WMST 341 - Studies in the RenaissanceSemester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Intensive study of selected Renaissance texts and the questions they raise about their context and interpretation.
Topic for 2014/15a: Women and Performance in Early Modern England. (Same as ENGL 341 ) Though barred from the professional stage until after the Restoration, early modern Englishwomen had many stages, both public and private, on which to act, from royal courts to urban streets to household rooms. For women playwrights, the act of writing became another kind of performance–the construction of an imaginary stage on which to enact their thoughts. In exploring the spaces and media of women’s performance (including music and dance) this seminar puts particular emphasis on the ways in which they were used to challenge early modern constructions of femininity and to re-imagine women’s social roles. Ms. Dunn.
One 2-hour period.
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