The aim of this essay is to place the Shakespearean character Sycorax as a symbol of anticolonia and anti-patriarchal resistance. Throughout the analysis of this figure in The Tempest and its re-writings, I suggest a change from the theories that turned Caliban into an antiimperial symbol towards a consideration of Sycorax for this role. I analyse the possibilities that this character opens in terms of re-writing, as well as the relation of the figure of the witch with her community. I also compare the ideas that Caliban personifies (including sexual violence), with those represented by Sycorax (the struggle against imperial and patriarchal forces). I ultimately defend that Sycorax fits better the position as a resistance symbol, since the ...
If the study of Shakespeare itself can be viewed as an act of cultural imperialism, a play like The ...
tion of resistance to European cultural dominance—a project to “de-mythify ” Shakespeare’s canonical...
Although the Renaissance period is thought to be one of revival and cultural rebirth, the figure of ...
The aim of this essay is to place the Shakespearean character Sycorax as a symbol of anticolonia and...
Working from the perspective of decolonial feminism, this essay critiques works that view Caliban in...
William Shakespeare’s (1564-1616) theatrical work The Tempest was first performed in 1611 at the cou...
Revising William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Aimé Césaire wrote A Tempest as a proclamation of resist...
This paper explores colonialism and post-colonial theory in Shakespeare's The Tempest. The actions o...
En este artículo se exploran las formas en las que se ha representado la imagen de las brujas en dif...
The surrogation of Caliban from Shakespeare’s The Tempest to Césaire’s A Tempest has always been rel...
It might seem that Shakespeare's The Tempest could do little to spur feminist criticism as female ch...
Sycorax, although dead in The Tempest, continues to be disinterred like a centuries-old cold case. T...
Este artículo busca analizar La Tempestad de Shakespeare bajo una perspectiva colonial. Hay un parti...
Caliban, the ‘enemy Other’ of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, is a character that allows further ...
Aimé Césaire, who lived the experience of colonialism, wrote back to Shakespeare’s play The Tempest ...
If the study of Shakespeare itself can be viewed as an act of cultural imperialism, a play like The ...
tion of resistance to European cultural dominance—a project to “de-mythify ” Shakespeare’s canonical...
Although the Renaissance period is thought to be one of revival and cultural rebirth, the figure of ...
The aim of this essay is to place the Shakespearean character Sycorax as a symbol of anticolonia and...
Working from the perspective of decolonial feminism, this essay critiques works that view Caliban in...
William Shakespeare’s (1564-1616) theatrical work The Tempest was first performed in 1611 at the cou...
Revising William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, Aimé Césaire wrote A Tempest as a proclamation of resist...
This paper explores colonialism and post-colonial theory in Shakespeare's The Tempest. The actions o...
En este artículo se exploran las formas en las que se ha representado la imagen de las brujas en dif...
The surrogation of Caliban from Shakespeare’s The Tempest to Césaire’s A Tempest has always been rel...
It might seem that Shakespeare's The Tempest could do little to spur feminist criticism as female ch...
Sycorax, although dead in The Tempest, continues to be disinterred like a centuries-old cold case. T...
Este artículo busca analizar La Tempestad de Shakespeare bajo una perspectiva colonial. Hay un parti...
Caliban, the ‘enemy Other’ of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, is a character that allows further ...
Aimé Césaire, who lived the experience of colonialism, wrote back to Shakespeare’s play The Tempest ...
If the study of Shakespeare itself can be viewed as an act of cultural imperialism, a play like The ...
tion of resistance to European cultural dominance—a project to “de-mythify ” Shakespeare’s canonical...
Although the Renaissance period is thought to be one of revival and cultural rebirth, the figure of ...