Usongo, Kenneth,
Character and the supernatural in Shakespeare and Achebe / Kenneth Usongo. - 1 online resource (1 volume.). - Routledge studies in speculative fiction .
Contextualizing Shakespeare and Achebe. Differences between Shakespeare and Achebe -- The term supernatural. Early western embodiments of the supernatural -- Igbo embodiments of the supernatural -- Literary manifestations of the supernatural -- Shakespeare and the supernatural. King Lear -- Macbeth -- Julius Caesar -- Hamlet -- Othello -- Achebe and the supernatural -- The supernatural and character -- The supernatural as premonitory -- The supernatural and morality -- Shakespeare's and Achebe's use of the supernatural -- Impact of the supernatural on the protagonists -- The supernatural as prolepsis and moral implications.
"Through mainly a New Historicist critical approach, this book explores how Shakespeare and Achebe employ supernatural devices such as prophecies, dreams, gods/goddesses, beliefs, and divinations to create complex characters"--
9781003149224 (electronic bk) 1003149227 (electronic bk) 9781000349542 1000349543 9781000349603 1000349608 9781000349573 1000349578
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Characters.
Achebe, Chinua--Characters.
Supernatural in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare
LITERARY CRITICISM / African
PR2989 / .U86 2021
822.3/3
Character and the supernatural in Shakespeare and Achebe / Kenneth Usongo. - 1 online resource (1 volume.). - Routledge studies in speculative fiction .
Contextualizing Shakespeare and Achebe. Differences between Shakespeare and Achebe -- The term supernatural. Early western embodiments of the supernatural -- Igbo embodiments of the supernatural -- Literary manifestations of the supernatural -- Shakespeare and the supernatural. King Lear -- Macbeth -- Julius Caesar -- Hamlet -- Othello -- Achebe and the supernatural -- The supernatural and character -- The supernatural as premonitory -- The supernatural and morality -- Shakespeare's and Achebe's use of the supernatural -- Impact of the supernatural on the protagonists -- The supernatural as prolepsis and moral implications.
"Through mainly a New Historicist critical approach, this book explores how Shakespeare and Achebe employ supernatural devices such as prophecies, dreams, gods/goddesses, beliefs, and divinations to create complex characters"--
9781003149224 (electronic bk) 1003149227 (electronic bk) 9781000349542 1000349543 9781000349603 1000349608 9781000349573 1000349578
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 --Characters.
Achebe, Chinua--Characters.
Supernatural in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare
LITERARY CRITICISM / African
PR2989 / .U86 2021
822.3/3