USSY 285H - Renaissance Figures

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Case Western Reserve University

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This course explores the period of European history from 1400 to 1600. Is this period better understood as the Renaissance, the "rebirth" of Antiquity, or the Early Modern Period, the emergence of a world that leads directly to our own? We will look at the period and its famous figures from two different perspectives: Machiavelli in a bio-intro and in his work, The Prince; Luther as history's first best-selling author (the importance of the printing press) and in John Osborne's play; Elizabeth I in a short biography and a recent "Hollywood" bio-pic; Galileo in the historic accounts and in Bertolt Brecht's play; Joan of Arc in a short biography and Bernard Shaw's play; and Hamlet, the play and the character, in text and performance. Do the two different representations present two different people (characterizations) or a unified composite that we understand in greater depth? Do Shaw, Brecht, and Osborne depict three figures from the period to understand better the person, the history, or the 20th Century/Modernity? Prereq: Passing letter grade in a 100 level first year seminar in USFS, FSSY, FSCC, FSNA, FSSO or FSCS. Prereq or Coreq: FSTS 100

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.case.edu

Phone Number:

(216) 368-2000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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