Dr. Rebekah BALE
PhD in English Literature, SUNY Albany, New York, United States
MPhil in Comparative Literature, University of Hong Kong
BA (hons.) in English Literature and Linguistics, University of Westminster, London, UK.
Courses Taught
Introduction to Literature
English Writing
Shakespeare
Modernist Fiction
Romantics and Romantic Skeptics
Research Interests
Shakespeare and adaptations
Literature and film
Publications
Bale, R, (2023). "The world to me is but a ceaseless storm": Pericles, The Porpoise, and the Resistance of Exile." Comparative Drama 57.1 (2023): 87-96.
Bale, R. and Ngan, H. (2022) “Asian Shakespeare Tourism.” Shakespeare and Tourism. Ed. R. Ormsby and V. Pye: Oxford: Routledge.
Bale R. (2017). "“Un Théâtre d’Intervention”: Two Congolese Adaptations of Shakespeare". Shakespeare en devenir- Les Cahiers de La Licorne - Shakespeare en devenir N°12 - 2017. Publié en ligne le 20 décembre 2017. URL: http://shakespeare.edel.univ-poitiers.fr/index.php?id=1098
Bale R. (2017). Review - https://africainwords.com/2017/06/26/caine-prize-shortlist-reviews-part-1-the-story-of-the-girl-whose-birds-flew-away-by-bushra-al-fadil/
Bale, R. (2016). La Délinquance Idéologique: Sony Labou Tansi and the Political Love Story of Romeo and Juliet. International Journal of English Language & Translation Studies. 4(4), 164-171. Retrieved from www.eltsjournal.org
Bale, R. (2011) Shakespeare in Africa. Retrieved from http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Shakespeare_in_Africa
Selected Conference Presentations
“The Urgency of Theatre: Shakespeare, Sony Labou Tansi and Pushing the Boundaries of Performance.” ANZSA Conference 2023
“The world to me is but a ceaseless storm”: Pericles, The Porpoise and exile as a site of resistance.” Shakespeare Association of America 2022
“One Country, Two Shakespeares” Shakespeare Association of America 2021
“Pericles and The Porpoise: Mark Haddon's Novel of the Sea” Comparative Drama Conference 2021
“Appropriating the Darkness: Scandi-Noir and Macbeth” Shakespeare Association of America (Washington D.C.) 2019
«La Délinquance Idéologique»: Sony Labou Tansi and the Political Love Story of Romeo and Juliet. The International Shakespeare Conference, (Cheongju, Korea) 2017
“Shakespeare and the Politics of Location: A Kongolese Hamlet” European Shakespeare Research Association (Gdansk) 2017
«La Délinquance Idéologique»: Sony Labou Tansi and the Political Love Story of Romeo and Juliet. North Eastern MLA (Baltimore) 2016
‘“Un Theatre d’ Intervention”: Sony Labou Tansi’s ‘The Red and White Revival of Romeo and Juliet’. Shakespeare Association of America (St Louis) 2014
‘The Place of the Spirit and the Spirit of the Place: An Analysis of an African Hamlet.’ Shakespeare Association of America (Boston) 2012