Academic year:
2017/18
Seminar n°:
9 (Week 1)
Teachers:
Paul M. FRANSSEN /Sabine SCHÜLTING
University:
Utrecht University / Freie Universität Berlin
Seminar presentation:
The seminar will focus on the representation of economic crises, and their entanglement with social, religious and communal conflicts, in three early modern plays: William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and Coriolanus, and Christopher Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta. In a second step we will explore the ways in which 20th century adaptations (Arnold Wesker’s The Merchant and Bertolt Brecht’s Coriolan) have used the plays to address contemporary problems.
In the video, for 2018 New Faces edition, replace "Szeged" by "Montpellier" (min. 1'09 and 1'59)
