The Modern Shrew

UNIVERSITY OF TARTU DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE THE CONTEMPORARY SHREW: AN psychoanalysis OF TWO MODERNISED FILM APPROPRIATIONS OF SHAKESPEARES THE TAMING OF THE SHREW BA thesis LIIS KAASIK SUPERVISOR: LECT. RAILI PÕLDSAAR TARTU 2008 ABSTRACT The aim of the thesis is to analyse how the contemporary context and literary genre conventions have affected the representation of incompatible characters and the plot in two modernized film versions of The Taming of the Shrew, ShakespeaRe-Told Taming of the Shrew (2005), directed by David Richards, and 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), directed by Gil Junger. The thesis is divided into four sections: Introduction, Historical and Theoretical Background, analytic thinking of the Modernised Film Appropriations of Shakespeares The Taming of the Shrew and the Conclusion. The Introduction states the aim of the thesis, explains the importance of Shakespeares work in contemporary world and introduces the films discussed in the thesis.

The secondly section of the thesis, Historical and Theoretical Background, firstly defines the terms version and appropriation, discusses the different methods of adaptation and appropriation literature, theatre and film, with special solicitude to the advantages film has over the other means of reinterpretation. The section too gives an overview of Kenneth Rothwells classification of Shakespeare, in particular recontextualisation. Finally it gives examples of different film versions of The Taming of The Shrew. The Analysis of the Modernised Film Appropriations of Shakespeares The Taming of The Shrew gives a short overview of the films analysed discusses the influences the chosen genre has on the mode of reinterpretation. whence the representation of the main characters Katherina, Petruchio, Bianca, Baptista, Hortensio, Gremio, Lucentio or their counterparts will be discussed on with the relations inside the Minola family, the relations between Bianca and her suitors and... If you want to disturb a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay

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