Crash Course Literature - Literature 2

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

• S2 E1 - A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey

• S2 E2 - Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex

• S2 E3 - Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part 1

• S2 E4 - Ophelia, Gertrude, and Regicide - Hamlet Part

• S2 E5 - Don't Reanimate Corpses! Frankenstein Part 1

• S2 E6 - Frankenstein, Part 2

• S2 E7 - Reader, it's Jane Eyre

• S2 E8 - If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart Part 1

• S2 E9 - Things Fall Apart, Part 2

• S2 E10 - To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 1

• S2 E11 - Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird

• S2 E12 - Aliens, Time Travel, and Dresden - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 1

• S2 E13 - PTSD and Alien Abduction - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2

• S2 E14 - Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved

• S2 E15 - Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance

• S2 E16 - The Poetry of Sylvia Plath