Reading Shylock's Dream : A Pathological Miser or an Anxious
Dream Interpreter?

J 2021

Reading Shylock's Dream : A Pathological Miser or an Anxious Dream Interpreter?

KRAJNÍK, Filip

Basic information

Original name

Reading Shylock's Dream : A Pathological Miser or an Anxious Dream Interpreter?

Authors

KRAJNÍK, Filip (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Ostrava Journal of English Philology, Ostravská univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, 2021, 1803-8174

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

60206 Specific literatures

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Plný text článku.

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/21:00119662

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.15452/OJoEP.2021.13.0009

Keywords (in Czech)

William Shakespeare; Kupec benátský; George Granville; Benátský Žid; dramatický sen; alžbětinské divadlo; restaurační divadlo

Keywords in English

William Shakespeare; The Merchant of Venice; George Granville; The Jew of Venice; dramatic dream; Elizabethan drama; Restoration drama

Abstract

V originále

This study addresses the presentation and interpretation of Shylock's dream "of money‑bags" in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (c. 1596–1598) and George Granville’s The Jew of Venice (1701). The text argues that, although verbally very similar, the two episodes should be considered within their respective dramaturgical traditions (the Elizabethan and the Restoration), as well as within the different genres into which each play falls. While Granville's rendition of the dream episode seems merely to contribute to the stereotypical image of a greedy Jew, Shakespeare’s version draws on the conventional employment of dream prophecies in Renaissance tragedies and contributes not only to the unity of the play's plot, but also adds to the complexity and the tragic overtones of his Shylock.

Links

GA19-07494S, research and development project

Name: Anglická divadelní kultura 1660-1737

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

KRAJNÍK, Filip. Reading Shylock's Dream : A Pathological Miser or an Anxious Dream Interpreter? Ostrava Journal of English Philology. Ostravská univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, 2021, vol. 13, No 2, p. 43-50. ISSN 1803-8174. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.15452/OJoEP.2021.13.0009.

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KRAJNÍK, Filip. Reading Shylock's Dream : A Pathological Miser or an Anxious Dream Interpreter? \textit{Ostrava Journal of English Philology}. Ostravská univerzita, Filozofická fakulta, 2021, vol.~13, No~2, p.~43-50. ISSN~1803-8174. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.15452/OJoEP.2021.13.0009.

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