The Moral Stage? - Theatricality, Ethics and the Problem of Judgment in Ben Jonson's "Bartholomew Fair"

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Didactics - English - History of Literature, Eras, grade: sehr gut (1,0), Free University of Berlin (Anglistisches Seminar), language: English, abstract:
In the course of this essay, I shall focus upon the English playwright Ben Jonson's (1572 - 1637) complex relation to questions of theatricality, aesthetic judgment and the ethical value of dramatic production as expressed in his later prose-comedy "Bartholomew Fair" (1614). By way of a close reading of the most relevant passages of the play, I will try to provide a detailed investigation into his moral criticism of contemporary society, his conception of theatricality as a vehicle for moral education, and the role of distanced intellectual judgment as a crucial factor in this process.

Product details

• Authors: Björn David Herzig
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.01.2010
• EAN: 9783640502400
• ISBN: 978-3-640-50240-0
• No. of pages: 28
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 57 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V141828; Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V141828
• Subjects: Education and learning > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Humanities, art, music > Education > Secondary school levels I and II