LIT-312 Public Play--Performance in England, 1400-1642
Exploration of changes and continuities across time and genre in stage performance and production in England from the middle ages through Shakespeare, of overlapping political, religious, and social meanings of public play, performance, and spectacle. What is the difference between communal, amateur performance and the commercial London stage? How does perspectival staging redefine the relationship between audience members? How is the role of allegory transformed across centuries? Examination will deepen our understanding not only of dramatic practice, but of dramatic production more broadly.
Seminar (12)
Credits
1
Prerequisite
Three courses in Literature.
Notes
(History or Genre).