Modernism Courses and Certifications

First Nights - Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring: Modernism, Ballet, and Riots

7 ratings at edX

Learn the fascinating history of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring , one of the most challenging and rewarding ballets ever written.

• edX
• 3 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

What is Irony? (Live Online)

33 ratings at CourseHorse

Examine irony as both a literary technique and a political force, shaping how truth, sincerity, and meaning are understood.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• $335.00

Proust in Time: The Fugitive (Live Online)

33 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore a haunting world where memory, desire, and history intertwine in the shadowed landscape of Proust’s late masterpiece.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• $335.00

Proust in Time: The Fugitive (Live Online)

33 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore a haunting world where memory, desire, and history intertwine in the shadowed landscape of Proust’s late masterpiece.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• $335.00

Gillian Rose: Marxist Modernism (Live Online)

32 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore Gillian Rose's groundbreaking lectures on Critical Theory, aesthetics, and politics, which illuminate the works of Adorno, Benjamin, Bloch, and others while challenging traditional interpretations of the Frankfurt School.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• $335.00

Composing the Century: American Musical Modernism (Live Online)

33 ratings at CourseHorse

Explore how American composers shaped a distinct modern musical voice amid global cultural change.

• CourseHorse
• 12 hours
• On-Demand
• $335.00

Imagism in Modern Poetry - Hilda Doolittle and Ezra Pound

Explore Imagism through Ezra Pound and Hilda Doolittle's works. Analyze key poems, understand Imagist principles, and discover Pound's translations of Chinese poetry in this insightful lecture.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner - American Modernism and World War I - Lecture 1

Explore Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner's works through global geopolitics, experimental narration, and sensory detail, examining their shared preoccupation with World War I's impact on narrative irony.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction - Part 3

Explore Walter Benjamin's seminal essay on art and technology, examining its impact on cultural production and reception in the modern era.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

T.S. Eliot's "Tradition and Individual Talent"

Explore T.S. Eliot's influential essay on literary criticism, examining the relationship between tradition and individual artistic expression in poetry.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones - Part 1

Explore Eugene O'Neil's "The Emperor Jones," analyzing historical context, color symbolism, and character dynamics in this thought-provoking theatrical work.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Viktor Shklovsky's Art as Technique

Explore Viktor Shklovsky's influential essay on literary theory, examining how art defamiliarizes the familiar to enhance perception and create aesthetic experiences.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Aspen Institute

How Bauhaus Is It? Exploring Alternative Narratives and Legacies

Explore unexpected Bauhaus objects to uncover alternative narratives, revealing the aesthetic, technological, and political impact of "Bauhaus thinking" and its limitations.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

The Aspen Institute

Ten Things to Know About the Bauhaus

Explore key principles of the Bauhaus, its historical context, and enduring influence on modern art and design through insights from MoMA curators Bergdoll and Dickerman.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Poetry in America: Modernism

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Reading works by Robert Frost, T.S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, Marianne Moore, William Carlos Williams, and Wallace Stevens, among others, learn how American Modernist poetry departed from past traditions and past forms.

• edX
• 8 weeks, 3-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)