Open AccessRaees as Macbeth-A transcultural adaptation
Author(s) -
Sundas Shafiq,
Nadia Anwar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of linguistics, literature and culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-8028
DOI - 10.21744/ijllc.v6n4.901
Subject(s) - club , indigenization , dignity , adaptation (eye) , sociology , politics , government (linguistics) , psychology , media studies , gender studies , anthropology , political science , law , linguistics , philosophy , medicine , neuroscience , anatomy
Literary adaptation is a process, which reproduces the pre-existent literary piece of work into a series of altering characters, settings, actions, and storylines. Adaptations of canonical texts of great authors such as Shakespeare had won the universal dignity. By using Hutcheon’s adaptation theory, this research aimed to scrutinize the impact of the transcultural adaptations of Macbeth as Raees by Government College University Dramatic Club, Lahore. The reception of Shakespeare as the manifestation of the British culture involved many social, cultural, and political factors that were analyzed in this research by using Hutcheon’s concept of "indigenization" (2103:150). I had collected data from source texts, scripts, articles, interviews, observations, questionnaires, and group discussions. The Government College University Dramatic Club, Lahore team made the variations in the text to make it appropriate to the native/local culture. These variations were significant in making the transcultural adaptation as a success in the native culture.