Hi all! I am working on a paper using Stoppard's Rosencrantz &
Guildenstern Are
Dead and, of course, Hamlet. I already am aware of extensive work on
both
Shakespeare's Hamlet and most of the film versions. I have a few
citations on
Stoppard's R&G, but looking for more.
The general focus of the paper is a Foucauldian analysis, but I am still
undecided on the particular area of Foucault I want to apply, and how.
So I
want to gather more info, before settling on what/which Foucault is
appropriate
for my purpose.
One potential area is the distinct differences between what we see when
we
watch Hamlet, what the "reality" is through the eyes of those
characters, and
the "reality" that R & G see from their perspective. One way might be a
parallel of the stories, with attention to the discourse and use/misuse
thereof. This calls into play both power/knowledge and the ruptures or
breaks
which help generate discourses.
I'm still thinking this through, so have not fine-tuned my ideas or my
phrasing. For Hamlet, I am considering the "Gibson" Hamlet, for lack of
a
better designation (was it Zeffirelli?).
Any ideas or suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks,
Earl Messer
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Ohio University
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