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Harvard University
XSeries Program inShakespeare's Life, Work, and Characters
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What you will learn

  • Explore the implications of different theatrical and performance interpretations.
  • Appreciate Shakespearean dramaturgy and language.
  • How Shakespeare’s work was considered in his own time and in the present, in his own country and around the world.
  • Foundational knowledge on the cultural significance of Shakespeare’s plays.
  • Identify historical contexts that illuminate Shakespeare’s artistic choices.

  • Expert instruction
    4 high-quality courses
  • Self-paced
    Progress at your own speed
  • 4 months
    5 - 7 hours per week
  • Discounted price:$536.40 Original price:$596.00 USD
    For the full program experience

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HarvardX's Shakespeare's Life, Work, and Characters XSeries Program

Meet your instructors
from Harvard University (HarvardX)

Stephen Greenblatt
Stephen Greenblatt

Cogan University Professor of the Humanities

Harvard University

Bailey Sincox
Bailey Sincox

Teaching Assistant

Harvard University

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Discounted price:$536.40 Original price:$596.00 USD

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