English Literature: Understanding Shakespeare
English Literature: Understanding Shakespeare Get to Grips with the Language, Themes and Influence of One of Literature's Greatest Writers
What you'll learn
- Discover what made Shakespeare one of the greatest writers in world literature
- Understand Shakespeare's language
- Find out about the themes of his plays and poetry
- Engage with modern and historical criticism of Shakespeare's work
- See Shakespeare in his historical and literary contexts
- Enjoy some of the most beautiful literature ever written
- Quote Shakespeare
- Use the set discussion questions and resources to formulate your own reponse to the texts
- Learn about Shakespeare's tragedies, comedies, romances, historical playsl classical plays, problem plays and his long poems and sonnets
- Should you choose, you can engage with other students and the instructor at the monthly book club
- Excel at English Literature tests and essays on Shakespeare
- Discover great resources for studying the work of Shakespeare
