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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
