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Marlowe's close, not-so-close, rendition to the FaustBook: a comparative literature study of the Early Modern English period
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Materia
Comparative literature
Literature
English literature
FaustBook
Faustbuch
Christopher Marlowe
Doctor Faustus
Faustus
Mephistopheles
Ambiguity
Didacticism
Literatura comparada
Literatura inglesa
Fausto
Ambigüedad
Didactismo
Fecha de publicación
2016
Resumen
[EN]In the present “Trabajo de Fin de Grado” (TFG) a comparative
literature study has been carried out aiming to further investigate the figure and myth of
Doctor Faustus and his role in English Medieval and Renaissance literature. With this aim,
this work expects to analyze the relationship between P.F.'s translation of the German
Faustbuch, The History of the Damnable Life and Deserved Death of Doctor John Faustus,
and the later theatre play written by Christopher Marlowe, The Tragical History of Doctor
Faustus. This paper begins by dealing with the possible existence of Doctor Faustus as well
as with the religious setting surrounding both versions of the myth. After that, both works'
structures and main themes are compared, examining Marlowe's ambiguity in contrast with the English and German FaustBook's straightforward didacticism. Faustus and
Mephistopheles' actions and words in both works, as well as their divergent endings, are also
considered in this study with the purpose of reaffirming, not only the relationship between
both texts, but also the evolution that the German myth has suffered in Marlowe's Doctor
Faustus.[ES]the English and German FaustBook's straightforward didacticism. Faustus and
Mephistopheles' actions and words in both works, as well as their divergent endings, are also
considered in this study with the purpose of reaffirming, not only the relationship between
both texts, but also the evolution that the German myth has suffered in Marlowe's Doctor
Faustus.
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Trabajo de fin de Grado. Grado en Estudios Ingleses. Curso académico 2015-2016
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