CFP: The Tempests: Iterations of Brave New Worlds

Shakespeare’s The Tempest, his last solely authored play, has been a source of awe and wonder since its initial performance. This collection of essays seeks to explore The Tempest’s critical reception in South America, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and other non-Anglophone nations. 

How has Caliban been received in South America, Africa, and Asia? How have post-colonial reiterations of The Tempest altered our  perceptions of Caliban?

How has Derek Jarman’s queer punk version presented the play in a fashion that alters heteronormative treatments of the play? How has the eco-critical movement influenced productions of the play ? In what ways have third-wave feminisms altered audiences’ perceptions of Miranda and Sycorax? What allegiances may be formed between Caliban and Miranda?

Preference will be given to rewritings, iterations, and representations of The Tempest within the last 40 years.

Issues of National Identity, Race, and Ethnicity in The Tempest

Third -wave feminisms and The Tempest

The Meanings and Representations of the Magic and Sorcery in The Tempest

The Problematics of Pedagogy, The Tempest, and the Undergraduate Class-room

The Grotesque Body in The Tempest

Homosociality and Queer Affiliations in The Tempest

The Cultural Function of the Masque in The Tempest

The Green World: The Tempest and Eco-criticism

Digital Iterations of The Tempest

Please email abstracts of 500 words to W. Reginald Rampone, Jr., South Carolina State University (wrampone@scsu.edu) and Chantal Zabus, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord (czabus@hotmail.com) by December 15, 2024.

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