(Neo)Shakespearean themes in the rewriting of Hamlet: un nor în formă de cămilă by Alina Nelega Cover Image

Tematizări (neo)shakespeariene în rescrierea Hamletului: un nor în formă de cămilă de Alina Nelega
(Neo)Shakespearean themes in the rewriting of Hamlet: un nor în formă de cămilă by Alina Nelega

Author(s): Bodiștean Florica
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life
Published by: Editura Universității Aurel Vlaicu
Keywords: rewriting; updating; secondary valorization; affective content; supercharacter; theatrical heterotopia

Summary/Abstract: The study focuses on ways to resignify the themes and characters of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, ways in which the novel un nor în formă de cămilă by Alina Nelega rewrites in the narrative the influential play from the perspective of its affective dimension, with emphasis on the mother–son relationship. The procedures of updating the plot and valuing a secondary character in the hypotext (Gertrude), as well as transforming a heterotopic, theatrical space into a supercharacter who ends up playing the role of destiny for the human universe involved are the lines on which the analysis of this recent Shakespearean palimpsest develops. The study also provides a comparative insight into the versions of Shakespeare's tragedy in contemporary times in order to reveal the regenerative capacity of masterpieces.

  • Issue Year: 15/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 31-41
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Romanian
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