The significance of this session is to explore whether, after four centuries of exposure, these can still be capable of emotionally shocking. In today’s academic climate, do Shakespeare's words have the potential to be so emotionally disturbing that students might/can/should expect a “trigger warning” on syllabi?
This panel will explore unexpected representations of affect in Shakespeare's works, including:
- affect in the comedies, including “comedies of humour”
- affect in unnamed characters
- affect in allusions
- affect through wordplay (punning, homonyms, and so forth)
- affect in prologues or epilogues
- affect as communicated by servants or children
- reviews of unexpectedly affective productions of Shakespeare on stage and screen
- exploring Shakespearean emotions in the classroom and online
This year applicants will be submitting their abstracts directly to the NeMLA site, so please allow time to familiarize yourself with the new format. Please send in abstracts for 20-minute presentations by September 15, 2014. Email erin.weinberg@queensu.ca with any and all questions.
