Course description
Masterpieces of World Literature
This literature course explores how great writers refract their world and how their works are transformed when they intervene in our global cultural landscape today.
No national literature has ever grown up in isolation from the cultures around it; from the earliest periods, great works of literature have probed the tensions, conflicts, and connections among neighboring cultures and often more distant regions as well.
Focusing particularly on works of literature that take the experience of the wider world as their theme, this course will explore the varied artistic modes in which great writers have situated themselves in the world, helping us to understand the deep roots of today's intertwined global cultures.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
Prerequisites
None
Outcome / Qualification etc.
What you'll learn
- The history of World Literature
- How literary works and books are transformed by cultural transmission
- How to critically analyze literary works
- The significance of major technological advances in writing
Training Course Content
- Section 1:Goethe and the Birth of World Literature
- Section 2:The Epic of Gilgamesh
- Section 3: Homer,The Odyssey
- Section 4:The 1001 Nights
- Section 5: Murasaki Shikibu,The Tale of Genji
- Section 6:The Lusiads
- Section 7: Voltaire,Candide
- Section 8:Lu Xun and Eileen Chang
- Section 9: Jorge Luis Borges,Ficciones
- Section 10:Wole Soyinka,Death and the King's Horseman
- Section 11:Salman Rushdie and Jhumpa Lahiri
- Section 12: Orhan Pamuk,My Name is Red
Course delivery details
This course is offered through Harvard University, a partner institute of EdX.
5-7 hours per week
Expenses
- Verified Track -$199
- Audit Track - Free