The representations of Muslims on the English Restoration stage
[Thesis]
Met'eb Ali Afet Alnwairan
Orchard, Christopher
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2017
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Committee members: Holm, Melanie; Williamson, Michael T.
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-68408-7
Ph.D.
English
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
2017
My dissertation proposes that the representations of Islam and its culture in British Restoration drama were strongly connected with domestic politics and religion. This reading offers a counterpoint to reading drama of the period as solely a historically tense relationship between England and the Muslim world. On the surface, the plays under consideration in my study tackle issues about conflicts that appear far removed from English politics. However, Restoration political playwrights skillfully used the characters and events of their plays as allegories of relevant internal crises in England and employed an increasingly complex understanding of Islam to contribute to discourses concerning questions about the Royal court and issues of religion and politics.
Islamic Studies; Religion; English; Drama; Theater history; Politics; Historical text analysis; Social factors; Ideology; Tense; British & Irish literature
Language, literature and linguistics;Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Islam;Moors;Muslim chracters;Restoration England;Restoration dramas;Turks