- Title
- The relevance of (South African) Renaissance studies
- Creator
- Wright, Laurence
- Date Issued
- 2005
- Date
- 2005
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- vital:7055
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007416
- Identifier
- https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sisa/article/view/40550
- Description
- preprint
- Description
- This paper is part of a longer piece devoted to the elucidation of two related propositions. The first is that in South Africa the humanities in general, and Renaissance Studies in particular, are stymied by a lack of strategic thinking from those in the academy. The second is that the humanities, and Renaissance Studies, and Shakespeare, are valid and needed in this country, possibly as never before. This paper tackles the latter question, the challenge of intrinsic relevance. What possible bearing have art and literature, politics and religion, customs and technologies developed 10,000 kilometres away and nearly half a millennium ago to do with South Africa in the 21st century? I steal up on the main issue by outlining an abbreviated rhetoric of relevance, establishing a framework within which intrinsic relevance can be conceptualised for Renaissance Studies today.
- Format
- 13 pages
- Format
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Shakespeare in Southern Africa
- Relation
- Wright, L.S. (2005) The relevance of (South African) Renaissance studies. Shakespeare in Southern Africa, 17 . pp. 19-25
- Relation
- Shakespeare in Southern Africa volume 17 19 26 2005 1011-582X
- Rights
- Wright, Laurence
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Shakespeare in Southern Africa Self-archiving Policy
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