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dc.contributor.authorMittenberg, Coreyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-04-04T19:55:17Zen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-10-19T16:30:39Z
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-22T14:32:21Z
dc.date.available2007-04-04T19:55:17Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-10-19T16:30:39Z
dc.date.available2020-06-22T14:32:21Z
dc.date.issued2007-04-04T19:55:17Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/697en_US
dc.descriptionMaster of Arts Thesis in English, SUNY New Paltzen_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough it is generally accepted that Alfred Jarry’s influential 1896 play, Ubu Roi, was revolutionary for its language, innovative staging, and use of black comedy, little has been written to analyze the work’s many Shakespearean connections. Plot devices, characters, dialogue, as well as production choices, display evidence of Jarry’s knowledge of Shakespeare; his appreciation and understanding of the dramatic pieces from which he borrows informs Jarry’s entire play. By incorporating specifically chosen Shakespearean elements, Ubu Roi--primogenitor of the Absurdist theater--continues in the Shakespearean dramatic tradition more thoroughly than most critics acknowledge, due in large part to the manner in which Jarry appropriates them. My paper addresses the issues of legitimate versus illegitimate adaptation as they relate to questions of authorship, style, and audience, as well as the historical background of both Jarry and Shakespeare in the context of French theater. As Shakespeare is an outside voice in France, the role of the other as a subject of spectacle (and the connotations of foreigners and foreign lands in relation to the choice of setting) is also discussed. Additionally, my paper examines the freedom of Shakespeare’s translators in France into the nineteenth century, Jarry’s critical battles over Ubu Roi, and a close study of Jarry’s reworking of Shakespearean characters, plot lines, themes, and staging choices.en_US
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dc.subjectShakespeareen_US
dc.subjectAlfred Jarryen_US
dc.titleProto-Absurdist strides and leanings: Alfred Jarry’s Shakespearean spirit in Ubu Roien_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
refterms.dateFOA2020-06-22T14:32:21Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY College at New Paltz
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