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William Shakespeare – poet, playwright and actor. His work has given us a deep and lasting sense of the value of human life and love. Through his insight into his characters’ feelings and emotions, we have gained a world of insight into ourselves – our light and also our darkness.

The History of Shakespeare Diploma Course aims to give you an idea of who Shakespeare was, the world that he was born into and helped to shape, and the reason his plays in particular – though his poetry too – are considered to be the work of a genius.

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William Shakespeare – poet, playwright and actor. His work has given us a deep and lasting sense of the value of human life and love. Through his insight into his characters’ feelings and emotions, we have gained a world of insight into ourselves – our light and also our darkness.

The History of Shakespeare Diploma Course aims to give you an idea of who Shakespeare was, the world that he was born into and helped to shape, and the reason his plays in particular – though his poetry too – are considered to be the work of a genius.

This course is for anyone who wishes to gain a better understanding of Shakespeare himself, the period in which he was active, why his plays and poems were so well received at the time and continue to be so revered.

You’ll also learn about his writing style, the devices he used, and the different forms and categories in which he wrote – providing you with a new, exciting perspective from which to appreciate his work.

  • Introduction
  • Part 1: The Renaissance
  • Part 2: The Start of the English Renaissance
  • Part 3: The Education of Princess Elizabeth
  • Part 4: The Beginning of Elizabethan Theatre
  • Part 5: The Age of the Poet
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 1 Assessment
  • Part 1: Shakespeare’s Parents
  • Part 2: Shakespeare’s Early Childhood
  • Part 3: Anne Hathaway and the Marriage of Shakespeare
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 2 Assessment
  • Part 1: Shakespeare in London
  • Part 2: Patronage in Elizabethan England
  • Part 3: The Development of Theatre Companies and Venues
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 3 Assessment
  • Part 1: A Timeline of Shakespeare’s Plays in the 1590s
  • Part 2: The Genius of Shakespeare
  • Part 3: Innovative Literary Devices
  • Part 4: Shakespeare and King James I
  • Part 5: Returning to Stratford
  • Video: The Sources for Shakespeare's Plays
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 4 Assessment
  • Part 1: Shakespeare´s History Plays in Context
  • Part 2: The Henriad (Major Tetralogy)
  • Part 3: The Minor Tetralogy
  • Part 4: The Final Two History Plays
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 5 Assessment
  • Part 1: Influences on Renaissance Theatre
  • Part 2: Common Features of Shakespearean Tragedy
  • Part 3: Shakespeare’s 10 Tragedies
  • Part 4: Problem Plays
  • Video: Shakespeare's Greatest Villains
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 6 Assessment
  • Part 1: The Difficulty of Categorising Shakespeare’s Comedies
  • Part 2: Elements of Comedies and Romances
  • Part 3: Shakespeare’s Comedies
  • Part 4: Shakespeare’s Romance Plays
  • Video: Cross-Dressing in Shakespeare's Plays
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 7 Assessment
  • Part 1: The History of the Sonnet
  • Part 2: The Sonnet Form
  • Part 3: The “Fair Youth” Sonnets
  • Part 4: The Dark Lady Sonnets
  • Part 5: The Publication of Shakespeare’s Sonnets
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 8 Assessment
  • Part 1: Was Shakespeare Uneducated?
  • Part 2: The Shakespearean Authorship Question
  • Part 3: The Case for Edward de Vere
  • Part 4: The Case for Sir Francis Bacon
  • Part 5: The Case for Emilia Bassano
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Module 9 Assessment
  • Part 1: Life After Shakespeare
  • Part 2: The Slow Road to Bardolatry
  • Part 3: Shakespeare and Language
  • Part 4: Revising History
  • Part 5: The Universality of Shakespeare’s Work
  • Part 6: Shakespeare’s Themes
  • Part 7: Shakespeare in Popular Culture
  • Test Your Knowledge
  • Key Learning Points Exercise
  • Conclusion
  • Module 10 Assessment
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The History of Shakespeare Diploma Course will take you up to 150 hours to complete, working from home. There is no time limit for completing this course, it can be studied in your own time at your own pace.

This is a Level 3 course and will give you 150 CPD (Continued Professional Development) points.

Upon completion of your course assessments, you receive 2 certificates. A certificate from the Centre of Excellence and a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course.

This course is endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme. Therefore, upon successful completion of this course, learners can also receive a certificate of achievement from Quality Licence Scheme and a Learner Unit Summary, which lists the details of all the units the learner has completed as part of the course. (This certificate is optional and costs an additional £25).

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