ENGL2060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Tragicomedy, First Folio, Bermuda
The Tempest – Nation and Empire
Nations:
• Tend to be feminised in the western culture
• More radical discourse than before
Textual:
• First folio
• Appears as the first play and as a comedy
• Listed as the very first play
• Would have called it a tragic-comedy
• Traditioall read as Shakespeares fareell to the stage
Romance/ Tragicomedy:
• Displaced location
• Mythic past
• Supernatural tied to language
• Tried up with family and nation
• Families are separated and reunited
• Engage ith the eoti
• Not unified in the Aristotelian sense
• Widely diverse setting, crosses a lot of levels, odd events
• Ends with restoration
Masques:
• Just there to hang a lot of song and dance on
• Elite art forms – usually only performed the once
• 4.1 – conjures mask that is acted by spirits
• Seen as very controlling and a stand-in for Shakespeare
1.2.89-97:
• Prospero
• Trusted brother too much
• Wanted to be the duke in name as well as power
• Can be read as an entirely positive but others as exploitive figure representing imperial
patriarchy
Readings:
• Mediterrian – oldest and makes the most sense
• Clear classical reference – ‘oe is Carthages ee
• Empire for the British goes both ways
• Takes the idea back to Britain – empire starts at home
• Irish rebelling against English rule – in need of that protection
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Document Summary
Nations: tend to be feminised in the western culture, more radical discourse than before. Textual: first folio, appears as the first play and as a comedy, would have called it a tragic-comedy, traditio(cid:374)all(cid:455) read as shakespeare(cid:859)s fare(cid:449)ell to the stage. Just there to hang a lot of song and dance on: elite art forms usually only performed the once, 4. 1 conjures mask that is acted by spirits, seen as very controlling and a stand-in for shakespeare. 1. 2. 89-97: prospero, trusted brother too much, wanted to be the duke in name as well as power, can be read as an entirely positive but others as exploitive figure representing imperial patriarchy. Readings: mediterrian oldest and makes the most sense, clear classical reference o(cid:373)e is carthage(cid:859)s e(cid:374)e(cid:373)(cid:455, empire for the british goes both ways, takes the idea back to britain empire starts at home. Irish rebelling against english rule in need of that protection.
