| Title |
The tempest behind bars: art as revenge in margaret atwood's novel "hag-seed" / |
| Translation of Title |
Audra už grotų: menas kaip revanšas Margaret Atwood romane „Hag-Seed“. |
| Authors |
Mušket, Marina |
| Full Text |
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| Pages |
46 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Margaret Atwood, Shakespeare, adaptacija, teatras, hermeneutika, adaptation, theatre, hermeneutics |
| Abstract [eng] |
This MA paper aims to examine the hermeneutic significance of art, particularly theatre, in Margaret Atwood’s novel Hag-Seed (2016), which is a contemporary adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest (1611). The analysis focuses on the ways in which art can blur the line between reality and illusion and how it can serve equally as a tool of revenge and a means of forgiveness. Leaning on Hans-Georg Gadamer’s hermeneutic philosophy and Linda Hutcheon’s insights into adaptation, this MA paper analyses how the process of staging the play in the novel unfolds both as an act of deception and as an ethically transformative experience. As a result, this reading of Hag-Seed aims to show that Atwood’s reframing of Shakespeare’s play within a contemporary context demonstrates how art transcends its historical boundaries to reveal universal truths about what it means to be human. |
| Dissertation Institution |
Vilniaus universitetas. |
| Type |
Master thesis |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2025 |
