Name: Crash Course: Literature 2
Uploaded: 2014
Description: In which John Green teaches you about a future in which he'll teach you about literature!

In which John Green teaches you about a future in which he'll teach you about literature!

In which John Green teaches you about Homer's Odyssey. If it was Homer's If Homer was even real. Anyway, that stuff doesn't really matter. John teaches you the classic, by which I mean classical, epic poem, the Odyssey.

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A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey: Crash Course Literature 201

In which John Green teaches you about one of the least family-friendly family dramas in the history of family dramas, Oedipus Rex.

Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex: Crash Couse Literature 202

In which John Green teaches you about Hamlet, William Shakespeare's longest and most-performed play. People love Hamlet. The play that is, not necessarily the character. Hamlet is a Tragedy with a capital T.

Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part 1: Crash Course Literature 203

In which John Green teaches you MORE about Bill Shakespeare's Hamlet. John talks about gender roles in Hamlet, and what kind of power and agency Ophelia and Gertrude had if they had any at all (spoiler alert: we think they did).

Ophelia, Gertrude, adn Regicide - Hamlet Part 2: Crash Course Literature 204

In which John Green teaches you about Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. Sure, you know Frankenstein the cultural phenomenon, but how much do you know about the novel that started it all?

Don't Reanimate Corpses! Frankenstein Part 1: Crash Course Literature 205

In which John Green continues to teach you about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. You'll learn about romantic vs Romantic, the latter of which is a literary movement.

Frankenstein, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 206

In which John Green teaches you about Charlotte Bront?'s classic coming of age novel, Jane Eyre. Look, we don't like to make judgment values here, but Jane Eyre is awesome.

Reader, it's Jane Eyre - Crash Course Literature 207

In which John Green teaches you about Chinua Achebe's 1958 novel, Things Fall Apart. You'll learn about Igboland, a region in modern-day Nigeria, prior to the arrival of the British Empire.

If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart Part 1: Crash Course Literature 208

In which John Green concludes by teaching you about Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. You'll learn about the historical contexts of Things Fall Apart, including 19th-century colonization and 20th-century decolonization.

Things Fall Apart, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 209

In which John Green teaches you about Harper Lee's famous (and only) novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. John will cover a bit about Harper Lee's personal life, (seeing as this novel has some autobiographical elements) and her long association with Truman Capote, who figures as a character in the book.

To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 1 - Crash Course Literature 210

In which John Green teaches you about Kurt Vonnegut's most famous novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. Vonnegut wrote the book in the Vietnam era, and it closely mirrors his personal experiences in World War II, as long as you throw out the time travel and aliens and porn stars and stuff.

Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird: Crash Course Literature 211

In which John Green continues to teach you about Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. (WARNING: When Slaughterhouse-Five was published, some of the crude languages in the book caused controversy.

Aliens, Time Travel, and Dresden - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 1: Crash Course Literature 212

PTSD and Alien Abduction - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2: Crash Course Literature 213

In which John Green teaches you about Beloved by Toni Morrison. I'll warn you up front, this book is something of a downer. That's because it deals with subjects like slavery, the death of a child, a potential haunting, and a bunch of other sad stuff.

Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved: Crash Course Literature 214

In which John Green teaches you about the poetry of Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes was a poet and playwright in the first half of the 20th century, and he was involved in the Harlem Renaissance, which was a cultural movement among African Americans that produced great works in literature.

Langston Hughes and the Harlem Rennaissance: Crash Course Literature 215

In which John Green teaches you about the poetry of Sylvia Plath. When a lot of people think about Sylvia Plath, they think about her struggles with mental illness and her eventual suicide. Her actual work can get lost in the shuffle a bit, so this video really tries to focus on the poetry.