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Taking this course, students will question for themselves the meaning of human freedom, responsibility and identity by reading and responding to Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.

This online course prepares participants to read more deeply and write more clearly about works of literature. They will learn to appreciate literature from different genres....

This course will teach what social innovations are and how they can help solve societal problems. It also gives an overview of important literature and debates on social...

This course is a fast-paced introduction to modern and contemporary U.S. poetry, with an emphasis on experimental verse, from Dickinson and Whitman to the present.

Focused on Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings Online, this course explores what happens to stories and films when they are turned into online games.

This hands-on course helps learners to get started with their own fiction writing, focusing on the central skill of creating characters.

This online course provides a journey through the literature of English country houses from the time of Thomas More to Oscar Wilde.

This online course teaches about Shakespeare’s plays and their influence through a focus on emotions such as love, hate, and jealousy.

This module is the second of three modules that compose the full course. In this part, students are invited to follow the Pilgrim Dante, who emerges with Virgil onto the Isle of...

This online course program explores the cultural significance of Shakespeare’s plays.

This online course explores the richness and diversity of Chinese culture by analyzing the role of art, literature and the concept of the 'noble hero'.

This online course explores literature and interpretation in the Digital Age. It shows new ways of interpreting literary texts, from time-tested methods to computer-assisted...

This online course explores the magnetic and ambivalent character of Shylock in William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.

This online course explores Shakespeare's mature plays of tragic love, Othello and King Lear, and what makes them so powerful and enduring.

This online course explores the Shakespeare authorship question, i.e. the doubt about the authorship of Shakespeare's texts.

This course is for curious students and aspiring authors with a passion for writing for young readers. This course will guide you with a combination of video lectures, online...

This online course gives an introduction to Gothic cathedrals. The course explores the art, literature, intellectual life, economics, and social arrangements that arose in the...

This online course covers texts from the domains of classical literature, history, philosophy, and fine arts.

This online course explores the history of the book during the early modern period and shows how the invention of printing revolutionized our world.

This online course explores the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays.