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This online course explores the role of books during the Enlightenment and how literature emerged as a modern form of culture.

This online lecture series gives an introduction to design thinking. The main focus of the lectures is the theoretical background of design thinking, including the relevant...

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

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 the foundations of gender and sexuality, covering key topics in the fields of literature, language, geography, history, political science, sociology,...

This course examines how the idea of "the modern" develops at the end of the 18th century in European philosophy and literature, and how being modern became one of the crucial...

This series of online courses gives an introduction to Generative Art, i.e. the practice of generative systems (such as computers) applied to creative tasks. The courses include...

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 (MOOC) teaches about the history and development of world literature. The course explores how literature developed within cultures and how literary works and...

This online course explores one of the most popular and widely read literary sub-genres of crime fiction. It includes modules on its history, the various sub-genres, narrative...

This course examines major works by Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner, exploring their interconnections on three analytic scales: the macro history of the United States and...

These short online courses provided by Skillshare cover various topics around creative writing, including creative fiction and non-fiction, screenwriting, ebooks, editorial...

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 focusses on the historical and cultural background, literary aesthetics, music, and performance of Kunqu, China’s classical opera. After viewing the lecture...

This course is a unique and exciting introduction to the genre and craft of historical fiction, for curious students, aspiring authors--anyone with a passion for the past.

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

This online course teaches the fundamentals of story structure. It shows how to complete a detailed, scene-by-scene outline of a novel idea. The course includes topics such...

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