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Sonho de uma noite de verão : a inscrição do processo de adaptação cênica no texto shakespeariano

2011; UNIVERSIDADE EST.PAULISTA JÚLIO DE MESQUITA FILHO; Volume: 51; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

0101-3505

Anna Stegh Camati,

Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism

In the artisans’ plot, one of the four intertwined narratives of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, Shakespeare thematizes the procedures of textual appropriation and the collaborative processes used for the creation of a spectacle. The bard does not only insert the metatheatrical device of the play within the play, but inscribes within his text the mechanisms of adaptation from page to stage, including conception, production and reception. Besides illuminating issues, such as the representation of reality and the breaking of dramatic illusion, Shakespeare’s text can also be read as a ludic and metacritical reflection on his own dramaturgy which establishes a dialogue with the appropriation/adaptation theories discussed by contemporary critics.