Table 4 Clusters and keywords of Shakespeare studies.

From: How Shakespeare’s works have been reinterpreted, adapted and reshaped: a bibliometric review and trend analysis of Shakespeare studies from 2000 to 2023

Cluster Number

Cluster Name

Key Words

1

Canonical Texts and Historical Context

authorship, Ben Jonson, Catholicism, history, King Lear, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet

2

Gender and Performance

gender, performance, psychoanalysis, sovereignty, theater, popular culture

3

Ethics and Philosophical Inquiry

ethics, drama, education, metaphor, philosophy, poetry, reformation, rhetoric

4

Politics and Power Relations

politics, power, nationalism, law, identity, violence, revenge.

5

Adaptation and Reinterpretation

adaptation, Hamlet, Othello, race, digital humanities, translation