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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2023
College Graduate School of Arts
Course Code JB152
Theme・Subtitle 初期近代の悲劇に描かれた女性像(2)--『モルフィ公爵夫人』を読む
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Fall semester
DayPeriod・Room Tue.5・9301
Credit 2
Course Number EAL6313
Language Others
Notes 後期課程用科目コード:PB304
Text Code JB152

【Course Objectives】

 In this course, students will read closely John Webster's tragedy The Duchess of Malfi in a seminar format. The objective of this course is to develop advanced English language skills in reading and understanding early modern English, to acquire a thorough knowledge of Renaissance English drama, and to cultivate the ability to discuss the representations of women in early modern tragedies.

【Course Contents】

One of the leading tragedies of the post-Shakespearean era, The Duchess of Malfi is a play about a young widow who secretly remarries her own butler and consequently is murdered by her own brothers. The play emphasises a gruesome depiction of claustrophobic female oppression, but, in recent years, critics have also seen a budding civil society mindset in the Duchess, who chooses her own husband.
In this class, students will read The Duchess of Malfi closely in a seminar format based on presentations by each student in turn and discussion by all students, in order to deepen our overall understanding of the interrelated themes of patriarchy, women, and the portents of civil society inscribed in this tragedy.

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