Shakespeare in Quebec: Nation, Gender, and Adaptation

Jennifer Drouin

Published by University of Toronto Press 2014

Shakespeare in Quebec

Nation, Gender, and Adaptation

Jennifer Drouin

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442669697

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About this book

In Shakespeare in Québec, Jennifer Drouin analyses representations of nation and gender in Shakespearean adaptations written in Québec since the Quiet Revolution.

Author / Editor information

Drouin Jennifer :

Jennifer Drouin is an assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Alabama.

Reviews

Laura Schechter:

‘Drouin’s examination of Québécois literature is a refreshing, entirely new addition to the field of Shakespeare studies. This work would be of interest to readers who focus on any one of her three key terms – Québécois, adaptation, or Shakespeare - as well as those interested in postcolonial Studies.’

Christy Desmet, Department of English, University of Georgia:

“Shakespeare in Québec is an intelligent, carefully argued, and stylistically polished book that sheds light on a national and cultural genre of Shakespearean appropriation that has been largely overlooked. The adaptations and appropriations discussed within the book are interesting in their own right, and Drouin does a good job of making them accessible to readers outside Québec or even Canadian studies.”

Randall Martin, Department of English, University of New Brunswick:
‘Shakespeare in Québec illuminates an unusual cultural phenomenon: modern Québec playwrights have often adapted Shakespeare – an icon of British cultural conquest – to advance their anticolonial and nationalist projet de société. Jennifer Drouin’s well-researched and persuasively argued work reorients appreciation of Québec stage adaptations of Shakespeare to nationalist perspectives which challenge prevailing multicultural perspectives on Canadian adaptations of Shakespeare.’

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Postcolonial Shakespeares and Gendering the Québec Nation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
2 A Theory of Shakespearean Adaptation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
3 The Quiet Revolution: Passer à l’action Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
4 Tyrants and Usurpers: Tradapting the Conquest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
5 The First Referendum: Daughters of the Carnivalized Nation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
6 The Second Referendum: Plurality without Pluralism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Conclusion: Québec v. Canada: Interculturalism and the Politics of Recognition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Appendix: Chronology of Québécois Adaptations of Shakespeare, 1960–2013 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 296

eBook

Published: March 21, 2014
ISBN: 9781442669697