Masterpieces of World Literature: Fictions of the Modern World

开始时间: 04/22/2022 持续时间: 8 weeks

所在平台: EdxArchive 课程类别: 其他类别 大学或机构: HarvardX 授课老师： Martin Puchner David Damrosch

课程主页: https://www.edx.org/archive/masterpieces-world-literature-fictions-harvardx-hum12-2x

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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.

Texts/authors considered in the course:

• Goethe
• The 1001 Nights
• Voltaire, Candide
• Lu Xun and Eileen Chang
• Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones
• Salman Rushdie and Jhumpa Lahiri
• Orhan Pamuk, My Name is Red

课程大纲

• 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

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