Date of Award

1-1-2015

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College/School/Department

Department of English

Content Description

1 online resource (v, 182 pages)

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Martha T. Rozett

Committee Members

Lana Cable, Ineke Murakami

Keywords

Adaptations, Africa, Shakespeare, South East Asia, African drama, Southeast Asian literature

Subject Categories

African Languages and Societies | Arts and Humanities | Theatre and Performance Studies

Abstract

My dissertation looks at adaptation of plays by Shakespeare in African and Asian contexts. It focuses on how and why certain writers from a post-colonial background use Shakespeare as a basis for their adaptation. I consider contemporary adaptations from the 1960s to the 1990s. My aim is to focus on adaptations that are distinctly indigenous in terms of place and time, but remain connected to an influential Shakespearean play. I focus on adaptations that were written during the post-colonial period in order to investigate how literary adaptations are mediated through politically diverse landscapes both in Africa and Asia.

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