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Tipo di tesi
Elaborati finali per laurea triennale
Autore
RUSSO, ANDREA
URN
etd-11102011-155619
Titolo
Davenant's The Law Against Lovers: Rewriting Shakespeare in early Restoration theatre
Dipartimento
LINGUE E LETTERATURE STRANIERE
Corso di studi
LINGUE E LETTERATURE STRANIERE
Relatori
correlatore Prof.ssa Dente, Carla
relatore Dott.ssa Soncini, Sara
relatore Dott.ssa Soncini, Sara
Parole chiave
- adaptation
- adattamento
- ado
- against
- Davenant
- law
- lovers
- measure
- restaurazione
- Restoration
- rewriting
- Shakespeare
- teatro
- theatre
Data inizio appello
26/10/2011
Consultabilità
Completa
Riassunto
L'elaborato finale tratta uno dei primi adattamenti shakespeariani del periodo della restaurazione: The Law Against Lovers (1662, La legge contro gli amanti). L'opera, scritta da Sir William Davenant (figura chiave del teatro del periodo immediatamente precedente e successivo all'Interregno), adatta due opere del Bardo: Misura per misura e Molto rumore per nulla. Si analizzano qui le sue caratteristiche salienti, le innovazioni e le differenze rispetto ai due testi di partenza, sottolineando l'abilità di Davenant nello sfruttare gli elementi di successo del teatro (attrici, musica e danza, effetti scenici). Si traccia insomma una analisi mettendo in luce da una parte il contesto (letterario, teatrale, con le sue innovazioni, e politico), dall'altra l'operazione di Davenant sui testi di Shakespeare, che stravolge il senso originale, soprattutto da un punto di vista morale.
This essay analyses The Law Against Lovers, a conflation of two Shakespearean works: Measure for Measure and Much Ado About Nothing. It is one of the very first adaptations of the Restoration period (1662), and one of the most peculiar, too. We highlight Davenant's ability to use the innovations of the theatre of the time (actresses, music and dance, theatrical effects) to achieve success (although in the end we cannot be sure whether this adaptation was actually successful). To conclude, one the one hand we have analysed the context of this adaptation (from a literary and also political perspective), and on the other hand we have analysed the changes carried out by Davenant to the two source texts, in order to prove that this adaptation is by no means «a sad puzzle» as some critics have said; it is instead a «good play», and a perfect example of the way Restoration adapters considered Shakespeare.
This essay analyses The Law Against Lovers, a conflation of two Shakespearean works: Measure for Measure and Much Ado About Nothing. It is one of the very first adaptations of the Restoration period (1662), and one of the most peculiar, too. We highlight Davenant's ability to use the innovations of the theatre of the time (actresses, music and dance, theatrical effects) to achieve success (although in the end we cannot be sure whether this adaptation was actually successful). To conclude, one the one hand we have analysed the context of this adaptation (from a literary and also political perspective), and on the other hand we have analysed the changes carried out by Davenant to the two source texts, in order to prove that this adaptation is by no means «a sad puzzle» as some critics have said; it is instead a «good play», and a perfect example of the way Restoration adapters considered Shakespeare.
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