CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE OF CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE’S “TAMBURLAINE THE GREAT” IN RENAISSANCE AND MODERN LITERARY CRITICISM

Abstract

The present article is devoted to the study of the actuality and scholarly relevance of Christopher Marlowe’s tragedy Tamburlaine the Great in modern literary studies. The play is analyzed as a key work of English Renaissance drama that introduced a new type of tragic hero and transformed the dramatic use of blank verse. Particular attention is paid to the themes of ambition, power, imperial expansion, religion, and human limitation. The research demonstrates that Tamburlaine the Great remains an important object of literary analysis due to its thematic universality, ideological complexity, and openness to contemporary critical approaches, including humanist, political, and postcolonial interpretations.