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ChinaX Book Club: Five Authors, Five Books, Five Views of China (edX)

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ChinaX Book Club: Five Authors, Five Books, Five Views of China (edX)
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An exploration of the dynamics of contemporary China using the tools of close reading, discussion, and analysis. How can literature and literary analysis allow us to understand the dynamics of contemporary China? China’s historical and cultural transformations, and its imaginary and actual engagements in everyday life are vividly dramatized [...]

Literature in the Digital Age: from Close Reading to Distant Reading (FutureLearn)

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Literature in the Digital Age: from Close Reading to Distant Reading (FutureLearn)
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Learn new ways of interpreting literary texts, from time-tested methods to computer-assisted practices such as distant reading. As we make sense of what we read, we construe meaning using the ancient cultural technique of interpretation. Only rarely do we actually reflect this process: what are the means that help [...]

What is Poetry? An Introduction to Literary Analysis (edX)

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What is Poetry? An Introduction to Literary Analysis (edX)
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Understand the basics of poetry analysis and learn key skills for studying English literature by exploring a variety of texts. What are the different ways you can understand a poem? How do different elements of a poem work together? What difference does context make to literature?