Character and the supernatural in Shakespeare and Achebe

Character and the supernatural in Shakespeare and Achebe

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"Through mainly a New Historicist critical approach, this book explores how Shakespeare and Achebe employ supernatural devices such as prophecies, dreams, gods/goddesses, beliefs, and divinations to create complex characters. Even though these features indicate the preponderance of the belief i...

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1. Verfasser: Usongo, Kenneth (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2021
Schriftenreihe:Routledge studies in speculative fiction
Schlagworte:
Achebe, Chinua > 1930-2013
Shakespeare, William > 1564-1616
Literarische Gestalt
Das Übernatürliche
Charakterisierung
Shakespeare, William / 1564-1616 / Characters
Achebe, Chinua / Characters
Supernatural in literature
Achebe, Chinua
Shakespeare, William / 1564-1616
Characters and characteristics
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Contextualizing Shakespeare and Achebe. Differences between Shakespeare and Achebe
  • The term supernatural. Early western embodiments of the supernatural
  • Igbo embodiments of the supernatural
  • Literary manifestations of the supernatural
  • Shakespeare and the supernatural. King Lear
  • Macbeth
  • Julius Caesar
  • Hamlet
  • Othello
  • Achebe and the supernatural
  • The supernatural and character
  • The supernatural as premonitory
  • The supernatural and morality
  • Shakespeare's and Achebe's use of the supernatural
  • Impact of the supernatural on the protagonists
  • The supernatural as prolepsis and moral implications

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