Coriolanus/Post-Coriolanus/Counter-Coriolanus/DCoriolanus?

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Brown, Molly

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Shakespeare Society of Southern Africa

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In his essay “Sing of the new invasion”, the Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek suggests that “the way to test a great work of art is to ask how it survives decontextualization, transposition into a new context.” He claims that “one good definition of a classic is that it functions like the eyes of God in an Orthodox icon: no matter where you stand in the room, they seem to be looking at you.

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Art, Classic, Decontextualization, Transposition, Shakespeare, Coriolanus

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Brown, M. 2017, 'Coriolanus/Post-Coriolanus/Counter-Coriolanus/DCoriolanus?', Shakespeare in Southern Africa, vol. 30, pp. 119-121.