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Literature 2

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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

Syllabus

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A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey: Crash Course Literature 201.
Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex: Crash Course Literature 202.
Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part 1: Crash Course Literature 203.
Ophelia, Gertrude, and Regicide - Hamlet Part 2: Crash Course Literature 204.
Don't Reanimate Corpses! Frankenstein Part 1: Crash Course Literature 205.
Frankenstein, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 206.
Reader, it's Jane Eyre - Crash Course Literature 207.
If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart Part 1: Crash Course Literature 208.
Things Fall Apart, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 209.
To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 1 - Crash Course Literature 210.
Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird: Crash Course Literature 211.
Aliens, Time Travel, and Dresden - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 1: Crash Course Literature 212.
PTSD and Alien Abduction - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2: Crash Course Literature 213.
Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved: Crash Course Literature 214.
Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance: Crash Course Literature 215.
The Poetry of Sylvia Plath: Crash Course Literature 216.

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