Crash Course Literature

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Nov 15, 2012 (en) Documentary [12] Min

First Air Date

Nov 15, 2012
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Crash Course Literature
Release

Nov 15, 2012
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Overview

John Green teaches you literature in an exciting, entertaining, and endlessly informative manner.

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Specials ( 2013-05-30)

episodes

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Episode: 1

Literature 1 ( 2012-11-15)

In 8 episodes, John Green dives into literature! The analyses and books chosen in this course are based on introductory college-level curriculum and the AP Literature guidelines. By the end of this course, you will be able to: *Use characters and setting to explore a range of values, beliefs, assumptions, biases, and cultural norms *Discuss the role of the narrator and how their perspective affects how readers experience and interpret a text *Recognize comparisons, representations, and associations that invite readers to interpret a text *Explain the function of significant events in a plot, as well as the contributions of structure, sequence, contrast, and conflict *Employ different lenses and focal points to read a text multiple ways and recognize the glorious ambiguity of literature *Discuss how different texts employ time as a theme

episodes

How and Why We Read

Episode: 1

Of Pentameter & Bear Baiting - Romeo & Juliet Part I

Episode: 2

Love or Lust? Romeo and Juliet Part II

Episode: 3

Like Pale Gold - The Great Gatsby Part I

Episode: 4

Was Gatsby Great? The Great Gatsby Part 2

Episode: 5

Language, Voice, and Holden Caulfield: The Catcher in the Rye Part 1

Episode: 6

Holden, JD, and the Red Cap: The Catcher in the Rye Part 2

Episode: 7

Before I Got My Eye Put Out - The Poetry of Emily Dickinson

Episode: 8

Literature 2 ( 2014-02-27)

In 16 episodes, John Green discusses more literature! The analyses and books chosen in this course are based on introductory college-level curriculum and the AP Literature guidelines. By the end of this course, you will be able to: *Use characters and setting to explore a range of values, beliefs, assumptions, biases, and cultural norms *Discuss the role of the narrator and how their perspective affects how readers experience and interpret a text *Recognize comparisons, representations, and associations that invite readers to interpret a text *Explain the function of significant events in a plot, as well as the contributions of structure, sequence, contrast, and conflict *Employ different lenses and focal points to read a text multiple ways and recognize the glorious ambiguity of literature *Discuss how different texts explore the themes of mortal and divine justice, and the perpetual cycle of violence

episodes

A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey

Episode: 1

Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex

Episode: 2

Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part 1

Episode: 3

Ophelia, Gertrude, and Regicide - Hamlet Part

Episode: 4

Don't Reanimate Corpses! Frankenstein Part 1

Episode: 5

Frankenstein, Part 2

Episode: 6

Reader, it's Jane Eyre

Episode: 7

If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart Part 1

Episode: 8

Things Fall Apart, Part 2

Episode: 9

To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 1

Episode: 10

Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird

Episode: 11

Aliens, Time Travel, and Dresden - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 1

Episode: 12

PTSD and Alien Abduction - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2

Episode: 13

Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved

Episode: 14

Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance

Episode: 15

The Poetry of Sylvia Plath

Episode: 16

Literature 3 ( 2016-07-07)

In 9 episodes, John Green reads even more literature! The analyses and books chosen in this course are based on introductory college-level curriculum and the AP Literature guidelines. By the end of this course, you will be able to: *Use characters and setting to explore a range of values, beliefs, assumptions, biases, and cultural norms *Discuss the role of the narrator and how their perspective affects how readers experience and interpret a text *Recognize comparisons, representations, and associations that invite readers to interpret a text *Explain the function of significant events in a plot, as well as the contributions of structure, sequence, contrast, and conflict *Employ different lenses and focal points to read a text multiple ways and recognize the glorious ambiguity of literature *Discuss how different texts explore the theme of “self” and how it is made

episodes

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Episode: 1

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Part 1

Episode: 2

The Raft, the River, and The Weird Ending of Huckleberry Finn

Episode: 3

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Episode: 4

Lord of the Flies

Episode: 5

100 Years of Solitude Part 1

Episode: 6

100 Years of Solitude Part 2

Episode: 7

Invisible Man

Episode: 8

Sula

Episode: 9

Literature 4 ( 2017-11-07)

In 12 episodes, John Green is back to talk about books. That’s right, more Crash Course Literature! The analyses and books chosen in this course are based on introductory college-level curriculum and the AP Literature guidelines. By the end of this course, you will be able to: *Use characters and setting to explore a range of values, beliefs, assumptions, biases, and cultural norms *Discuss the role of the narrator and how their perspective affects how readers experience and interpret a text *Recognize comparisons, representations, and associations that invite readers to interpret a text *Explain the function of significant events in a plot, as well as the contributions of structure, sequence, contrast, and conflict *Employ different lenses and focal points to read a text multiple ways and recognize the glorious ambiguity of literature *Question the notion of genre and place, in particular dystopias, and their impact on free will and politics

episodes

1984 by George Orwell, Part 1

Episode: 1

George Orwell's 1984, Part 2

Episode: 2

The Handmaid's Tale, Part 1

Episode: 3

The Handmaid's Tale, Part 2

Episode: 4

Candide

Episode: 5

The Parable of the Sower

Episode: 6

The Yellow Wallpaper

Episode: 7

To the Lighthouse

Episode: 8

Free Will, Witches, Murder, and Macbeth, Part 1

Episode: 9

Gender, Guilt, and Fate - Macbeth, Part 2

Episode: 10

Pride and Prejudice, Part 1

Episode: 11

Liberals, Conservatives, and Pride and Prejudice, Part 2

Episode: 12

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