The cultural capital of Shakespeare's Hamlet in Haider
This project explores the concept of cultural capital in relation to Haider, a Hindi film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. It attempts to understand and exhibit Hamlet's symbolic resonance and show how adaptations of Hamlet add to the source text, bringing previously underemphasized par...
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| author | Abigail Shantini K. |
| author2 | Wong Yeang Chui |
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| description | This project explores the concept of cultural capital in relation to Haider, a Hindi film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. It attempts to understand and exhibit Hamlet's symbolic resonance and show how adaptations of Hamlet add to the source text, bringing previously underemphasized parts of the work to the forefront.
This thesis uses the forms of cultural capital, namely institutionalized, objectified, and embodied cultural capital as tools in which to understand the expressions of power, love, and loss in Haider. In closely comparing Hamlet and Haider, I show how the sagacity of Haider lies in its deft departures from the source text, whilst still embodying the essence of the work.
In turn, this thesis aims to show how the relationship between adaptation and source text is more symbiotic than parasitic, though the two works function as separate entities. In showing this relationship, readers are bearing witness to the reclaiming of narratives, allowing individuals to build for themselves a home where there was none. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/1546992023-03-11T20:16:00Z The cultural capital of Shakespeare's Hamlet in Haider Abigail Shantini K. Wong Yeang Chui School of Humanities YC.Wong@ntu.edu.sg Humanities::Literature::English This project explores the concept of cultural capital in relation to Haider, a Hindi film adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. It attempts to understand and exhibit Hamlet's symbolic resonance and show how adaptations of Hamlet add to the source text, bringing previously underemphasized parts of the work to the forefront. This thesis uses the forms of cultural capital, namely institutionalized, objectified, and embodied cultural capital as tools in which to understand the expressions of power, love, and loss in Haider. In closely comparing Hamlet and Haider, I show how the sagacity of Haider lies in its deft departures from the source text, whilst still embodying the essence of the work. In turn, this thesis aims to show how the relationship between adaptation and source text is more symbiotic than parasitic, though the two works function as separate entities. In showing this relationship, readers are bearing witness to the reclaiming of narratives, allowing individuals to build for themselves a home where there was none. Master of Arts 2022-01-06T03:10:57Z 2022-01-06T03:10:57Z 2021 Thesis-Master by Research Abigail Shantini K. (2021). The cultural capital of Shakespeare's Hamlet in Haider. Master's thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154699 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154699 10.32657/10356/154699 en This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). application/pdf Nanyang Technological University |
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| title | The cultural capital of Shakespeare's Hamlet in Haider |
| title_full | The cultural capital of Shakespeare's Hamlet in Haider |
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| title_short | The cultural capital of Shakespeare's Hamlet in Haider |
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