<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper looks at Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado about Nothing, as well as two film adaptations of the play, from a reader-oriented perspective, offering samples of an expert reading of the play, an initiated reading and a so-called “innocent” reading. We compare the three approaches taking into consideration the reception of the play’s motifs (such as the bedtrick) and the conventional reaction of the readers to them.</p></abstract>

The paper looks at Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado about Nothing, as well as two film adaptations of the play, from a reader-oriented perspective, offering samples of an expert reading of the play, an initiated reading and a so-called “innocent” reading. We compare the three approaches taking into consideration the reception of the play’s motifs (such as the bedtrick) and the conventional reaction of the readers to them.

<italic>Much Ado About Nothing</italic>: Three Responses To Shakespeare’s Play

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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: Three Responses To Shakespeare’s Play

The paper looks at Shakespeare’s comedy Much Ado about Nothing, as well as two film adaptations of the play, from a reader-oriented perspective, offering...

Much Ado About Nothing: Three Responses To Shakespeare’s Play

Published Online: Nov 27, 2015

Page range: 110 - 122

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2015-0014

Keywords
reader-orientedness, expert, initiated and innocent reading, reception

© 2015 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Much Ado About Nothing: Three Responses To Shakespeare’s Play

Published Online: Nov 27, 2015

Page range: 110 - 122

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2015-0014

Keywordsreader-orientedness, expert, initiated and innocent reading, reception

© 2015 Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
reader-orientedness, expert, initiated and innocent reading, reception