I would love to teach my Enlightenment to the Present class starting with this Berthold Brecht play about Galileo, written in Germany, 1938. Better yet, take my class to the theater if it’s ever in town.
Then again, consider that year and place. Maybe it would be a great way to end the semester, as I plan to do this year with Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose, set in a 14th century Monastery with a cast of Benedictine and Franciscan monks, though written partially to address controversies in 20th century semiotics.
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