Crash Course Literature

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A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey
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In which John Green teaches you about Homer's Odyssey. If it was Homer's If Homer was even real. Anyway, that stuff doesn't really matter. John teaches you the classic, by which I mean .. show full overview
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Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex
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In which John Green teaches you about one of the least family-friendly family dramas in the history of family dramas, Oedipus Rex. Sophocles' most famous play sees it's main character, .. show full overview
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Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part I
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In which John Green teaches you about Hamlet, William Shakespeare's longest and most-performed play. People love Hamlet. The play that is, not necessarily the character. Hamlet is a .. show full overview
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Ophelia, Gertrude, and Regicide - Hamlet II
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In which John Green teaches you MORE about Bill Shakespeare's Hamlet. John talks about gender roles in Hamlet, and what kind of power and agency Ophelia and Gertrude had, if they had any .. show full overview
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Don't Reanimate Corpses! Frankenstein Part 1
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In which John Green teaches you about Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. Sure, you know Frankenstein the cultural phenomenon, but how much do you know about the novel that started it .. show full overview
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Frankenstein Part II
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In which John Green continues to teach you about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. You'll learn about romantic vs Romantic, the latter of which is a literary movement. John will also look at .. show full overview
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Reader, it's Jane Eyre
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In which John Green teaches you about Charlotte Brontë's classic coming of age novel, Jane Eyre. Look, we don't like to make judgement values here, but Jane Eyre is awesome. By which we .. show full overview
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If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart Part I
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In which John Green teaches you about Chinua Achebe's 1958 novel, Things Fall Apart. You'll learn about Igboland, a region in modern day Nigeria, prior to the arrival of the British .. show full overview
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Things Fall Apart, Part 2
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In which John Green concludes teaching you about Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. You'll learn about the historical contexts of Things Fall Apart, including 19th century colonization .. show full overview
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Part I
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In which John Green teaches you about Harper Lee's famous (and only) novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. John will cover a bit about Harper Lee's personal life, (seeing as this novel has some .. show full overview
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Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird
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In which John Green teaches you MORE about To Kill a Mockingbird. In this installment, John teaches you about race, class, and gender in the American south, as seen through the eyes of .. show full overview
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Aliens, Time Travel, and Dresden -Slaughterhouse-Five Part I
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In which John Green teaches you about Kurt Vonnegut's most famous novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. Vonnegut wrote the book in the Vietnam era, and it closely mirrors his personal experiences .. show full overview
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PTSD and Alien Abduction - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2
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In which John Green continues to teach you about Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. (WARNING: When Slaughterhouse-Five was published, some of the crude language in the book caused .. show full overview
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Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved
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In which John Green teaches you about Beloved by Toni Morrison. I'll warn you up front, this book is something of a downer. That's because it deals with subjects like slavery, the death .. show full overview
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Langston Hughes & the Harlem Renaissance
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In which John Green teaches you about the poetry of Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes was a poet and playwright in the first half of the 20th century, and he was involved in the Harlem .. show full overview
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The Poetry of Sylvia Plath
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In which John Green teaches you about the poetry of Sylvia Plath. When a lot of people think about Sylvia Plath, they think about her struggles with mental illness and her eventual .. show full overview

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