Symbolon (Apr 2023)

Este opera lui Shakespeare problematică și depășită?

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.46522/S.2022.01.2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 1(42)
pp. 17 – 28

Abstract

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Is Shakespeare’s Work Problematic and Outdated? Shakespeare's work is seen by a growing number of “woke” teachers as problematic and outdated, with his work accused of promoting “misogyny, racism, homophobia, classism, anti-Semitism". Shakespeare’s relevance to today’s students is discussed, and it is noted that more and more teachers believe it is time for Shakespeare to be set aside to make way for modern, diverse and inclusive voices. From this perspective, our paper aims to analyze current trends of cultural “reconciliation” of the past with the present, which censors writers whose perspective, language or other details would be considered unacceptable today. We also try to answer the question: Is Shakespeare’s work problematic and outdated? We believe that although history is often painful, it does not become more beautiful through ignorance or the “restoration” of the past.

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