Re-scripting in a Postmodern Manner Shakespeare’s Plays: Intersemiotic Translations
Re-scripting in a Postmodern Manner Shakespeare’s Plays: Intersemiotic Translations

Summary/Abstract: The understanding of femininity in postmodernism allows for new approaches in the theater of Shakespeare. Cinematography has offered two examples: in 1996 with Baz Luhrmann’s version of Romeo and Juliet (Romeo+Juliet) and in 2005 with the BBC series, ShakespeaRE-Told, The Taming of the Shrew, directed by David Richards. Both movies mix femininity with the will to power, but in a system informed by humor, kitsch and carnival. The conflict between sexes and families becomes an opportunity to assemble a satirical show. Shakespeare maintains his position of a transcultural author, above and beyond every fashion.

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