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Year

1963

Text

Wu, Xinghua. Weinisi shang ren [ID D24003].
Shen Fu : Wu's picture of the bourgeois Shakespearenas' view of the dramatist suggests that they wrongly see the artist as 'like the God of Creation, within or behind or above his creation'. Wu then asserts that his research proves that Shakespeare's work confirms the Marxist theory of art and literature by showing that the work is, in fact, a product of the class struggle. His analysis starts with a comparison between Shakespeare's text of The merchant of Venice and its source, the Italian Il pecorone. The noncommercial elements in the play reflect Shakespeare's bourgeois role in the class struggle. Though Wu sees Shakespeare as a bourgeois apologist, in some senses he also sees him as an artist who stood above the period.

Mentioned People (2)

Shakespeare, William  (Stratford-upon-Avon 1564-1616 Stratford-upon-Avon) : Dramatiker, Dichter

Wu, Xinghua  (Tianjin 1921-1966) : Dichter, Übersetzer, Dozent für Englisch, Research Director Beijing-Universität

Subjects

Literature : Occident : Great Britain

Documents (1)

# Year Bibliographical Data Type / Abbreviation Linked Data
1 1988 Shen, Fan. Shakespeare in China : The merchant of Venice. In : Asian theatre journal ; vol. 5, no 1 (1988). Publication / Shak34
  • Source: Wu, Xinghua. Weinishi shang ren : chong tu yu jie jue. In : Wen xue ping lun ; no 3 (1963). [The merchant of Venice : conflicts and their solutions].
    威 尼斯商人 (Shak335, Publication)
  • Source: Zhang, Qihong. Rang shang di jiang lin ren jian : zai Zhongguo Shashibiya yan jiu hui cheng li da hui shang de fa yan. In : Qing nian yi shu ; no 1 (1985). [Let god descend to the human world : a speech to the first convention of the Chinese Society for Shakespearean Research]. (Shak303, Publication)
  • Cited by: Asien-Orient-Institut Universität Zürich (AOI, Organisation)