Date of Award
2023
Degree Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Gerald Nachtwey
Abstract
Material rhetoric and ambient rhetoric frameworks offer a unique lens to view the materiality in early modern drama. Using these principles, as well as Actor-Network Theory and Affect Theory, objects and environments can be elevated to non-human actors in a play’s rhetorical situation. Arden of Faversham engages heavily with the material world at every level of the play, making it a prime candidate for such an analysis. The material objects, ambient environments, and geographical places in Arden of Faversham remain so crucial that they become non-human rhetorical actors, complimenting and complicating the human actors. The play cannot be severed from the material. A methodology called Non-Human Actor Elevation is used to detail the importance of non-human actors in Arden of Faversham.
Recommended Citation
Pulaski, Tara Michelle, "Calling All Cast Members: Elevating Material Objects and Ambient Environments to Non-Human Rhetorical Actors in Arden of Faversham" (2023). Online Theses and Dissertations. 783.
https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/783
