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Muhd. Mustafizur Rahman
Bangladesh Army University of Engineering & Technology
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NECROMANCY AND THE CRISIS OF RENAISSANCE SUBJECTIVITY IN DOCTOR FAUSTUS: SELF-FASHIONING, SPIRITUAL ANXIETY, AND THE LIMITS OF HUMAN ASPIRATION Muhd. Mustafizur Rahman
PERFORMANCE: JOURNAL OF ENGLISH EDUCATION AND LITERATURE Vol 5, No 3: August (2026) Performance: Journal of English Education and Literature
Publisher : State University of Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/performance.v5i3.89082

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This thesis focuses on necromancy and crisis of Renaissance subjectivity in the play, Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. The intellectual conflicts of the Renaissance that Faustus is seeking forbidden knowledge mirror the greater religious conflicts of the Renaissance as the humanist ambitions started seeking space in theology. In this analysis, in which we read necromancy as both a dramatic topos and cultural talk, we are able to demonstrate how Faustus becomes symbolic of a figure who is ambivalent between the sweeping self-fashioning and spiritual apprehension. His agreement with Mephistopheles serves as the paradox of Renaissance individuality, when he wishes to go beyond the limits of humanity, he ends up in the loop of self-destruction. Based on interdisciplinary knowledge in theology, history of science and early modern cultural studies, the thesis contends that the play of Marlowe dramatizes the instability of the Renaissance self at the border between the medieval determinism and the modern autonomy. In this perspective, doctor Faustus turns out to be not just a morality tragedy, but a deep inquiry into the psychological and ideological crisis that lies at the center of the early modern identity. Keywords: Renaissance, Subjectivity, Necromancy, Magic,Power, Pride,  Ambition,    Humanism
NECROMANCY AND THE CRISIS OF RENAISSANCE SUBJECTIVITY IN DOCTOR FAUSTUS: SELF-FASHIONING, SPIRITUAL ANXIETY, AND THE LIMITS OF HUMAN ASPIRATION Muhd. Mustafizur Rahman
PERFORMANCE: JOURNAL OF ENGLISH EDUCATION AND LITERATURE Vol 5, No 3: August (2026) Performance: Journal of English Education and Literature
Publisher : State University of Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/performance.v5i3.89498

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This study examines necromancy and the crisis of Renaissance subjectivity in Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus. It argues that Faustus’s pursuit of forbidden knowledge reflects the broader intellectual and religious tensions of the Renaissance, particularly the growing conflict between humanist aspirations and traditional theological authority. By approaching necromancy as both a dramatic topos and a form of cultural discourse, the study presents Faustus as an ambivalent figure caught between the desire for self-fashioning and the fear of spiritual damnation. His pact with Mephistopheles embodies a central paradox of Renaissance individuality: in seeking to transcend the limitations of human existence and achieve unprecedented autonomy, Faustus ultimately moves toward self-destruction. Drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives from theology, the history of science, and early modern cultural studies, this study contends that Marlowe’s play dramatizes the instability of the Renaissance self at the intersection of medieval religious determinism and emerging notions of individual autonomy. From this perspective, Doctor Faustus is not merely a morality tragedy but a profound exploration of the psychological, theological, and ideological tensions underlying the formation of early modern identity.Keywords: Renaissance, Subjectivity, Necromancy, Magic, Power, Pride, Ambition, Humanism
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