Intermedial Performance Aesthetics in Patricia Fagundes' A Midsummer Night's Dream

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  • Anna Stegh Camati Centro Universitário Campos de Andrade

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https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.23.3.141-156

Keywords:

Intermediality, media combination, intermedial references

Abstract

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1594-1595), Shakespeare introduces elements borrowed from court masques, mainly music and dance. After a brief exploration of critical arguments claiming that Shakespeare’s play is the model for musical versions produced during and after the Restoration, this essay investigates the negotiations and shifts of meaning in the homonymous Brazilian adaptation (2006), staged by Cia. Rústica and directed by Patrícia Fagundes. The intermedial processes, articulated in the transposition from page to stage, will be analyzed in the light of contemporary theoretical perspectives.

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Anna Stegh Camati, Centro Universitário Campos de Andrade

Doutora em Língua Inglesa e Literaturas Inglesa e Norte-Americana pela USP. Pós-doutorado na UFSC. Professora Titular do Mestrado em Letras - Teoria Literária da UNIANDRADE. Co-editora do Arquivo Digital Globalshakespeares do MIT/USA - Montagens brasileiras de Shakespeare.

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2013-12-31

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Camati, A. S. (2013). Intermedial Performance Aesthetics in Patricia Fagundes’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Aletria: Revista De Estudos De Literatura, 23(3), 141–156. https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.23.3.141-156

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Vol. 23 No. 3 (2013): Intermidialidade

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Dossiê - Intermidialidade - Parte IV

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