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Shakespeare's traces in the contemporary English-speaking literary scene
L'Harmattan - EAN : 9782336499451
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EAN : 9782336499451
Paru le : 27 nov. 2024
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- EAN13 : 9782336499451
- Collection : L'ORIZZONTE
- Editeur : L'Harmattan
- Date Parution : 27 nov. 2024
- Disponibilite : Disponible
- Barème de remise : NS
- Nombre de pages : 304
- Format : H:210 mm L:140 mm E:16 mm
- Poids : 557gr
- Résumé : Shakespeare’s Traces in the Contemporary English-Speaking Literary Scene analyzes the importance of Shakespeare’s legacy in redefining a sense of identity. The book extends the field of research beyond the British literary scene to the wider English-speaking literary world. Contemporary rewritings of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, The Tempest and Hamlet have been analyzed, ranging from noncommissioned reappropriations to those included in institutionally recognized projects such as the Hogarth Shakespeare Series. In a literary panorama in which the boundaries of the here and now are increasingly blurred and cannot be reduced to fixed categories, Shakespeare’s Traces emphasizes the power of the word. It expands from Foucault’s heterotopia to the theorization of a new concept of space including places and social relations in the rewriting of one of the possible pages of history. In an attempt to show how different points of view might contribute to the redefinition of a sense of identity, this book highlights the importance of each voice – no longer considered as being on the margins, but in the uniqueness of its identitarian values – in a process of reappropriation of the Self. This Self takes into consideration complex cultural and social components as well as the multifaceted nature of the human soul. This book examines the close relationship between word and power – highlighted by Foucault – with a strong impact on novel writing, and delves into the historical-philosophical developments of Hayden White’s theories in the rewriting of a process which leads to considering the role of literature as history in the making. Shakespeare’s Traces embarks the reader on a complex journey of rediscovery of the Self and of the multifaceted fabric of reality the postmodern man lives and acts in.
- Biographie : Dr. Elisa Tordella received her PhD in Literatures of English Speaking Countries from the University of Rome “La Sapienza,” where she taught both at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and at the Faculty of Medicine. While teaching at the Faculty of Medicine, she was also charged with the responsibility of coordinating the English courses. She successfully taught numerous intensive English courses at all levels in classrooms, as well as one-to-one lessons for high-ranking officers of the Arma dei Carabinieri, for whom she also worked as a language tester (TUI and JFLT.) Her doctoral dissertation La rinarrazione e la riappropriazione della storia nella letteratura canadese was published by Prometheus in 2005. She wrote a book, Viaggiatori Americani a Roma, published by Prometheus in 2012, with the complete translation of Americans in Rome, a novel by Henry P. Leland. In her book, Shakespeare in Canada. A Journey into the Canadian Soul (foreword by Prof. Giovanni Dotoli, published by L’Harmattan, Paris/Aga Editrice, Bari, 2019,) she explores the silences of the untold stories that have contributed to re-shaping the Canadian sense of identity from the Confederations Poets to the contemporary period. She is the author of numerous essays and has lectured widely to professional audiences, on postmodern/postcolonial literatures. She has also published many articles on issues such as theatre and literature in North America, geopolitics, cultural identity, contributing to journals including La Rivista di Studi Canadesi, Informasaggi (Università dei Saggi Franco Romano,) Englishes, and other international online geopolitical journals. She currently teaches English for Current Affairs for the Italian Government.
