The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedy: Titus Andronicus − Criticism, Stage History, and Contemporary Readings

Autori

  • Filipe dos Santos Avila Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26512/dramaturgias.v1i1.9045

Parole chiave:

Shakespeare; Titus Andronicus; performance criticism.

Abstract

This essay foregrounds William Shakespeare’s early tragedy Titus Andronicus, overviews the critical debate concerning the play’s controversial authorship, takes into account the play’s reception and life on stage, and presents germane contemporary readings of the playtextdrawn from differenttheoretical standpoints. The essay concludes that the text is not supreme in creating meaning or establishing authority and that these are a direct function of performance and criticism.

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Biografia autore

Filipe dos Santos Avila, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

M.A. in English Language and Literature from the Federal University of Santa Catarina and is currently a doctorate student at the same university. His M.A. thesis was entitled “Shakespeare in the Tube: Theatricalizing Violence in the BBC’s Titus Andronicus”, and his doctoral dissertation addresses performance analysis and contextualization of contemporary stagings of Titus Andronicus.

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Pubblicato

2016-10-31

Come citare

Avila, F. dos S. (2016). The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedy: Titus Andronicus − Criticism, Stage History, and Contemporary Readings. Dramaturgias, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.26512/dramaturgias.v1i1.9045

Fascicolo

V. 1 N. 1 (2016): Shakespeare

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