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The paper presents a mini survey of the hallmark English language motion pictures which are explicitly based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The selection of the six films under investigation takes into account various criteria such as aspects of chronology, culture, impact or novelty of approach. The analysis is based on four categories: genre, auteurism (authorship), reception and verisimilitude.

From West to East: Romeo Must Die but Shakespeare is the Sun

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The paper presents a mini survey of the hallmark English language motion pictures which are explicitly based on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The...

From West to East: Romeo Must Die but Shakespeare is the Sun

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 167 - 182

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0021

Keywords
film theory, genre, auteurism (authorship), reception theory, verisimilitude

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

From West to East: Romeo Must Die but Shakespeare is the Sun

Published Online: May 01, 2014

Page range: 167 - 182

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0021

Keywordsfilm theory, genre, auteurism (authorship), reception theory, verisimilitude

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
film theory, genre, auteurism (authorship), reception theory, verisimilitude