Advanced Search

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...

In this online course, eighteen experienced faculty members from across the United States present their analyses of ground-breaking modern American poets—from Whitman and...

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

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 explores the writings of famous American authors from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Harriet Beecher Stowe to Mark Twain, and examines the historic role Dartmouth College...

This course will cover key poetic terms and devices by studying poems by a handful of modern and contemporary poets and then get a chance to try our own hand at writing new poem...

This online course (MOOC) explores various learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines. It teaches how the...

This online coures explores the literature and heroes of ancient Greece through the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey, the tragedies of Sophocles, the dialogues of Plato, and more.

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

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

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

In this online course, bestseller author James Patterson teaches the art of the book writing process. The course includes more than 20 video lessons and various supplemental...

The course presents the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. Lectures will provide background for the readings and explicate them where appropriate, while...

In this course, students will explore the Holocaust from the overlapping perspectives of literature and history—through memoirs, historical documents, poetry, documentary...

Whether you're beginning your novel draft or nearing the end, this course is a unique opportunity to learn the essentials of strong fiction writing from award-winning authors...

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