Visions of Renaissance Political Thought in Film

3 credits · Undergraduate

Renaissance political thought has been successfully adapted to films set in various imagined contexts. This course will examine the creative intersections between the political ideas in Renaissance texts and film adaptations in such settings as Renaissance England, feudal Japan, and modern-day Britain and the United States. The films may include such titles as The Godfather I and II, Edward II, Richard III, Ran, Throne of Blood, and Revengers Tragedy. FORMATS: Lecture | Discussion