Burlesques en el Siglo XIX: Macbeth y la Literatura Inglesa - Prof. Monrós, Apuntes de Idioma Inglés

¡Descarga Burlesques en el Siglo XIX: Macbeth y la Literatura Inglesa - Prof. Monrós y más Apuntes en PDF de Idioma Inglés solo en Docsity! LITERATURA INGLESA DEL SIGLO XIX Miércoles, 19 de diciembre de 2012 IDEA TRABAJO: MACBETH (burlesque theatre) MASK AND FACES (relationship between authors, producers..) (ESCENAS QUE NO VEMOS EN CLASE; EN EL LIBRO DE LAURA Y MIGUEL) BURLESQUE • the 1737 theatre regulation act bestowe on Drury Lane and Corent Garden exclusive rights to perform “serious drama” (in forcé till 1843) • 1832: debates in the Hhouse of Parliament on the question of burletta *(DIFERENCIAS ENTRE PANTOMIMA, ESTRAVAGANZZA, BURLETTA, …) DEFINICIÖN BURLESQUE: “rhymed couplets (pareados “he cantado y he bailado”) in a parody of the original text, the transposition of characters from high to low;… the contemporanization of past events …; the ludicrous reenactment of classic scenes; ….. a pronounced theatrical bias, with an emphasis on stage business, sight gags, and special effects…. ; relentless puns; …. And soliloquies and set pieces rewritten as lyrics to contemporary songs, whether popular, operatic, ore ven mistrel….. Above all, burlesques trafficked in topical allusions.” -Es una versión cómica (travestida) de una obra ya conocida (e.g. Macbeth). -Transposition of characters… > cuando en una obra como por ejemplo TROYA, los heroes son ridiculizados.. (from high to low) -the contemporanization…> en la obra de Troya todos aparecen con vestimentas de esa época, en cambio en las BURLESQUES pueden aparecer detalles contemporaneous como la ropa, etc.. -en un drama en el que dos niños moririan reintrerpetado como BURLESQUE aparecería un bufón a final de la obra y diria que los niños no estan muertos y es todo una broma.. -sight gags > momentos de humor a través de la vista VICTORIAN SHAKESPEARE BURLESQUES Taken Shakespeare and moked (ridiculizar) it. • Late c18 burlesque disposition toward Shakespeare. • C19 menacing Shakespeare as a national icon (stop being something that everyone wants for being that who some actor’s managers wants to) -“To hold the mirror up, not to Nature but to such distorsion of Nature” • Transgressive theatrical practice • 1840s-1870s: as twice as much Shakespeare burlesques as in preceding years • Parodies of specific actors, productions, methods of mise en scène but also the pomposities of the “official” Shakespearen culture • Familiarity (time of production) • Low treatment of high subjects (e.g. in Macbeth (travesty) at the beginning starts with the 3 withes in a very comical way) : -You should be women but I never seen women that wear … barbas… (produce risas) • Rhymed couplets in parody or paraphrase of Shakespeare’s text • Soliloquies and set pieces as lyrics of famous songs…. [ A piece of HAM (jamón) LET (dejado) ] *examples of Shakespeare Burlesques: romeo and juliet travesty – Richard gurney / Snow Hamlet the Hysterical, a Delirium In Fire Spasms (1874) / Rosencrantz and Guildenstern W.s.Gilbert (1874) / A slice pece of Ham Let Anonymous * MACBETH TRAVESTIE (look for the whole play on the internet) VICTORIAN CLASSICAL BURLESQUES