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Examines the imagination's ability to conceptualize the surreal elements and world. Argues that while Midsummer Night's Dream uses image to explore people's mind of the dreamworld, Cervantes's The Marvellous Puppet Show depicts the prejudice of society by foregrounding an imaginary puppet show. English summary, 306.

Examines shadows' functions in English literature. In a consideration of Shakespearean works, explores tension between shadow and substance within dramatic art and "the substance of life." English and French summaries.

Looks at increasing use of digital methods in Shakespearean studies. By focusing on Midsummer Night's Dream and its related media resources, examines the reinventing possibility of Shakespearean works in the new media realm and its impact on teaching method in Romanian education.

Explores Shakespeare and Paul's relation to religion and how both figures understand the contemporary moment in which the "religious and secular world view" are expressed together.

Examines the epistemological differences between an early modern play's "original practice" and its "reconstruction," including Shakespearean scholarship. Rather than dismissing the reconstructed works, supports "the authenticity of their enterprise."

Considers two Russian adaptations of Romeo and Juliet (by Kuznetsov and Klimov). Argues that "this cultural revision paradoxically combines the disruption of the 'original' and affirms its authority."

Considers Shakespeare's influence on Mikhail Bulgakov by looking at Bulgakov's translations, his use of Shakespearean motifs, and his mentions of the bard.

Compares Alexander V. Druzhinin's translation of King Lear to others and considers the history of Russian translation.

Questions the use of Shakespeare and ideas about cultural heritage in the British National English Curriculum, arguing that the practice creates exclusion, passivity, and a loss of student power in classrooms. English summary, 50.

Analyzes how Stoppard uses Hamlet as scaffolding Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.