CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE’S INTERPRETATION OF AMIR TEMUR: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON HISTORICAL SOURCES

Abstract

Abstract: The study examines the historical sources available to Marlowe and investigates how these materials were transformed into a dramatic representation shaped by Renaissance humanist ideology. Using comparative and historical-literary methods, the research demonstrates that Marlowe’s Tamburlaine is a symbolic construction rather than a historically accurate portrait, reflecting early modern European conceptions of power, ambition, and individual agency.