Brief Introduction
Examine how great modern writers capture the intricacies of our globalized world and how their works circulate within that world to find their own audiences.
Description
Based on the second half of the Masterpieces of World Literature edX MOOC, this short literature course examines how writers reach beyond national and linguistic boundaries as worldly readers and travelers, and how their modern fictions rise to the status of world literature.
These masterpieces of modern world literature take part in a tradition of weaving small stories into ambitious projects—one that reaches back to medieval tales and extends forward to contemporary novels. Throughout the course, you will learn how these writers use their fictions to engage directly with the political and social concerns of their present and of a globalized modernity, relating experiences of exploration, migration, international conflict, and cultural exchange.
Knowledge
- The recent history of World Literature
- How literary works are transformed by cultural transmission
- How to critically analyze literary works
- Historical and political context in China, Argentina, Turkey, and more
The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 1)
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Are we still in modernity, or have we moved beyond the modern to the postmodern? Course Pages Syllabus Course Logistics Philosophy, Modernity, and Intellectual History...
Asian Environmental Humanities: Landscapes in Transition
- 4.7
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You will learn about concepts of landscape in Asian religions, philosophy, social sciences, history and the arts and their reverberation in selected environmental projects in China, India and Japan....
The Holocaust: The Destruction of European Jewry
- 4.5
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In this course, you will explore the Holocaust from the overlapping perspectives of literature and history—through memoirs, historical documents, poetry, documentary footage, filmic representations, and novels....
Introduction to Contemporary Geopolitics
- 4.8
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The Birth of Geopolitics Introduction to Contemporary Geopolitics The origins of geopolitics Geographers "invent" geopolitics Geopolitics and national interests Sea power vs land power...
