SHE’S THE MAN: GENDER DYNAMICS IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT Cover Image

SHE’S THE MAN: GENDER DYNAMICS IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT
SHE’S THE MAN: GENDER DYNAMICS IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S TWELFTH NIGHT

Author(s): Ecaterina Lia Hanţiu
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara

Summary/Abstract: More than any other Shakespearean play, Twelfth Night demonstrates hogender can be performed and impersonated with the use of voice, costume and mannerisms. The play explores the relationship between gender and desire, allowing us to understand the complex ways in which Shakespeare responded imaginatively to sex, gender and sexuality as determinants of human identity. The article also discusses various movie versions of the play

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 141-158
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: English
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