Early modern drama continues to engage audiences to this day, offering not only diverse entertainment but also a range of access points for critical discourses. This seminar offers an introduction to the colourful field of early modern drama: Working with a selection of excerpts, for example from Shakespeare or Ben Jonson, as well as with theoretical texts, students will gain an understanding of the ways in which we can critically engage with the form. We will further examine the genre variety characterising the field by studying examples ranging from comedies, different types of tragedy, to history plays, discussing rhetorical and aesthetic characteristics. The overarching aim of the seminar will be for students to learn how to engage critically with dramatic texts, working with theoretical and methodological concepts and frameworks for the interpretation, differentiation, and contextualisation of the form.
- Dozent/in: Alina Aulbur