“They willfully themselves exile from light”: Exile in Space, Stage and Metatheatre in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Exile runs throughout William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Transformed characters are exiled from the human world when they change shapes. Others are forced to leave their countries and worlds to enter magical ones. Personalities and feelings shift because of magic. Examining the dichoto...
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| description | Exile runs throughout William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Transformed characters are exiled from the human world when they change shapes. Others are forced to leave their countries and worlds to enter magical ones. Personalities and feelings shift because of magic. Examining the dichotomy between Athens and the forest and the theatrical transformations shows that exile is geographical, emotional and spatial. Exile is also endowed with a transmigrant dimension. The study of metatheatre in the play corroborates the presence of an exilic dimension. Finally, the application of Nathaniel C. Leonard’s and Robert Weimann’s fundamental notions of platea, locus, meta-platea, and meta-locus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream enables us to reach the finding that the Spectrum of Dramatic Layering hosts exilic manifestations. The research merges semantic investigations with the semiotics of theatre. Dealing with the matter of exile both from the lenses of literary and theatrical studies offers broader perspectives to understand the play’s nuances and complexities. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1b1687f42c1b4bd2b768144babecc69e2025-02-06T12:41:32ZengAtatürk UniversityTheatre Academy2980-16562023-09-01129311555“They willfully themselves exile from light”: Exile in Space, Stage and Metatheatre in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s DreamZied Ben Amor0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3138-0088Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Sousse, University of SousseExile runs throughout William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Transformed characters are exiled from the human world when they change shapes. Others are forced to leave their countries and worlds to enter magical ones. Personalities and feelings shift because of magic. Examining the dichotomy between Athens and the forest and the theatrical transformations shows that exile is geographical, emotional and spatial. Exile is also endowed with a transmigrant dimension. The study of metatheatre in the play corroborates the presence of an exilic dimension. Finally, the application of Nathaniel C. Leonard’s and Robert Weimann’s fundamental notions of platea, locus, meta-platea, and meta-locus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream enables us to reach the finding that the Spectrum of Dramatic Layering hosts exilic manifestations. The research merges semantic investigations with the semiotics of theatre. Dealing with the matter of exile both from the lenses of literary and theatrical studies offers broader perspectives to understand the play’s nuances and complexities.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/3151864metatiyatrosürgündönüşümbir yaz gecesi rüyasıshakespearemise en abymedramatik katmanlama spektrumumetatheatreexilea midsummer night's dreamtransformationmise en abymespectrum of dramatic layering |
| spellingShingle | Zied Ben Amor “They willfully themselves exile from light”: Exile in Space, Stage and Metatheatre in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Theatre Academy metatiyatro sürgün dönüşüm bir yaz gecesi rüyası shakespeare mise en abyme dramatik katmanlama spektrumu metatheatre exile a midsummer night's dream transformation mise en abyme spectrum of dramatic layering |
| title | “They willfully themselves exile from light”: Exile in Space, Stage and Metatheatre in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
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| title_short | “They willfully themselves exile from light”: Exile in Space, Stage and Metatheatre in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream |
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| topic | metatiyatro sürgün dönüşüm bir yaz gecesi rüyası shakespeare mise en abyme dramatik katmanlama spektrumu metatheatre exile a midsummer night's dream transformation mise en abyme spectrum of dramatic layering |
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