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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 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 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...

The course is an introduction to Dante and his cultural milieu through a critical reading of the Divine Comedy and selected minor works (Vita nuova, Convivio, De vulgari...

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.

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students will explore the Holocaust from the overlapping perspectives of literature and history—through memoirs, historical documents, poetry, documentary...

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

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

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 (MOOC) aims at providing students with a deeper knowledge of Chinese culture, thus enabling them to better understand China. It covers topics such as...

Diese Online-Vorlesung untersucht moderne Ästhetikkonzepte und Ansätze mittelalterlicher Kunsttheorie bei literarischen Texten des 12. und 13. Jahrhunderts.

Diese Vorlesungsreihe diskutiert verschiedene Aspekte von Parallelgesellschaften, v.a. in der Literatur.

Diese Vorlesungsserie beleuchtet die verschiedenen Facetten des Werks von Rousseau (u.a. politische Philosophie, Literatur und Sprache, Pädagogik) und seiner Aktualität ebenso...

Diese Online-Vorlesung gibt eine literaturwissenschaftliche Einführung in die Neuere Deutsche Literatur.In 10 Videovorlesungen verschiedener Dozenten werden viele grundlegende...

Exil – Literatur – Judentum

Diese Videovorlesung gibt eine Einführung in Gattungstheorie und -geschichte. Die begleitenden Folien zur Vorlesung werden eingeblendet.

In dieser Videovorlesung erläutern verschiedene Dozenten ausgewählte Aspekte der Literaturwissenschaft. U.a. wird der richtige Umgang mit alten Texten erörtert.