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Monstrous Hybrids in Shakespeare’s King Lear

Agnès Lafont

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EmblemLinguistics and Language[SHS.LITT]Humanities and Social Sciences/LiteratureVisual Arts and Performing ArtsFilologíasmedia_common.quotation_subjectBestiarySerpent (symbolism)Language and Linguistics[SHS.LITT] Humanities and Social Sciences/LiteratureKing Lear:HISTORIA [UNESCO][SHS.CLASS]Humanities and Social Sciences/Classical studiesmedia_commonLiteratureUNESCO::HISTORIACreaturesbusiness.industryCommunicationEmblemThe RenaissanceMythologyArtMythologyFilologías hispánicasHistoria del arte. Artes plásticasFilologías clásicas y antiguasShakespeare William 1564-1616[SHS.CLASS] Humanities and Social Sciences/Classical studiesArteExegesisbusinessHumanitiesDrama

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ABSTRACT: This article seeks to present the different languages (emblems, Renaissance translations of classical myths, biblical exegesis) that inform the images of monsters which, as hybrid creatures blending human and animal characteristics, serve a dramatic function in Shakespeare’s King Lear . It means to question the ways in which the play links filial ingratitude with female monstrosity and Lear’s madness. Tracing the classical and medieval lineage of the monstrous bestiary (serpent, tiger, vulture) in King Lear and connecting it to emblematic readings of Shakespeare’s time, it explores how Shakespeare provides a dynamic characterisation of Goneril and Regan through their bestialisation. This study of teratogenesis then questions the notion of metamorphoses in the play. KEYWORDS: Shakespeare; King Lear; emblem; mythology; ingratitude. RESUMEN: Este articulo intenta presentar los lenguajes diferentes (los emblemas, las traducciones renacentistas de los mitos clasicos, la exegesis biblica) que informan las imagenes de los monstruos que, como criaturas hibridas que combinan caracteristicas humanas y animales, sirven una funcion dramatica en King Lear de Shakespeare. Procura interrogar las maneras en que el drama establece un vinculo entre la ingratitud filial, la monstruosidad femenina y la locura de Lear. Por trazar el linaje clasico y medieval del bestiario monstruoso (serpiente, tigre, buitre) en King Lear, y conectandolo con interpretaciones emblematicas de la epoca de Shakespeare, explora como Shakespeare nos proporciona una caracterizacion dinamica de Goneril y Regan mediante su bestializacion. Este estudio de la teratologia procede a cuestionar el concepto de las metamorfosis en el drama. PALABRAS CLAVES: Shakespeare, King Lear, emblema, mitologia, ingratitude.

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2017-02-04
http://hdl.handle.net/10550/57485