Masterpieces of World Literature (offered by HarvardX)
This literature course examines how great authors refract their reality and modify their works when they intervene in today's global cultural milieu. No national literature has ever developed in isolation from the cultures surrounding it; great works of literature have examined the tensions, conflicts, and linkages among nearby civilizations and, in some cases, even further away places, since the dawn of time.
This course will examine the various 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. It will focus particularly on works of literature that take the experience of the wider world as their theme.
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
Syllabus:
- 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
Enroll here: https://www.edx.org/course/masterpieces-of-world-literature
