講演会　‘Eyes not yet created’: Shakespeare and the view from the future

早稲田大学英文学コースの主催で、講演会‘Eyes not yet created’: Shakespeare and the view from the future を開催します。講師はJessica Chiba 先生です。詳細は以下の通りです。
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【日時】2025年6月8日（日）11:00-12:00

【会場】8号館106教室

【講師】Dr. Jessica Chiba（University of Birmingham, The Shakespeare Institute）

【対象】学生、教職員、一般

【参加方法】事前申し込みは不要

【主催】早稲田大学文学部英文学コース

【お問合せ】早稲田大学文学部英文学コース

【題】‘Eyes not yet created’: Shakespeare and the view from the future

【概要】It is accepted in Shakespeare studies that critics need to question to what extent they are influenced by their own modern preoccupations, how to reconcile present concerns with an alien past, and whether it is even right to do so. A critic or performer who wants present issues to be reflected in his analysis of a historical work will inevitably face the charge of anachronism. But what is anachronism? How old must a text be before modern ideas become anachronistic? Indeed, how old does a text have to be before it becomes an anachronism in the present? Past approaches have variously emphasised the pastness of the past or the presentness of the present, often dealing with anachronism as something that needs to be defended independently of literary texts.
Perhaps there is an alternative approach that is more grounded in individual texts. What does the literary text say about its relation to time and how it should be read in the future (in the now)? Can it be anachronistic to read a work from the perspective of the present if the work shows an awareness of readers of a time to come? In addition to considering the relationship between the reader and history in terms of our time and historical time generally, it is important to think about the way specific texts position the reader of the future in relation to themselves. After discussing theoretical and philosophical questions surrounding anachronism, this paper will examine prophecy, dramatic anachronisms, and the treatment of literature of the past in Shakespeare’s writings to show how an awareness of the possible future is embedded in his work.