Translingual Performance of Shakespeare Worldwide: Challenges and Possibilities

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370310
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Literature in English
• Research Institution: Tokyo Woman's Christian University (2016); University of Tsukuba (2014-2015)
• Principal Investigator: HAMANA EMI 東京女子大学, 現代教養学部, 教授 (20149355)
• Research Collaborator: KUSUNOKI Akiko 東京女子大, 名誉教授
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 超言語実践 / 超言語理論 / 超言語上演 / 世界シェイクスピア上演

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study tried to elucidate "Translingual Performance of Shakespeare Worldwide: Challenges and Possibilities." Although the research of translingual practice is still unfamiliar in Japan, this study was able to clarify, to some extent, the challenges and possibilities of translingual performances of Shakespeare plays in the world. In three years, this study found valuable examples that contributed to Shakespeare translingual performances worldwide, and it also was able to make effective proposals for the theory and practice of translingual performances for future world Shakespeare.

Free Research Field

シェイクスピア研究