Shakespeare with TEI and XSLT

What is Shakespeare with XSLT?

TEI: a standard for the representation of texts in digital form

Shakespeare with XSLT allows to read three scripts of Shakespeare allowing one to explore the power of XSLT as a tool and of IIIF for the manipulation of images.

Project Documentation

Take a journey into Shakespeare's world as you have never done before!

Choose the text you want to read!

We selected three operas of the english writer. Choose the one you want to read.

The Commedy Of Errors

After both being separated from their twins in a shipwreck, Antipholus and his slave Dromio go to Ephesus to find them. The other set of twins lives in Ephesus, and the new arrivals cause a series of incidents of mistaken identity. At the end, the twins find each other and their parents and resolve all of the problems caused earlier.

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The Tempest

Prospero uses magic to conjure a storm and torment the survivors of a shipwreck, including the King of Naples and Prospero’s treacherous brother, Antonio. Prospero’s slave, Caliban, plots to rid himself of his master, but is thwarted by Prospero’s spirit-servant Ariel. The King’s young son Ferdinand, thought to be dead, falls in love with Prospero’s daughter Miranda. Their celebrations are cut short when Prospero confronts his brother and reveals his identity as the usurped Duke of Milan. The families are reunited and all conflict is resolved. Prospero grants Ariel his freedom and prepares to leave the island.

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Two Gentelman Of Verona

Two best friends, Proteus and Valentine, travel to Milan where they both fall in love with Silvia. Silvia loves Valentine, but Proteus pursues her despite the fact he has a girlfriend at home. After an apology, Proteus and Valentine reconcile, Proteus loves his girlfriend again, and both couples marry.

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About the project

We combined different technologies in order to display the enriched text in a new way. In this project we used:

HTML

CSS

JAVASCRIPT

XML

XSLT

The team

Meet the projects team. We are all students from the master degree DHDK of the University of Bologna "Alma Mater Studiorum".

The Calabrian

Sara Vellone

After the Bachelor's Degree in Humanities at the University of Bologna (2018-2021), is now attending the Master's Dregree in DHDK.

The South Tyrolean

Olga Pagnotta

After the Bachelor's Degree in Humanities at the University of Bologna (2018-2021), is now attending the Master's Dregree in DHDK.

The Local

Stefano Renzetti

After the Bachelor's Degree at the Accademia di Belle Arti of Bologna (2010-2014), is now attending the Master's Dregree in DHDK.