Representations of the Jew-Villain on the Elizabethan Stage: Post-Shakespearean Language and the Emergence of a New Mimesis

Karen Feiner of the University of Oklahoma Department of English Presents "Representations of the Jew-Villain on the Elizabethan Stage: Post-Shakespearean Language and the Emergence of a New Mimesis" 

Moving chronologically from the medieval Croxton’s Play of the Sacrament, to Christopher Marlowe’s The Jew of Malta, and finally to William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, this lecture will trace the transition from the theatricalized Jew-villain to the emergence of humanized Jews. 

Join us Friday, April 26th, 6:15pm – 7:30pm CST (Seating at 6:15pm, Lecture starts at 6:30pm)

at Norman Public Library East, Community Room, 3051 E Alameda St., Norman, OK 73071.

If you can’t be there in person, the presentation will also be available on Zoom at https://oklahoma.zoom.us/j/91497925617

The Medieval Fair Free Lecture Series is cosponsored by the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies University of Oklahoma.

Come learn more about the middle ages just for the fun of learning! No papers, no test, just interesting information about life long ago.

This event is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Norman Arts Council Hotel Tax Grant Program.