Shakespeare and the cinema of excess

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dc.contributor.advisorYoung, Sandraen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan Heerden, Jacquesen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-10T13:28:37Z
dc.date.available2015-01-10T13:28:37Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation examines the notion of excess in film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. It takes its critical approach from the work of Georges Bataille, who used "eroticism" to describe a confrontation with excess that destabilises the individual’s sense of identity. Bataille suggests that art can allow audiences to experience a measure of eroticism by presenting subjects that transgress established taboos and by undermining the formal conventions that allow the audience to interpret the text. This dissertation examines these ideas through an analysis of Julie Taymor's Titus and Roman Polanski’s Macbeth from the perspective of Bataille’s writing on transgression, taboos, and excess. By doing a comparative reading of each play and film, I will examine the meaning of excess in these plays and how this has translated to screen...en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVan Heerden, J. (2012). <i>Shakespeare and the cinema of excess</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11950en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan Heerden, Jacques. <i>"Shakespeare and the cinema of excess."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11950en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Heerden, J. 2012. Shakespeare and the cinema of excess. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Van Heerden, Jacques AB - This dissertation examines the notion of excess in film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. It takes its critical approach from the work of Georges Bataille, who used "eroticism" to describe a confrontation with excess that destabilises the individual’s sense of identity. Bataille suggests that art can allow audiences to experience a measure of eroticism by presenting subjects that transgress established taboos and by undermining the formal conventions that allow the audience to interpret the text. This dissertation examines these ideas through an analysis of Julie Taymor's Titus and Roman Polanski’s Macbeth from the perspective of Bataille’s writing on transgression, taboos, and excess. By doing a comparative reading of each play and film, I will examine the meaning of excess in these plays and how this has translated to screen... DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Shakespeare and the cinema of excess TI - Shakespeare and the cinema of excess UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11950 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11950
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan Heerden J. Shakespeare and the cinema of excess. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of English Language and Literature, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11950en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of English Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnglish Language and Literatureen_ZA
dc.titleShakespeare and the cinema of excessen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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