Parody and ideology: The case of Othello.

2005

This disertation is composed of a preface introducing the themes, the data and the reasons after their selection. My concern is to investigate some artistic and social aspects of parody, through the study of Shakespeare's Othello, and Dowling's 19th century and Welles' and Marowitz' 20th century parodies. Chapter one includes the theory. It studies the concepts of parody and ideology, and gives an approach of the politics of reworking Shakespeare. Shakespeare's patronage writings were found conservative. His elevation in the 18th century as a hero of wit against the 'French' and his canonizing in literature minimized negative criticism to his works. In the 19th century, veneration to Shakes…