From West to East: Romeo Must Die but Shakespeare is the Sun

Luminiţa Frenţiu; Codruţa Goşa

doi:10.2478/rjes-2014-0021

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From West to East: Romeo Must Die but Shakespeare is the Sun

Romanian Journal of English Studies

Volume 11 (2014): Issue 1 (March 2014)

By: Luminiţa Frenţiu and Codruţa Goşa

Open Access

|May 2014

Abstract

The paper presents a mini survey of the hallmark English language motion pictures which are explicitly based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The selection of the six films under investigation takes into account various criteria such as aspects of chronology, culture, impact or novelty of approach. The analysis is based on four categories: genre, auteurism (authorship), reception and verisimilitude.

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Articles in this issue

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2286-0428 (formerly 1584-3734) | Journal ISSN: 1584-3734

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Language: English

Page range: 167 - 182

Published online: May 1, 2014

Published in print: Mar 1, 2014

Published by: West University of Timisoara

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

film theory,

genre,

auteurism (authorship),

reception theory,

verisimilitude

Related subjects:

Linguistics and semiotics,

Theoretical frameworks and disciplines,

Linguistics, other

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Volume 11 (2014): Issue 1 (March 2014)