ENG 303B RELIGION/OTHERNESS REN DRAMA

RELIGION & OTHERNESS IN RENAISSANCE DRAMA

An examination of how dramatists have engaged, explored, and unsettled religious beliefs by presenting imagined "others" such as Jews, Muslims, and Moors, as well as supernatural beings like devils, witches, and ghosts to their audiences. Readings, which include Doctor Faustus, The Jew of Malta, Hamlet, Othello, and The Tempest, are considered in the context of contemporary religious discourses.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. For sophomores, English 250 is strongly recommended.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 18 students.

Attributes

MOIB, W