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AP® English Literature & Composition – Part 2: Poems (edX)

Learn how to read and interpret poetry and enhance your reading and writing skills in preparation for the AP® English Literature & Composition exam. This course prepares you to read more deeply and write more clearly about works of literature. Through an engaging collection of videos, authentic readings, and [...]

Jane Austen: Myth, Reality and Global Celebrity (FutureLearn)

Jan 30th 2023
Jane Austen: Myth, Reality and Global Celebrity (FutureLearn)
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Discover the fascinating story of author Jane Austen, from her own life in Hampshire to what she means to a global audience today. Jane Austen went from being a moderately successful anonymous novelist in her own time to a global celebrity in ours. On this course you will explore [...]

The Ancient Greek Hero (edX)

Discover the literature and heroes of ancient Greece through the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey, the tragedies of Sophocles, the dialogues of Plato, and more. Explore what it means to be human today by studying what it meant to be a hero in ancient Greek times.

Contemporary Russian Literature (Coursera)

We are going to talk about Contemporary literature specifically, but it doesn’t include only the literature of the most recent years. It is technically a course on the history of literature, but the history starting from the late Soviet period up until today. The goal is to show [...]

How To Make A Poem (FutureLearn)

Learn how to 'make' your own poetry by exploring different poetic techniques and styles. Discover the power of poetry, and learn to write your own. This course explores what inspires poetry, how we write poems and how to tell when your poem is finished.

Invitation to The Tale of Genji: The Foundational Elements of Japanese Culture (edX)

Explore the world's oldest novel written in the eleventh century and develop the perspective to understand Japanese classical literature and the foundation of Japanese culture. The Tale of Genji (Genji Monogatari) is a long-form narrative composed in Japan at the beginning of the eleventh century. It depicts relationships both [...]

Shakespeare’s Othello: The Moor (edX)

Explore acts of storytelling in Shakespeare's Othello alongside world-class artists who interpret Othello's story in new forms and contexts today. In this course, we'll read William Shakespeare’s Othello and discuss the play from a variety of perspectives. The goal of the course is not to cover everything that has [...]

Shakespeare's Life and Work (edX)

Learn how to read William Shakespeare's plays through his biography, Elizabethan and Jacobean history, and modern performance. How do we read Shakespeare? Do his plays belong to the past, or the present? To a famed dramatic genius or to readers and audiences around the globe? What do his plays [...]

Shakespeare's Hamlet: The Ghost (edX)

Explore the haunting figure at the heart of one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays. In the first act of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the Ghost of the dead King of Denmark appears to his son, setting off a chain of events that culminates in the play’s notoriously bloody finale. [...]

Il était une fois la littérature de jeunesse (FUN)

Feb 28th 2022
Il était une fois la littérature de jeunesse (FUN)
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Pendant 6 semaines, vous découvrirez les richesses de la littérature de jeunesse dans un MOOC qui évoquera le livre dans sa globalité, depuis ses origines jusqu'aux représentations actuelles. On évoquera les romans, les albums mais également quelques maisons d'édition et leur inscription dans le paysage éditorial, les livres numériques [...]