Drama and Pedagogy in Medieval and Early Modern England

304 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This wide-ranging volume explores relationships between drama and pedagogy in the medieval and early modern periods, with contributions from an international ?eld of scholars including a number of leading authorities. Across the medieval and early modern periods, drama is seen to be a way of dissemi-nating theological and philosophical ideas. In medieval England, when literacy was low and the liturgy in Latin, drama translated and transformed spiritual truths, embodying them for a wider audience than could be reached by books alone. In Tudor England, humanist belief in the validity and potential of drama as a pedagogical tool informs the interlude, and examples of dramatized instruction abound on early modern stages. Academic drama is a particularly preg -nant locus for the exploration of drama and peda-gogy: universities and the Inns of Court trained some of the leading playwrights of the early theatre, but also supplied methods and materials that shaped professional playhouse compositions.

• Reihe: Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature (SPELL)
• ISBN: 9783823369684
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.10.2015
• Genre: Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft/Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft
• Verlag: Narr Francke Attempto
• Herausgegeben von: Elisabeth Dutton, James McBain