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The intersection of Shakespeare and popular culture : an intertextual examination of some millennial Shakespearean film adaptations (1999-2001), with special reference to music

This dissertation analyses millennial film adaptations of five of Shakespeare's plays with a specific focus on a selection of different kinds of film. These are William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999: Dir. Michael Hoffman), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999: Dir. Gil Junger), Hamlet (2000: Dir. Michael Almereyda), Titus (1999: Dir. Julie Taymor), and Scotland, PA (2001: Dir. Billy Morrissette). The films covered include both box office and independent, textually close to Shakespeare's words or not, all totally different from each other. This thesis contextualises these film adaptations within the realm of film studies, music theory, Shakespeare performance theory, critical theory and popular culture. Rather than analysing each Shakespearean film adaptation purely on an aesthetic level, my dissertation will identify and analyse each director's

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/246444
Date January 2009
CreatorsGerzic, Marina
PublisherUniversity of Western Australia. School of Social and Cultural Studies, University of Western Australia. English and Cultural Studies Discipline Group
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
RightsCopyright Marina Gerzic, http://www.itpo.uwa.edu.au/UWA-Computer-And-Software-Use-Regulations.html

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