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DRAM 324 - European and American Drama

Semester Offered: Fall
1 unit(s)
Topic for 2017/18a: Sex with Shakespeare. This seminar examines Shakespearean drama within the context of early modern sexualities from a comparative, transnational perspective. In our exploration of sexuality and/in Shakespeare, we also address the current state of early modern sexuality studies, and queer theory in general, through theoretical and critical works. Our investigation of Shakespearean sexualities is guided by various contextual foci from the early modern period: revival of classical tropes, global trade, discoveries and colonial expansions, material history, religious controversy, cartographic knowledge, emergent nationalism, race, and empire. These contexts do not just provide a historical background but also highlight the constitutive interlink between representations of sexuality and socio-cultural dynamics. The study of the past adds significantly to our understandings of sexualities and sexual discourses in the present, as well as their connection with theatricality. Therefore, we end the class by exploring contemporary queer appropriations of Shakespeare through critical debates around performance and sexuality. Abdulhamit Arvas.

Prerequisite(s): DRAM 221 /DRAM 222 .

One 2-hour period.



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