Svetislav Stefanović’s Interpretation of William Shakespeare and World Literature

Authors

  • Dubravka Đurić

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2014.6.4

Keywords:

classic, comparative approach, translation, world literature, Shakespeare, Stefanović

Abstract

This paper deals with Svetislav Stefanović’s interpretation of William Shakespeare’s plays in which he presents Shakespeare as a classic of world literature (which at the time was a Eurocentric concept). Analyzing how Shakespeare used different sources for his own plays, Stefanović applies a comparative approach and compares Shakespeare with the Bible and with Greek and Roman authors, as well as with other European writers, such as Goethe and Dostoyevsky. The way Stefanović interpreted Shakespeare is performative because he showed how Shakespeare is a classic of the world literature system, and in doing so, he symbolically included modern Serbian literature in that system, too.

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Published

2014-11-23

How to Cite

Đurić, D. (2014). Svetislav Stefanović’s Interpretation of William Shakespeare and World Literature. Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies, 6(1), 61–81. https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2014.6.4

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2014): BELLS - volume 6

Section

SHAKESPEARE: LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES

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