Name: Crash Course: Literature 3
Uploaded: 2016
Description: Crash Course Literature with John Green is back! Starting now, we've got 9 new literature episodes for you.

Crash Course Literature with John Green is back! Starting now, we've got 9 new literature episodes for you.

In which John Green reads Zora Neale Hurston's novel, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," and talks to you about it. You'll learn about Zora Neale Hurston's life, and we'll also look at how the interpretations of the book have changed over time.

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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Crash Course Literature 301

In which John Green teaches you about Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This week, we'll talk a little bit about Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who wrote under the name Mark Twain, and how he mined his early life for decades to produce his pretty well-loved body of work.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Part 1: Crash Course Literature 302

This week, we're continuing our discussion of Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' This is part two of our talk about Huck Finn, and this time we're looking at the metaphors in the book, a little bit about what the metaphors like the Island and the River and the Raft might mean.

The Raft, the River, and The Weird Ending of Huckleberry Finn: Crash Course Literature 303

This week, we're learning about sonnets, and English Literature's best-known purveyor of those fourteen-line paeans, William Shakespeare. We'll look at a few of Willy Shakes's biggest hits, including Sonnet 18.

Shakespeare's Sonnets: Crash Course Literature 304

This week, John is talking about one of his least favorite novels, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Lord of the Flies is a novel of ideas, and John doesn't agree with the central idea of the novel, which diminished his enjoyment of the book.

Lord of the Flies: Crash Course Literature 305

Our first of two episodes is about Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel, 100 Years of Solitude. This week, we're looking at the Buendia family and their many generations of people with the same names. We'll also look at the fascinating way the author thinks about time.

100 Years of Solitude Part 1: Crash Course Literature 306

In which we continue our exhaustive look at One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

100 Years of Solitude Part 2: Crash Course Literature 307

This week, we?re on to reading Ralph Ellison?s great novel about the black experience in America after World War II, Invisible Man. John will teach you about Ellison?s nameless narrator, and his attempts to find his way in a social order that dehumanizes him and renders him invisible at every turn.

Invisible Man: Crash Course Literature 308

This week, John is talking about Toni Morrison's novel of friendship, betrayal, and loss, Sula. Sula tells the story of two African American girls, the town where they grew up, the tragic even that was central to their youth, and the very different people they became.