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Crash Course: Literature

Summary John Green argues that reading is about effectively communicating with other people. Unlike direct communication, writers have to communicate with strangers, through time and space. So how's that going to work? View more details

  • 2022
  • TV-G

Crash Course: Literature

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Stars : John Green Stan Muller

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 21, 2022

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Crash Course Website

Language : English

Summary John Green argues that reading is about effectively communicating with other people. Unlike direct communication, writers have to communicate with strangers, through time and space. So how's that going to work? View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Apr 21, 2022

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Crash Course Website

Language : English

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Apr 21, 2022
The Catcher in the Rye
John Green breaks down how and why we read before digging into JD Salinger's classic novel, THE CATCHER IN THE RYE.
Episode 2 • Apr 21, 2022
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
In which John Green takes us to the Mississippi River to embark on Mark Twain's THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN. We'll discuss what Twain's work said about life in America and the Civil War as well as examine the symbolism of the novel.
Episode 3 • Apr 21, 2022
1984
In which John Green discusses language, surveillance and government in George Orwell's dystopian novel 1984.
Episode 4 • Apr 21, 2022
Langston Hughes and Beloved
John Green teaches us about the poetry of Langston Hughes as well as his involvement in the Harlem Renaissance. John gives us an overview of Toni Morrison's BELOVED and its relation to slavery and American culture.
Episode 5 • Apr 21, 2022
To Kill a Mockingbird
John Green gives a breakdown of Harper Lee's TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. We'll look to the novel as commentary on racism and the patriarchy of the American South while examining race, gender and class through the lens of the author.
Episode 6 • Apr 21, 2022
100 Years of Solitude
In which John Green explores Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE. We'll take a look at the role of time in the book as well as how individual perspectives influence the idea of history.
Episode 7 • Apr 21, 2022
Pride and Prejudice
In which John Greene talks about Jane Austen's life, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE as a product of Regency England and making choices. We will also discuss whether the novel has a liberal or conservative message.
Episode 8 • Apr 21, 2022
Sula and the Parable of the Sower
In which John Green talks us through SULA, Toni Morrison's moving novel on friendship, betrayal and loss. In part two, we examine Octavia Butler's near-future dystopian coming of age novel, THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER.
Episode 9 • Apr 21, 2022
Jane Eyre and To the Lighthouse
In which John Green teaches us about Charlotte Brontë's classic coming of age novel JANE EYRE. In part two, John takes us through Virginia Woolf's modernist novel TO THE LIGHTHOUSE, a pioneering literary work that explores point of view and narrative flow.
Episode 10 • Apr 21, 2022
Frankenstein
In which John Green delves into Mary Shelley's literary piece FRANKENSTEIN, which kicked off the cultural phenomenon. In addition to the plot, John examines the moral limitations of science and the Romantic movement in English literature, of which the novel is a great example.
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