Days and Times: Mo We 3:00-4:20pm
Room: PH 126A (CMU Campus)
Instructor: Stephen Wittek
This course is a pre-approved elective for Fall Term 2018.

This course will explore a range of questions related to the manifestation of political thinking on the early modern English stage, a key medium for the dissemination and cultivation of information and ideas. Our central curriculum will include plays by William Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, Christopher Marlowe, and others alongside a selection of critical essays and related literature from the period. To complement this collective investigation, students will also complete a hands-on, entry-level assignment that introduces digital methodologies for visualizing and analyzing early modern texts. No previous experience with the digital humanities is necessary to participate. Technological neophytes, seasoned programmers, and persons at all skill levels in-between are all very welcome to participate.

**Please contact DSAM Graduate Advisor, Alison Langmead (alangmead@pitt.edu), for information about enrolling in this course.**