主讲人：William Baker教授
主持人：高奋教授
讲座时间：2024年10月19日上午8:00-9:30
讲座地点：腾讯会议 129-641-483
讲座题目
On Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
讲座摘要
This lecture on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night focuses on the idea of “Comedy” as opposed to “Tragedy” and other forms in which the great English writer Shakespeare’s work is characterized. The lecture contains information on the author’s life at the time he wrote the play and its initial performance. There will be a discussion of its opening and its significance with video illustrations using a BBC performance that is over 35 years old but is one of the few available and places less emphasis on gender and dressing/costume concerns as more recent productions. The lecture will move into a discussion of various characters in the drama including the Duke, Malvolio, the unhappy one, the “female” characters, and the themes of the play with glimpses of how these reflect Shakespeare’s other plays and their relevance to us in 2024. The lecture concludes with recommendations on recent work on Twelfth Night, discussion points and a quiz!
Dr. William Baker is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Northern Illinois University, an active member of Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and Visiting Professor for Interdisciplinary Studies of World Literature, Zhejiang University, and Distinguished Chair and Qiantang River Professor at Hangzhou Normal University, China. He is the author, coauthor or editor of over 30 books and has published more than 185 refereed articles. His current projects include work on Victorian readings of Shakespeare, a monograph on George Eliot’s reading and readings of late 20th century British dramatists such as Stoppard and Pinter. He co-edits The Year’s Work in English Studies (OUP/EA), George Eliot-George Henry Lewes Studies (Penn State UP) and serves as Book Review Editor and Advisor for Style (Penn State UP). Email: wbaker7777@gmail.com
