Seminar No. 2.4.

Title: Shakespeare in Non-Anglophone Countries.

Leaders:

Sukanta Chaudhuri (Jadavpur University, India)
Chee Seng Lim (University of Malaya, Malaysia)

Participants:

Etsuko Fukahori (Kwassui Women's College)
Margarida Gandara Rauen (Faculdade de Artes do Parana)
Keith Gregor (University of Murcia)
Lawrence Guntner (Technische Universität Braunschweig)
Younglim Han (Chungween University)
Kumiko Hilberdink-Sakamoto (Nagoya University of Commerce and Business Administration)
Alexander Huang (Stanford University)
Dennis Kennedy (Trinity College, Dublin)
Shen Lin (Central Academy of Drama, Beijing)
Shormishtha Panja (University of Delhi, India)
Emil Sirbulescu (University of Craiova, Romania)
Harish Trivedi (University of Delhi, India)
Li Lan Yong (National University of Singapore)

Abstract:

The cultivation of Shakespeare in non-Anglophone countries has acquired a new importance in recent years. Serious
attention is being paid to translations, appropriations and critiques of Shakespeare in these countries, and to their cultural
absorption of Shakespeare generally. However, this new interest can impose cultural stereotypes, even a ghetto mentality
or neo-colonial segregation. Non-Anglophone Shakespearians may confine themselves to these dispersions, eschewing
direct engagement with Shakespeare's text and times, or other geographically non-specific issues that still constitute
'mainstream' Shakespeare studies. The dilemma operates both in pedagogy and in the wider cultural field. This seminar
intends to address both sides of the debate.