- Tytuł:
- The Inverted Initiation Rituals in Shakespeare with a Special Emphasis on Hamlet
- Autorzy:
- Wicher, Andrzej
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/1812141.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2020-06-30
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
- Tematy:
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Shakespeare
Hamlet
initiation
ritual
reversal
myth
folktale - Opis:
- The article deals the possibility of applying Vladimir Propp’s, basically anthropological idea of “the inverted ritual” to the interpretation of certain plays by William Shakespeare, particularly Hamlet. The said inversion concerns three rituals: the sacrificial ritual, where the passive and obedient victim suddenly rebels, or at least becomes difficult to control (which is the case, for example, of Ophelia in Hamlet); of the initiatory ritual, where the apparently benevolent master of the characters initiation is shown as a monster (which can be exemplified by Claudius, Hamlet’s uncle); and of the matrimonial ritual, where the theoretically loving husband (more rarely wife), or lover, is revealed as a highly malicious and unpredictable creature, an example of which can be Hamlet himself. The article makes use of the work of such critics as G.K. Wilson, Harold Bloom, Vladimir Propp, René Girard, and Mircea Eliade.
- Źródło:
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Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation and Performance; 2021, 23, 38; 159-179
2083-8530
2300-7605 - Pojawia się w:
- Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation and Performance
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki
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