ENGL 027B. Performing Justice on the Renaissance Stage

Courtroom spectacles-tragic injustices or the satisfying punishment of villains-have become familiar sources of entertainment. This course will examine how Shakespeare, Jonson, and their contemporaries turn repeatedly to the law for dramatic energy. Their plays compel a number of questions: what does it mean to take pleasure in injustice? What is the relationship between human and divine justice? These questions often demand historical answers, and our class will examine how dramatic works think through specific developments in legal thinking and practice.
Med/Ren
Humanities.
1 credit.
Catalog chapter: English Literature
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/english-literature

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