This course from the University of London explores critical thinking, and the interpretation of texts, through the Shakespeare authorship question. Using doubt about Shakespeare’s authorship as our playground, we will explore the key concept of authorship attribution, while developing skills in literary analysis, interpretation, and argument. Through forensic exploration of key texts, you will learn why Shakespeare’s authorship is questioned, and what evidence is cited on both sides of the debate.
For those of you interested in exploring the works of Shakespeare from a new angle, or just wanting to hone your analytical thinking skills, this course offers an introduction to a fascinating area of interest. Those of you already interested in the Shakespeare authorship question will be encouraged to question your own assumptions in fruitful ways. Whether undertaken as a standalone course, or as preparation for the University of London BA in English, this course will be food for thought.
This week is a practical introduction to the Shakespeare authorship question, covering terms and concepts you will use and outlining the basic arguments for and against William Shakespeare’s authorship of the works attributed to him. You will learn a framework for understanding how a person’s perceptions (including your own) are shaped by pre-existing beliefs and assumptions and learn how this might impact your ability to interpret and assess literary and historical evidence. You will then be introduced to a key theory of the authorship question and to the first practical exercise in close-reading a relevant text.
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20 Videos4 Lektüren5 Aufgaben1 Diskussionsthema
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20 Videos•Insgesamt 166 Minuten
A 1.1 Welcome and Introduction•3 Minuten
A 1.4 The role of belief in interpretation•9 Minuten
A 1.5 Interview with Kris De Meyer Part 1•11 Minuten
A 1.6 Interview with Kris De Meyer Part 2•10 Minuten
A 2.1 "Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare"•7 Minuten
A 2.2 The "man-shaped hole"•10 Minuten
A 2.3 Personal vs Impersonal Testimony•10 Minuten
A 2.4 Literary Paper Trails•10 Minuten
A 3.1 Shakspere as a broker•8 Minuten
A 3.2 The Shakespeare Apocrypha•9 Minuten
A 3.3 Was Shakspere a Playbroker?•9 Minuten
A 3.4 Thomas Heywood and 'The Author'•7 Minuten
A 4.1 Ben Jonson's poem 'On Poet-Ape' - An Introduction•4 Minuten
A 4.2 "On Poet-Ape" - Textual Analysis•10 Minuten
A 4.3 Shakespeare in the Parnassus Plays•10 Minuten
A 5.1 Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 1•5 Minuten
A 5.2 Interview with Alexander Waugh Part 1•8 Minuten
A 5.3 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 1•10 Minuten
A 5.4 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 2•10 Minuten
A 5.5 Module Summary•3 Minuten
4 Lektüren•Insgesamt 40 Minuten
A 1.2 Terms of Reference•10 Minuten
A 2.5 Absence of Evidence•10 Minuten
A 3.6 Addendum•10 Minuten
A 4.4 Is John Marston a strong contender for Poet-Ape?•10 Minuten
5 Aufgaben•Insgesamt 150 Minuten
A 1.7 The effect of belief on interpretation•30 Minuten
A 2.6 The main arguments•30 Minuten
A 3.5 Broker theory•30 Minuten
A 4.5 Analysis of 'On Poet-Ape'•30 Minuten
A 1.3 Starting Point•30 Minuten
1 Diskussionsthema•Insgesamt 10 Minuten
(Optional) A 5.6 Does the authorship question matter?•10 Minuten
The Man and the Author
Modul 2•5 Stunden abzuschließen
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In this module we’ll look at questions of identity; chiefly at arguments that attempt to link William Shakspere the man to William Shakespeare the author – or to sever that link. The arguments surrounding “Hand D” in Sir Thomas More claim to establish a firm link between Shakspere and Shakespeare, and Shakespeare’s authorship of the “Hand D” pages is now being presented as fact, so it’s important to understand the evidence, arguments, and reasons for this attribution. You’ll look in detail at the non-Stratfordian argument that Shakespeare authorship doubt was first expressed within only four years after the first “Shakespeare” publication in the works of John Marston and Joseph Hall. You’ll consider some of the key Stratfordian and non-Stratfordian arguments related to William Shakspere’s coat of arms. And lastly, you’ll look critically at an important cornerstone of Shakespeare biography, Robert Greene’s reference to a plagiarising actor, the “upstart Crow”.
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22 Videos2 Lektüren4 Aufgaben1 Diskussionsthema
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22 Videos•Insgesamt 160 Minuten
B 1.1 Shakespeare and the Hand D additions to Sir Thomas More•4 Minuten
B 1.2 Hand D - Handwriting Argument•9 Minuten
B 1.3 Hand D - Spelling Argument•6 Minuten
B 1.4 Hand D - Content Argument•7 Minuten
B 1.5 Hand D - Author or Scribe?•8 Minuten
B 2.1 A Hidden Author?•9 Minuten
B 2.2 Marston and Hall - Labeo Part 1•11 Minuten
B 2.3 Marston and Hall - Labeo Part 2•11 Minuten
B 2.4 'Concealed Poets' and 'Our English Terence'•7 Minuten
B 2.5 Does Hyphenation Imply Anonymity?•5 Minuten
B 3.1 'Not Without Right' - Shakspere's Coat of Arms•5 Minuten
B 3.2 Coat of Arms - Insulso Sogliardo•9 Minuten
B 3.3 Coat of Arms - The Authorship Argument•6 Minuten
B 4.1 The Upstart Crow - Allusion or Illusion?•3 Minuten
B 4.2 Was Groats-worth Greene's?•4 Minuten
B 4.3 The Upstart Crow as Edward Alleyn•9 Minuten
B 4.4 Shake-scene and the 'Tiger's Heart'•8 Minuten
B 5.1 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 3•9 Minuten
B 5.2 Interview with Gregory Thompson Part 1•8 Minuten
B 5.3 Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 2•7 Minuten
B 5.4 Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 3•9 Minuten
B 5.5 Module Summary•3 Minuten
2 Lektüren•Insgesamt 40 Minuten
B 1.6 For and Against "Hand D = Shakespeare"•30 Minuten
B 4.6 Addendum•10 Minuten
4 Aufgaben•Insgesamt 100 Minuten
B 1.7 Shakespeare and 'Hand D'•10 Minuten
B 2.6 16th Century Authorship Doubt•30 Minuten
B 3.4 Shakspere's Coat of Arms•30 Minuten
B 4.5 The Upstart Crow•30 Minuten
1 Diskussionsthema•Insgesamt 10 Minuten
(Optional) B 5.6 A Different Poet-Ape?•10 Minuten
The Evidence from Stratford-upon-Avon
Modul 3•5 Stunden abzuschließen
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In the module, you will look more deeply at the connection between Stratford-upon-Avon and Shakespeare, beginning with Shakespeare-related testimony from people who had a provable personal connection to Stratford-upon-Avon and Shakespeare: William Camden, Michael Drayton, Shakespeare's son-in-law, Dr John Hall, and Shakespeare’s daughters. You’ll consider the question of his daughters’ literacy, and whether has any bearing on the authorship question. You’ll look at what are claimed to be local Warwickshire references in the plays, which have been used to support the traditional authorship attribution. And finally, you’ll consider the monument erected to Shakespeare in Stratford’s Holy Trinity Church, arguments that it was altered in the 18th century, and the three texts engraved on that monument and the connected grave.
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22 Videos2 Lektüren4 Aufgaben1 Diskussionsthema
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22 Videos•Insgesamt 152 Minuten
C 1.1 Stratford-upon-Avon and William Camden•6 Minuten
C 1.2 Stratford-upon-Avon, Drayton and Dr Hall•10 Minuten
C 1.3 Stratford-upon-Avon's New Vicar•8 Minuten
C 1.4 Shakspere's Lodger•6 Minuten
C 2.1 Shakspere's Literacy•5 Minuten
C 2.2 Shakspere's Daughters' Literacy 1•8 Minuten
C 2.3 Shakspere's Daughters' Literacy 2•5 Minuten
C 2.4 Shakespeare's Education•10 Minuten
C 3.2 Shakespeare and Stratford - Shrewish places•6 Minuten
C 3.3 Shakespeare and Stratford - The Shrew's Induction•6 Minuten
C 3.4 Shakespeare and Stratford - Dialect words•8 Minuten
C 4.1 The Stratford Monument - Introduction•3 Minuten
C 4.2 Stratford and the William Basse Elegy•4 Minuten
C 4.3 Was the Stratford Monument Altered?•10 Minuten
C 4.4 Analysis of the Monument Poem•8 Minuten
C 4.5 Analysis of the Latin Lines•9 Minuten
C 5.1 Interview with Alexander Waugh - Part 2•9 Minuten
C 5.2 Interview with Gregory Thompson Part 2•8 Minuten
C 5.3 Interview with Gregory Thompson Part 3•8 Minuten
C 5.4 Interview with Peter Dawkins Part 1•7 Minuten
C 5.5 Interview with Peter Dawkins Part 2•5 Minuten
C 5.6 Module Summary•3 Minuten
2 Lektüren•Insgesamt 20 Minuten
C 2.6 Addendum•10 Minuten
C 3.1 Shakespeare and Stratford - Bardolph and Fluellen•10 Minuten
4 Aufgaben•Insgesamt 120 Minuten
C 1.5 Stratford Connections•30 Minuten
C 2.5 Literacy and Education•30 Minuten
C 3.5 Warwickshire references in Shakespeare•30 Minuten
C 4.6 The Stratford Monument•30 Minuten
1 Diskussionsthema•Insgesamt 10 Minuten
(Optional) C 5.7 The Stratford-upon-Avon evidence•10 Minuten
The First Folio as Proof of Authorship
Modul 4•4 Stunden abzuschließen
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In this final module you’ll explore the key text supporting the traditional attribution of Shakespeare’s works: the 1623 First Folio of Shakespeare’s works. You will learn why the First Folio is a critically important text for those interested in the Shakespeare authorship question, and you will study in detail – applying the textual analysis skills you have developed so far - the texts included in its preface..
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19 Videos1 Lektüre4 Aufgaben2 Diskussionsthemen
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19 Videos•Insgesamt 117 Minuten
D 1.1 The First Folio and Ben Jonson•8 Minuten
D 1.2 The First Folio Letters•5 Minuten
D 1.3 Ben Jonson's Discoveries•10 Minuten
D 1.4 The Preface Poets•7 Minuten
D 2.1 The Droeshout Portrait - Reception•4 Minuten
D 2.2 Was Droeshout the Younger Incompetent?•3 Minuten
D 2.3 The Droeshout Portrait from a Non-Stratfordian Perspective•7 Minuten
D 2.4 'Look Not on His Picture' - Analysis•6 Minuten
D 3.1 The Folio Link to the Stratford-on-Avon•2 Minuten
D 3.2 Thy Stratford Monument•4 Minuten
D 3.3 Sweet Swan of Avon!•8 Minuten
D 4.1 Jonson's Eulogy - Seeliest Ignorance•9 Minuten
D 4.2 Jonson's Eulogy - A Monument without A Tomb•4 Minuten
D 4.3 Interview with Alexander Waugh Part 3•7 Minuten
D 5.1 Interview with Alexander Waugh Part 4•9 Minuten
D 5.2 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 4•6 Minuten
D 5.3 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 5•7 Minuten
D 5.4 Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 4•7 Minuten
D 5.5 Module Summary•4 Minuten
1 Lektüre•Insgesamt 10 Minuten
D 4.4 Was Ben Jonson accused of 'raping' Shakespeare?•10 Minuten
4 Aufgaben•Insgesamt 120 Minuten
D 1.5 The First Folio Preface•30 Minuten
D 2.5 The Droeshout Portrait•30 Minuten
D 3.4 Stratford-upon-Avon and the First Folio•30 Minuten
D 4.5 Ben Jonson and Shakespeare•30 Minuten
2 Diskussionsthemen•Insgesamt 20 Minuten
D 5.6 (Optional) Discuss the First Folio Preface•10 Minuten
(Optional) D 5.7 General Authorship Question discussion•10 Minuten
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