Hamlet on Screen: William Shakespeare's play in film adaptation

• Název práce v češtině: Hamlet na plátně: Hra Williama Shakespeara ve filmových adaptacích
• Název v anglickém jazyce: Hamlet on Screen: William Shakespeare's play in film adaptation
• Klíčová slova: Hamlet, Shakespeare,film, britska literarura, divadlo, adaptace
• Klíčová slova anglicky: Hamlet, Shakespeare,film,British literature, theatre, adaptation
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2011/2012
• Typ práce: bakalářská práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Ústav anglofonních literatur a kultur (21-UALK)
• Vedoucí / školitel: PhDr. Soňa Nováková, CSc.
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno a potvrzeno stud. odd.
• Datum přihlášení: 30.05.2012
• Datum zadání: 30.05.2012
• Schválení administrátorem: zatím neschvalováno
• Datum potvrzení stud. oddělením: 03.12.2014
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 07.09.2015 00:00
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 10.08.2015
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 07.09.2015
• Odevzdaná/finalizovaná: odevzdaná studentem a finalizovaná
• Oponenti: PhDr. Zdeněk Beran, Ph.D.

Zásady pro vypracování

The aim of the thesis is to explore British and American film adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark. A time span of more than fifty years will become the background for the comparison of five major works based on Shakespeare’s play. The main emphasis will be made on the change of perspective in these adaptations. Five film adaptations will be covered: the black-and-white version of Hamlet by Laurence Olivier (1948), Tony Richardson’s color adaptation of 1969, the popularized Hamlet by Franco Zeffirelli (1990), the four-hour Hamlet by Kenneth Branagh (1996), and a modern version directed by Michael Almereyda in 2000.
Hamlet is a complex and many-sided play, which challenges directors of various time periods to show their version of events. How did time and aesthetic demands influence the film versions? How differently was the play read in individual historical moments and why? What impact did it have on the audience, if it had any at all? What adjustments had to be made? Apart from individual case studies of the above-mentioned adaptations, the thesis will tackle the problematics of adapting a theatre play for the screen. A text on paper intended for performance on the stage may seem like an ideal screenplay, but what are the different demands of the various media? The thesis will, therefore, deal with issues concerning film adaptation of literature in general, the complexity of transferring drama on to the screen and, consequently, get involved with the individual filmic readings of Shakespeare’s play.

Seznam odborné literatury

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