Studying shakespeare on film /
Owens, Rebekah.
Studying shakespeare on film / Rebekah Owens. - [Place of publication not identified] : Auteur, 2020. - 1 online resource
Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed March 02, 2020).
Aimed at newcomers to literature and film, this book is a guide for the analysis of Shakespeare on film. Starting with an introduction to the main challenge faced by any director'the early-modern language'there follows exemplars for examining how that challenge is met using as case studies twelve films most often used in classroom teaching, including Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and The Tempest. The first chapter explores how a director can tell the story in a setting that embraces the expectations of realism in cinema, but still pays homage to the theatrical origins of the work. The second chapter discusses films in which the setting provides a visual analogy with the preoccupations of the story, but not at the expense of Shakespeare's language. The third chapter extends this to show how some films use recent history as a setting, adding a further layer of meaning to the story from the cultural resonances associated with that historical past. These films also rely on an assumption that Shakespeare is so well-known as to form a distinctive, easily recognized brand in the cinema marketplace. Thus, his work can be reimagined in completely different genres such as those films that are the subject of the final chapter.
9781911325390 1911325396 9781800345607 1800345607 9781800347656 1800347650
EB00803089 Recorded Books
22573/ctv1r07vfv JSTOR
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Film adaptations.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Shakespeare.
Electronic books.
Film adaptations.
PR3093 / .O94 2020
791.436
Studying shakespeare on film / Rebekah Owens. - [Place of publication not identified] : Auteur, 2020. - 1 online resource
Title from resource description page (Recorded Books, viewed March 02, 2020).
Aimed at newcomers to literature and film, this book is a guide for the analysis of Shakespeare on film. Starting with an introduction to the main challenge faced by any director'the early-modern language'there follows exemplars for examining how that challenge is met using as case studies twelve films most often used in classroom teaching, including Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and The Tempest. The first chapter explores how a director can tell the story in a setting that embraces the expectations of realism in cinema, but still pays homage to the theatrical origins of the work. The second chapter discusses films in which the setting provides a visual analogy with the preoccupations of the story, but not at the expense of Shakespeare's language. The third chapter extends this to show how some films use recent history as a setting, adding a further layer of meaning to the story from the cultural resonances associated with that historical past. These films also rely on an assumption that Shakespeare is so well-known as to form a distinctive, easily recognized brand in the cinema marketplace. Thus, his work can be reimagined in completely different genres such as those films that are the subject of the final chapter.
9781911325390 1911325396 9781800345607 1800345607 9781800347656 1800347650
EB00803089 Recorded Books
22573/ctv1r07vfv JSTOR
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Film adaptations.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
LITERARY CRITICISM--Shakespeare.
Electronic books.
Film adaptations.
PR3093 / .O94 2020
791.436