays, pages, paysages" which took place in Strasbourg, Jan. 13-14th, 2023, with the support of SEARCH, IDEA, and ILLE.
Barabino, Victor Gautier, Alban
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