tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180432605603506080.post4461480678667631545..comments2023-06-28T01:37:21.899+12:00Comments on kirsty helen: Reading List: Second Semesterkirstyhelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16497537356523913806noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180432605603506080.post-65068847784972291882012-06-30T13:03:16.901+12:002012-06-30T13:03:16.901+12:00I'm having flashbacks to my undergrad Shakespe...I'm having flashbacks to my undergrad Shakespeare course. It was fantastic. We were in a cross-listed English and Theater Arts course and studied a lot of production history, which was incredibly interesting. Watching clips from different film versions bring out things you wouldn't have noticed otherwise.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15653265136506116537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180432605603506080.post-70407483523126546872012-06-16T01:36:27.395+12:002012-06-16T01:36:27.395+12:00that reading list for paper 1 is v.cool - what an ...that reading list for paper 1 is v.cool - what an excellent theme for a course! Gotta love a bit of dystopia. I am a huuuge atwood fan and Oryx and Crake is an awesome book. I reckon you're going to enjoy the next semester! :)Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06673345819018458143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180432605603506080.post-9738946117990091482012-06-14T20:49:20.559+12:002012-06-14T20:49:20.559+12:00Thank you so much for this - you've given me l...Thank you so much for this - you've given me lots to think about. It sounds like you watched an incredible performance!kirstyhelenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16497537356523913806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3180432605603506080.post-41691385050163950462012-06-14T20:21:11.724+12:002012-06-14T20:21:11.724+12:00I love the Taming of the Shrew - it's my favou...I love the Taming of the Shrew - it's my favourite Shakespeare play. I saw it with an all-male cast (Propeller) who had Petruchio as a drunken, loutish wife beater, and the man playing Katerina left a broken wreck at the end. You couldn't do that with a female cast, I think. 'She' was just the epitome of a broken, beaten wife, saying her lines like an automaton. I was so shocked that I was silent for a good two or three hours afterwards. If it had been a woman, I'd have got on that stage! It went from being a problem play to being a domestic tragedy in one fell swoop. The films and modern productions portray Kate as a vibrant woman who is 'tamed' for her own good - I think you have to with a female Katerina. But it was horrific watching Petruchio deliver his "I will be master of what is mine own.<br />She is my goods, my chattels; she is my house,<br />My household stuff, my field, my barn,<br />My horse, my ox, my ass, my anything." speech - it was traumatic! How can you read these lines without all that possessive 'my' coming through. I don't think a male/female partnership can have that anger. That's what I love about Shakespeare. Elizabeth Taylor can do it one way, Julia Stiles another, and then have a man play it and it takes on a whole new slant. I always wonder about the purpose of the Christopher Sly bit too... Good luck with your reading - that's a fabulous reading list. I agree with you about Iain Banks - he's an amazing writer though, with a twisted, twisted view. I think I might read the couple I've not read on your list - Erewhon and The Dispossessed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com