ENGL 3020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Metatheatre, Blank Verse, Feminist Pornography
7 Oct 2016
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Fletcher"s inheritance: women"s power is conceived of being collective opposed to masculine power that is very individualized. This undercuts chivalry the single man trying to conquer the world could be overpowered (like petruchio) by a group of women who have banded together. Feminist themes: this is only a feminist text if you read it as such you must use a feminist lens to see the feminist elements. We can"t call it feminist because it came before feminism: anachronism, feminism as textual engagement (reading practice, feminism as textual form (writing practice/performance aesthetic/performance, multiplicity of world views. The early modern period was all about drag boys and men played female characters and explored gender and gender roles female characters and explored gender and gender roles. This drove critics of theatre crazy because the audience could come to like the female characters on stage (but in truth, these were fellow males: multiple gender positions/categories.
