On Wednesday, August 14th, at the “Poets’ Square” starting at 9PM, this year’s literary programme is to be continued. The guest for the evening will be Petra Bjelica, who will hold a lecture named “Shakespeare in Budva-the connection of local and the global”. The special focus here is being put on considering the entirely new stage adaptations of Shakespeare’s work. This all was inspired with the particular instance of the “Theatre City” being a host to “York International Shakespeare Festival” and their newly tailored versions of Shakespeare’s plays: Twelfth Night, As You Like It and Macbeth.
Petra Bjelica was born in Kruševac, Serbia (1988). Bjelica has a doctorate in Comparative Literature and is involved in Shakespeare studies. She is the author of the monograph: Dostoevsky’s Hamlet in 19th century Russia: The Paradox of Subjectivity (Bloomsbury Publishing). Her undergraduate and master studies, she wrapped up at the Faculty of Philology-Department of Contemporary Literature and Literary Theory. Being a part of the “INVITE” project, Bjelica has also obtained her PhD degree, her thesis involving the topic of Shakespeare’s influence on the character Stavrogin from the novel by Dostoevsky The Devils. Her broad professional interests also include: the theory of performance arts, the adaptations and revivals of Shakespeare, the exploration of Shakespeare within the constraints of the Balkans as well as the use of the digital media in the theatre. She is also the author of, and performer at the “Gamlet” lecture performances. Bjelica also holds a spot of the permanent associate at the Skène Research Centre: Interdisciplinary Theatre and Drama Studies – University of Verona Department of Anglistics. There, she worked as a lecturer and was one of the organizers of a summer school dedicated to Shakespeare, while also being involved in the process of thinking through the concept of the “Verona Shakespeare Fringe” Theater Festival.
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