Seminar No. 4.5.

Title: Spain and Early Modern Drama.

Leaders:

Janet Clare (University College Dublin, Ireland)
Hiroshi Ozawa (Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan)

Participants:

Velma Bourgeios Richmond, (Holy Names College)
Ed Esche (Anglia Polytechnic University)
Sandra Clark, (Birkbeck College, University of London)
Ivan Canadas, (University of Sydney)
José Manuel González (University of Alicante)
Anita Howard (University College Cork)
Susana Marchetti (Instituto Superior del Profesorado Dr. Joaquín V. González)
Constance Rose (Northeastern University)

Abstract:

This seminar will address the inter-relationship between drama and nation. We hope to attract a broad range of papers exploring the impact on Renaissance and early modern drama of historic and cultural exchanges between England and Spain. This will include questions relating to national identities, comparative studies of significant plays and cross-cultural influences on dramatic aesthetics and theatre production. Papers might also consider how political and religious pressures of the period shaped the representation of the 'other' in both Spanish and English drama.