IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 704: Beastly Drama: Animals in Early Modern Theatre
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Medieval & Renaissance Drama Society |
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Organiser: | Suzanne Westfall, Department of English & Theatre, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania |
Moderator/Chair: | Suzanne Westfall, Department of English & Theatre, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania |
Paper 704-a | 'May her womb bring forth Monsters': Female Sexuality and the Liberation of Animal Lust in Renaissance Drama (Language: English) Index terms: Performance Arts - Drama, Sexuality, Women's Studies |
Paper 704-b | The Evolution of Bear-Baiting and Playing in Tudor London (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Performance Arts - Drama, Social History |
Paper 704-c | 'Nature, Re[a]d in Tooth and Claw': Animals on the Early Modern Stage (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Performance Arts - Drama |
Abstract | 2009, which marks the sesquicentennial of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, has set off a flurry of investigations into evolution and animal studies in various disciplines. How do we define ourselves in relationship to the animal/human binary, and has that definition changed since the early modern period? This session will consider how we might interpret the interactions of animals and humans in theatre from the 14th to 17th centuries. |