The representations of Muslims on the English Restoration stage
General Material Designation
[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Met'eb Ali Afet Alnwairan
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Orchard, Christopher
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2017
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
209
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Committee members: Holm, Melanie; Williamson, Michael T.
NOTES PERTAINING TO PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-68408-7
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
English
Body granting the degree
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Text preceding or following the note
2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Islamic Studies; Religion; English; Drama; Theater history; Politics; Historical text analysis; Social factors; Ideology; Tense; British & Irish literature
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Language, literature and linguistics;Social sciences;Communication and the arts;Islam;Moors;Muslim chracters;Restoration England;Restoration dramas;Turks