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

Courses and Certificate Fees

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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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