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Looks at the narrative subjectivity through the Sonnets 1-9, and the lyrical "I" in Sonnet 10. Analyzing the lyrical "I"'s utterances to his other, argues that the Sonnets are unconventional as they can be read as "writerly texts." English summary, 1.
Argues that Slings and Arrows (a Canadian TV series) foregrounds the dilemma of acting and directing Shakespeare's plays. Suggests that "only through active, truthful, sensitive engagement with the texts can Shakespeare come alive for the audience."
Suggests that the amalgam of "madness/folly/melancholy" connotes anger and examines how anger functions in Twelfth Night. Contends that anger is a "negative force," yet it is conducive to "revelation, discovery, and comic denouement."
While exploring Snout's performance of wall in Midsummer Night's Dream, suggests that the wall changes from an object to a subject. Contends that the wall as subject not only separates us from "a lover, justice, freedom, power or privacy" but also represents a struggle between the two realms. English summary, 120.
While connecting the philosophy of Thomas Reid to the ethical issues in Macbeth, explores moral liberty and moral faculty. Develops this issue to common humanity.
While examining context of translation from English literary text (including Shakespeare) to Arabic, raises two questions: 1) translation with "the new community of readers" 2) "the relation between translation and culture." English summary.
Rather than simplifying Shakespeare's religious stance as that of "a traditional theist," argues that the Bard is as a "philosophical liberal" by examining the history plays.
Interprets Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure through the tension between philosophy and eloquence, which creates a new reading of the Duke and Isabella's marriage. Draws on experience translating and editing play (q.v.). French and English summaries.
Examine Coleridge's recognition between the loss in personal/political realm in his times and the forgery trope in Shakespearean plays.
Using Penelope Brown, Stephen Curtis, Jonathan Culpepper, and Roman Koytko's linguistic theories, examines the interrelations among modals, speech acts, and (im)politeness in Shakespeare's plays. English summary, 5.