Distributing Authorship and the Study of Shakespeare’s Texts
Paper
| Paper/Presentation Title | Distributing Authorship and the Study of Shakespeare’s Texts |
|---|---|
| Presentation Type | Paper |
| Authors | Cutcliffe, K. |
| Year | 2022 |
| Web Address (URL) of Conference Proceedings | https://shakespeareassociation.org/ |
| Conference/Event | Shakespeare Association of America, Theoretical Futures |
| Event Details | Shakespeare Association of America, Theoretical Futures Delivery Online Event Date 21 to end of 21 Feb 2022 Event Location Online Event Venue Shakespeare Association of America Event Description Theoretical Futures in Shakespeare Studies (virtual symposium, 21 February 2022) “Theoretical Futures in Shakespeare Studies”: This virtual symposium offers graduate student members of the Shakespeare Association of America the opportunity to present 3-minute mini-papers with their peers. These presentations will discuss a specific theoretical lens as it pertains to the future of the study (including teaching and/or performance) of Shakespeare’s works. Possible topics may include (but are not limited to): · The future trajectory of a specific theoretical lens’s role in Shakespeare studies. · A theoretical lens’s relationship to a common goal such as antiracist Shakespeare pedagogy or decolonizing Shakespeare performance. · A theoretical lens’s relationship to an emerging trend in Shakespeare studies. · The significance of a theoretical lens for a yet-to-be-addressed area of inquiry (or vice-versa).
“Theoretical lens” is here used broadly, to gesture towards particular ways of approaching, framing, and understanding topics. Event Web Address (URL) |
| Abstract | Jean Lave’s oft quoted definition suggests distributed cognition is an understanding of cognition as “stretched over, not divided among - mind, body, activity and culturally organized settings.” Distributed cognition is not a new theoretical lens within Shakespeare studies, with the work of scholars such as Evelyn Tribble demonstrating its capacity to inform our understanding of early modern performance traditions. This theoretical lens has yet to be applied to the authorship of Shakespeare’s texts. Though many elements problematise the field, editors have been, and largely still are, guided by the notion of presenting a Shakespearean, or authorial, text to the reader. This paper asks: If distributed cognition allows scholars to see playwright, company, audience, stationer, and context as a single, distributed author, how does that affect our study of Shakespeare’s texts? |
| Keywords | Shakespeare, Distributed Cognition, Authorship |
| Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470305. Early English languages |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/zz65x/distributing-authorship-and-the-study-of-shakespeare-s-texts
3
total views0
total downloads2
views this month0
downloads this month