231103 Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (Text, Context, Film) (S) (WiSe 2013/2014)

This course will start with an in-depth analysis and interpretation of the text of Shakespeare´s The Merchant of Venice and then proceed to analyse major theatrical and filmic representations as examples of differently adapted and contextualized versions of the play.

Jonathan Miller (dir.), The Merchant of Venice (National Theatre, 1973)
Trevor Nunn (dir.), The Merchant of Venice (National Theatre, 2001)
Peter Zadek (dir.), Der Kaufmann von Venedig (Theater an der Wien, 1990)
Michael Radford (dir.), The Merchant of Venice (2004)

Participants will be requested to either contribute to a presentation in class or alternatively
write a film review of one of the films.

Literaturangaben

Russell Jackson (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film (2000)