Modernité, représentation de l’histoire et présentisme dans le théâtre shakespearien

This article explores the links between modernity and presentism in the work of Shakespeare and of some of his fellow Elizabethans, as well as in the writings of the most avant-garde of contemporary literary critics. It stresses the paradoxical nature of the notion of “modernity”, which questions it...

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Main Author: Jean-Christophe Mayer
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: Pléiade (EA 7338) 2010-12-01
Series:Itinéraires
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/1730
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spelling doaj-19576bf474d1494bb058ee25d4ed63cc2020-11-24T22:00:02ZfraPléiade (EA 7338)Itinéraires2427-920X2010-12-012010410111510.4000/itineraires.1730Modernité, représentation de l’histoire et présentisme dans le théâtre shakespearienJean-Christophe MayerThis article explores the links between modernity and presentism in the work of Shakespeare and of some of his fellow Elizabethans, as well as in the writings of the most avant-garde of contemporary literary critics. It stresses the paradoxical nature of the notion of “modernity”, which questions its own values endlessly. The notion invites us to investigate the complex dialectic of the old and the new both in Shakespeare’s time and in our own. The conclusion reached is that the current turn to presentism in Shakespearean criticism is seriously misguided.http://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/1730Shakespearemodernitypresentismhistoryrepresentations
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Modernité, représentation de l’histoire et présentisme dans le théâtre shakespearien
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Shakespeare
modernity
presentism
history
representations
author_facet Jean-Christophe Mayer
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title Modernité, représentation de l’histoire et présentisme dans le théâtre shakespearien
title_short Modernité, représentation de l’histoire et présentisme dans le théâtre shakespearien
title_full Modernité, représentation de l’histoire et présentisme dans le théâtre shakespearien
title_fullStr Modernité, représentation de l’histoire et présentisme dans le théâtre shakespearien
title_full_unstemmed Modernité, représentation de l’histoire et présentisme dans le théâtre shakespearien
title_sort modernité, représentation de l’histoire et présentisme dans le théâtre shakespearien
publisher Pléiade (EA 7338)
series Itinéraires
issn 2427-920X
publishDate 2010-12-01
description This article explores the links between modernity and presentism in the work of Shakespeare and of some of his fellow Elizabethans, as well as in the writings of the most avant-garde of contemporary literary critics. It stresses the paradoxical nature of the notion of “modernity”, which questions its own values endlessly. The notion invites us to investigate the complex dialectic of the old and the new both in Shakespeare’s time and in our own. The conclusion reached is that the current turn to presentism in Shakespearean criticism is seriously misguided.
topic Shakespeare
modernity
presentism
history
representations
url http://journals.openedition.org/itineraires/1730
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