Об этом курсе: This free 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.
Для кого этот курс: Shakespeare aficionados and novices alike will find something of interest in this course; likewise anyone interested in logical reasoning, literary history, and the use of evidence. It is pitched at a level suitable for foundation year undergraduates. Although it's structured as a 4 week course, you can do it at your own pace.
Автор: University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London
Преподаватели: Ros Barber, Dr
English and Comparative Literature
| Уровень | Начинающий |
| Выполнение | 4 weeks of study, 3-4 hours/week. |
| Язык | English |
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НЕДЕЛЯ 1
Understanding the Question
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.
20 видео, 4 материала для самостоятельного изучения, 1 тренировочный тест
- Reading: A 1.2 Terms of Reference
- Cuestionario de práctica: A 1.3 Starting Point
- Видео: A 1.4 The role of belief in interpretation
- Видео: A 1.5 Interview with Kris De Meyer Part 1
- Видео: A 1.6 Interview with Kris De Meyer Part 2
- Видео: A 2.1 "Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare"
- Видео: A 2.2 The "man-shaped hole"
- Видео: A 2.3 Personal vs Impersonal Testimony
- Видео: A 2.4 Literary Paper Trails
- Reading: A 2.5 Absence of Evidence
- Видео: A 3.1 Shakspere as a broker
- Видео: A 3.2 The Shakespeare Apocrypha
- Видео: A 3.3 Was Shakspere a Playbroker?
- Видео: A 3.4 Thomas Heywood and 'The Author'
- Reading: A 3.6 Addendum
- Видео: A 4.1 Ben Jonson's poem 'On Poet-Ape' - An Introduction
- Видео: A 4.2 "On Poet-Ape" - Textual Analysis
- Видео: A 4.3 Shakespeare in the Parnassus Plays
- Reading: A 4.4 Is John Marston a strong contender for Poet-Ape?
- Видео: A 5.1 Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 1
- Видео: A 5.2 Interview with Alexander Waugh Part 1
- Видео: A 5.3 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 1
- Видео: A 5.4 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 2
- Видео: A 5.5 Module Summary
- Discussion Prompt: (Optional) A 5.6 Does the authorship question matter?
Оцениваемый: A 1.7 The effect of belief on interpretation
Оцениваемый: A 2.6 The main arguments
Оцениваемый: A 3.5 Broker theory
Оцениваемый: A 4.5 Analysis of 'On Poet-Ape'
НЕДЕЛЯ 2
The Man and the Author
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”.
22 видео, 2 материала для самостоятельного изучения
- Видео: B 1.2 Hand D - Handwriting Argument
- Видео: B 1.3 Hand D - Spelling Argument
- Видео: B 1.4 Hand D - Content Argument
- Видео: B 1.5 Hand D - Author or Scribe?
- Reading: B 1.6 For and Against "Hand D = Shakespeare"
- Видео: B 2.1 A Hidden Author?
- Видео: B 2.2 Marston and Hall - Labeo Part 1
- Видео: B 2.3 Marston and Hall - Labeo Part 2
- Видео: B 2.4 'Concealed Poets' and 'Our English Terence'
- Видео: B 2.5 Does Hyphenation Imply Anonymity?
- Видео: B 3.1 'Not Without Right' - Shakspere's Coat of Arms
- Видео: B 3.2 Coat of Arms - Insulso Sogliardo
- Видео: B 3.3 Coat of Arms - The Authorship Argument
- Видео: B 4.1 The Upstart Crow - Allusion or Illusion?
- Видео: B 4.2 Was Groats-worth Greene's?
- Видео: B 4.3 The Upstart Crow as Edward Alleyn
- Видео: B 4.4 Shake-scene and the 'Tiger's Heart'
- Reading: B 4.6 Addendum
- Видео: B 5.1 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 3
- Видео: B 5.2 Interview with Gregory Thompson Part 1
- Видео: B 5.3 Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 2
- Видео: B 5.4 Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 3
- Видео: B 5.5 Module Summary
- Discussion Prompt: (Optional) B 5.6 A Different Poet-Ape?
Оцениваемый: B 1.7 Shakespeare and 'Hand D'
Оцениваемый: B 2.6 16th Century Authorship Doubt
Оцениваемый: B 3.4 Shakspere's Coat of Arms
Оцениваемый: B 4.5 The Upstart Crow
НЕДЕЛЯ 3
The Evidence from Stratford-upon-Avon
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.
22 видео, 2 материала для самостоятельного изучения
- Видео: C 1.2 Stratford-upon-Avon, Drayton and Dr Hall
- Видео: C 1.3 Stratford-upon-Avon's New Vicar
- Видео: C 1.4 Shakspere's Lodger
- Видео: C 2.1 Shakspere's Literacy
- Видео: C 2.2 Shakspere's Daughters' Literacy 1
- Видео: C 2.3 Shakspere's Daughters' Literacy 2
- Видео: C 2.4 Shakespeare's Education
- Reading: C 2.6 Addendum
- Reading: C 3.1 Shakespeare and Stratford - Bardolph and Fluellen
- Видео: C 3.2 Shakespeare and Stratford - Shrewish places
- Видео: C 3.3 Shakespeare and Stratford - The Shrew's Induction
- Видео: C 3.4 Shakespeare and Stratford - Dialect words
- Видео: C 4.1 The Stratford Monument - Introduction
- Видео: C 4.2 Stratford and the William Basse Elegy
- Видео: C 4.3 Was the Stratford Monument Altered?
- Видео: C 4.4 Analysis of the Monument Poem
- Видео: C 4.5 Analysis of the Latin Lines
- Видео: C 5.1 Interview with Alexander Waugh - Part 2
- Видео: C 5.2 Interview with Gregory Thompson Part 2
- Видео: C 5.3 Interview with Gregory Thompson Part 3
- Видео: C 5.4 Interview with Peter Dawkins Part 1
- Видео: C 5.5 Interview with Peter Dawkins Part 2
- Видео: C 5.6 Module Summary
- Discussion Prompt: (Optional) C 5.7 The Stratford-upon-Avon evidence
Оцениваемый: C 1.5 Stratford Connections
Оцениваемый: C 2.5 Literacy and Education
Оцениваемый: C 3.5 Warwickshire references in Shakespeare
Оцениваемый: C 4.6 The Stratford Monument
НЕДЕЛЯ 4
The First Folio as Proof of Authorship
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..
19 видео, 1 материал для самостоятельного изучения
- Видео: D 1.2 The First Folio Letters
- Видео: D 1.3 Ben Jonson's Discoveries
- Видео: D 1.4 The Preface Poets
- Видео: D 2.1 The Droeshout Portrait - Reception
- Видео: D 2.2 Was Droeshout the Younger Incompetent?
- Видео: D 2.3 The Droeshout Portrait from a Non-Stratfordian Perspective
- Видео: D 2.4 'Look Not on His Picture' - Analysis
- Видео: D 3.1 The Folio Link to the Stratford-on-Avon
- Видео: D 3.2 Thy Stratford Monument
- Видео: D 3.3 Sweet Swan of Avon!
- Видео: D 4.1 Jonson's Eulogy - Seeliest Ignorance
- Видео: D 4.2 Jonson's Eulogy - A Monument without A Tomb
- Видео: D 4.3 Interview with Alexander Waugh Part 3
- Reading: D 4.4 Was Ben Jonson accused of 'raping' Shakespeare?
- Видео: D 5.1 Interview with Alexander Waugh Part 4
- Видео: D 5.2 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 4
- Видео: D 5.3 Interview with Sir Mark Rylance Part 5
- Видео: D 5.4 Interview with Professor William Leahy Part 4
- Видео: D 5.5 Module Summary
- Discussion Prompt: D 5.6 (Optional) Discuss the First Folio Preface
- Discussion Prompt: (Optional) D 5.7 General Authorship Question discussion
Оцениваемый: D 1.5 The First Folio Preface
Оцениваемый: D 2.5 The Droeshout Portrait
Оцениваемый: D 3.4 Stratford-upon-Avon and the First Folio
Оцениваемый: D 4.5 Ben Jonson and Shakespeare
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knowledge is the power ,enjoyed this course .something totally different .
Lots of detailed info about the evidence for and against.
the issues are really interesting and well explained and supported and developed.
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JC
Brilliant, really interesting and very professional course about Shakespeare (and Shakspere). Thanks to Ros Barber, Goldsmith College and the University of London for offering it. I always wanted to base my PhD on this topic (PhD that I hope I can make some day) but after finishing this course I am even more interested. Thank you.