Africanizing classical European playwrights (Shakespeare and Molière)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7688281 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maëline Le Lay (0000-0002-6838-3875, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 493-512 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x18001027 |
| OpenAlex | W2899245352 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 17 |
This article analyses Shakespeare and Molière's enduring appeal in various African countries and the diversity of their plays’ adaptations. The starting point is the discrepancy between the two playwrights, Shakespeare in Africa being an artistic phenomenon (a controversial one in some quarters), while the adaptation of Molière remains mainly the domain of school curricula. This article will first provide a historical overview of activities related to the introduction of Shakespeare and Molière's works in Africa. Second, it will set out to analyse the varied adaptation and “Africanization” of both playwrights’ work. It will shed light on the political and scholarly disputes over the incorporation of these authors in school curricula after independence and examine the ways in which these classical European texts were domesticated in Africa
Adaptation (eye) · Appeal · Art · Curriculum · Diversity (politics) · Domestication · Epistemology · Independence (probability theory) · Pedagogy · Phenomenon · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Anthropology · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology
Classics in Post-Colonial Worlds
The African Palimpsest
Fêtes urbaines en Afrique
Reading Revolution
Jouabilité
Nyerere
The African Palimpsest
Para-Literary Ethnography and Colonial Self-Writing
Republique et Colonies
Éducation coloniale et genèse du théâtre néo-africain d'expression française
Subject to translation
Of Mimicry and Man
Language and Colonial Power
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |