A Few Reflections on Adaptations for Young Adults: Shakespeare, Gender, and Cultural Negotiation

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dc.contributor.authorMišterová, Ivona
dc.contributor.editorMišterová, Ilona
dc.contributor.editorTihelková, Alice
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-12T10:24:54Z
dc.date.available2026-05-12T10:24:54Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstract-translatedThis article explores how Shakespeare’s works are adapted for young adult (YA) audiences, with a particular focus on issues of gender and identity. While in the Czech Republic Shakespeare continues to be regarded as an untouchable cultural monument that is often distant from the world of teenage readers, in other cultural contexts publishers and authors have actively sought to reframe his plays for younger audiences. This article provides an overview of Shakespeare adaptations for YA audiences in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan, examining how they negotiate questions of gender, marketability, and cultural reception. The discussion begins by tracing current trends in YA Shakespeare, with attention to paratextual strategies and gendered marketing, such as the UK Penguin Staged series, which explicitly frames Shakespeare for a young, often female readership through cover designs, forewords by YA authors, and publicity materials. It then turns to American feminist and queer reinterpretations, including Foul Is Fair (2020), which reimagines Macbeth in the context of contemporary high school culture and positions themes of violence, revenge, and identity within a distinctly YA framework. Finally, this article considers Japanese Light Novel adaptations, most notably of Romeo and Juliet, which blend Shakespeare’s narratives with popular YA tropes such as reincarnation, romance, and fantasy, thereby ensuring Shakespeare’s cultural survival among young female readers.en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.24132/ZCU.PROFILINGUA.2025.162-175
dc.identifier.isbn978-80-261-1366-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11025/68026
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherZápadočeská univerzita v Plznics
dc.rights© Západočeská univerzita v Plznics
dc.rights.accessopenAccessen
dc.subjectWilliam Shakespearecs
dc.subjectadaptacecs
dc.subjectmladí dospělícs
dc.subjectgendercs
dc.subjectkulturní vyjednávánícs
dc.subject.translatedWilliam Shakespeareen
dc.subject.translatedadaptationen
dc.subject.translatedyoung adultsen
dc.subject.translatedgenderen
dc.subject.translatedcultural negotiationen
dc.titleA Few Reflections on Adaptations for Young Adults: Shakespeare, Gender, and Cultural Negotiationen
dc.typekonferenční příspěvekcs
dc.typeconferenceObjecten
dc.type.statusPeer revieweden
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