Open AccessIrony and Restructuring: Greig’s Postmodern Rewrite of Macbeth
Author(s) -
Lanxi Chen
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of contemporary educational research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2208-8474
pISSN - 2208-8466
DOI - 10.26689/jcer.v4i11.1641
Subject(s) - irony , postmodernism , rhetorical question , restructuring , rewriting , theme (computing) , literature , perspective (graphical) , philosophy , aesthetics , art , law , computer science , visual arts , political science , programming language , operating system
Dunsinane is a postmodern rewrite adapted from William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth by David Greig. This article mainly deals with the problem that specifically, how Dunsinane is rewritten from Macbeth. The article firstly analyzes from rhetorical perspective that irony, the frequently-used literary device in Macbeth is also a prominent rhetorical strategy of rewriting in Dunsinane. The restructuring of the characters Macbeth, Malcolm and Siward from Scottish perspectives as well as the the restructured theme behind the rewrite are also introduced.