Mustapha and greville: Constructing anglo-ottoman diplomacy and machiavellian identities in early modern english drama

Abstract

Whilst Jonathan Burton-deactivating or mincing matters with Said's Orientalism- coined the word 'trafficking' for the repercussions of Eastern/Islamic/Ottomanic characterization of Western authors, Linda McJannet, on the other hand-backing Said's Orientalism-went into Bakhtin's 'heteroglossia', and stressed the polyphonic representation of dramatic works through the word 'pragmatic ambivalence', a characterization of English authors toward the Islamic politics. Both Burton and McJannet touched pre-eminently on the Renaissance writers to define their literariness. The present chapter aims to shed light on the historical background and dramatic representation regarding Mustapha's tragic death through majoring Anglo-Ottoman diplomacy and producing a base for Machiavellian point of view. The study is based on a dramatic work of an English Renaissance playwright, Fulke Greville, who adapted Prince Mustapha's death for the stage.