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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 2436yesCoursera

The fees for the course Introduction to Who Wrote Shakespeare is -

HeadAmount in INR
Certificate FeesRs. 2,436

 


The Syllabus

Videos
  • Welcome and Introduction
  • The role of belief in interpretation
  • Interview with Kris De Meyer Part 1
  • Interview with Kris De Meyer Part 2
  • "Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare"
  • The "man-shaped hole"
  • Personal vs Impersonal Testimony
  • Literary Paper Trails
  • Shakspere as a broker
  • The Shakespeare Apocrypha
  • Was Shakspere a Playbroker?
  • Thomas Heywood and 'The Author'
  • Ben Jonson's poem 'On Poet-Ape' - An Introduction
  • "On Poet-Ape" - Textual Analysis
  • Shakespeare in the Parnassus Plays
  • Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 1
  • Interview with Alexander Waugh Part 1
  • Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 1
  • Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 2
  • Module Summary
Readings
  • Terms of Reference
  • Absence of Evidence
  • Addendum
  • Is John Marston a strong contender for Poet-Ape?
Assignments
  • Starting Point
  • The effect of belief on interpretation
  • The main arguments
  • Broker theory
  • Analysis of 'On Poet-Ape'
Discussion prompt
  • (Optional) A 5.6 Does the authorship question matter?

Videos
  • Shakespeare and the Hand D additions to Sir Thomas More
  • B 1.2 Hand D - Handwriting Argument
  • Hand D - Spelling Argument
  • Hand D - Content Argument
  • Hand D - Author or Scribe?
  • A Hidden Author?
  • Marston and Hall - Labeo Part 1
  • Marston and Hall - Labeo Part 2
  • 'Concealed Poets' and 'Our English Terence'
  • Does Hyphenation Imply Anonymity?
  • 'Not Without Right' - Shakspere's Coat of Arms
  • Coat of Arms - Insulso Sogliardo
  • Coat of Arms - The Authorship Argument
  • The Upstart Crow - Allusion or Illusion?
  • Was Groats-worth Greene's?
  • The Upstart Crow as Edward Alleyn
  • Shake-scene and the 'Tiger's Heart'
  • Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 3
  • Interview with Gregory Thompson Part 1
  • Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 2
  • Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 3
  • Module Summary
Readings
  • For and Against "Hand D = Shakespeare"
  • Addendum
Assignments
  • Shakespeare and 'Hand D'
  • 16th Century Authorship Doubt
  • Shakspere's Coat of Arms
  • The Upstart Crow
Discussion prompt
  • (Optional) B 5.6 A Different Poet-Ape?

Videos
  • Stratford-upon-Avon and William Camden
  • Stratford-upon-Avon, Drayton and Dr Hall
  • Stratford-upon-Avon's New Vicar
  • Shakspere's Lodger
  • Shakspere's Literacy
  • Shakspere's Daughters' Literacy 1
  • Shakspere's Daughters' Literacy 2
  • Shakespeare's Education
  • Shakespeare and Stratford - Shrewish places
  • Shakespeare and Stratford - The Shrew's Induction
  • Shakespeare and Stratford - Dialect words
  • The Stratford Monument - Introduction
  • Stratford and the William Basse Elegy
  • Was the Stratford Monument Altered?
  • Analysis of the Monument Poem
  • Analysis of the Latin Lines
  • Interview with Alexander Waugh - Part 2
  • Interview with Gregory Thompson Part 2
  • Interview with Gregory Thompson Part 3
  • Interview with Peter Dawkins Part 1
  • Interview with Peter Dawkins Part 2
  • Module Summary
Readings
  • Addendum
  • Shakespeare and Stratford - Bardolph and Fluellen
Assignments
  • Stratford Connections
  • Literacy and Education
  • Warwickshire references in Shakespeare
  • The Stratford Monument
Discussion prompt
  • (Optional) C 5.7 The Stratford-upon-Avon evidence

Videos
  • The First Folio and Ben Jonson
  • D 1.2 The First Folio Letters
  • D 1.3 Ben Jonson's Discoveries
  • The Preface Poets
  • The Droeshout Portrait - Reception
  • Was Droeshout the Younger Incompetent?
  • The Droeshout Portrait from a Non-Stratfordian Perspective
  • 'Look Not on His Picture' - Analysis
  • The Folio Link to the Stratford-on-Avon
  • Thy Stratford Monument
  • Sweet Swan of Avon!
  • Jonson's Eulogy - Seeliest Ignorance
  • Jonson's Eulogy - A Monument without A Tomb
  • Interview with Alexander Waugh Part 3
  • Interview with Alexander Waugh Part 4
  • Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 4
  • Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 5
  • Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 4
  • Module Summary
Reading
  • Was Ben Jonson accused of 'raping' Shakespeare?
Assignments
  • The First Folio Preface
  • The Droeshout Portrait
  • Stratford-upon-Avon and the First Folio
  • Ben Jonson and Shakespeare
Discussion prompt
  • D 5.6 (Optional) Discuss the First Folio Preface
  • (Optional) D 5.7 General Authorship Question discussion

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