Shakespeare and Pakistani Culture: A Comparative Analysis of Patriarchy in The Winter’s Tale and its Pakistani Adaptation, Fasana-e-Ajaib
Keywords:
Appropriation, Adaptation, Patriarchy, 21st century PakistanAbstract
Appropriation and adaptation of Shakespearean plays have become a worldwide trend. This tendency lets the adapters contemporize or localize the plays of Shakespeare and meet their purposes. This paper explores the adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale into its Urdu adaptation, Fasana-e-Ajaib by Gregory Thompson. This study aims to draw parallels between patriarchy in The Winter’s Tale and its Pakistani adaptation, Fasana-e-Ajaib and highlight the potential of this adaptation to address patriarchy as one of the real-life problems in present-day Pakistan. In doing so, while applying the parameters set by Catherine Belsey for Textual Analysis, the Theory of Adaptation by Linda Hutcheon is used as a theoretical framework to achieve the set goals.
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