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Antony and Cleopatra: Language and Writing

Af: Professor Virginia Mason Vaughan Engelsk Paperback

Antony and Cleopatra: Language and Writing

Af: Professor Virginia Mason Vaughan Engelsk Paperback
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Reading Antony and Cleopatra is particularly challenging because of Shakespeare''s masterful embodiment of Rome and Egypt''s contrasting worlds in language, structure, and characterization.
Instead of seeing the interaction of Roman and Egyptian perspectives in Antony and Cleopatra as a type of double image of reality that changes as one moves from one location to another, students often find themselves compelled to pick sides. The more romantic opt for Cleopatra as the most sympathetic character, while the pragmatists dismiss her lifestyle as self-indulgent. The central challenge in reading this play, in other words, is to resist the compulsion to take sides and, instead, to adopt a ''both-and'' point of view rather than an ''either-or'' choice. The play''s central binary - Rome vs. Egypt - is deeply embedded in its language and structure, yet the play consistently complicates our view of either side. The book encourages students to think outside the binary box, to understand, and to celebrate, Shakespeare''s exploitation of the multivalent nature of language.

As well as helping students to analyse the intricacy of Shakespeare''s language in Antony and Cleopatra, each chapter''s ''Writing matters’ section enables students to develop their own writing strategies in coursework and examinations.

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Reading Antony and Cleopatra is particularly challenging because of Shakespeare''s masterful embodiment of Rome and Egypt''s contrasting worlds in language, structure, and characterization.
Instead of seeing the interaction of Roman and Egyptian perspectives in Antony and Cleopatra as a type of double image of reality that changes as one moves from one location to another, students often find themselves compelled to pick sides. The more romantic opt for Cleopatra as the most sympathetic character, while the pragmatists dismiss her lifestyle as self-indulgent. The central challenge in reading this play, in other words, is to resist the compulsion to take sides and, instead, to adopt a ''both-and'' point of view rather than an ''either-or'' choice. The play''s central binary - Rome vs. Egypt - is deeply embedded in its language and structure, yet the play consistently complicates our view of either side. The book encourages students to think outside the binary box, to understand, and to celebrate, Shakespeare''s exploitation of the multivalent nature of language.

As well as helping students to analyse the intricacy of Shakespeare''s language in Antony and Cleopatra, each chapter''s ''Writing matters’ section enables students to develop their own writing strategies in coursework and examinations.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 184
ISBN-13: 9781472504999
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 1472504992
Kategori: Litteraturstudier: skuespil & dramatik
Udg. Dato: 19 nov 2015
Længde: 11mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 255mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 19 nov 2015
Forfatter(e): Professor Virginia Mason Vaughan
Forfatter(e) Professor Virginia Mason Vaughan

Kategori Litteraturstudier: skuespil & dramatik

ISBN-13 9781472504999

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 184

Udgave

Længde 11mm

Bredde 130mm

Højde 255mm

Udg. Dato 19 nov 2015

Oplagsdato 19 nov 2015

Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC