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Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University.
There aren’t a ton of courses available yet, but there are a couple of literature courses that I thought I’d point out to everybody.
Although I’ve yet to listen to any of Hammer’s lectures on modern poetry, I’ve listened to the majority of Hungerford’s lectures on 20th century literature and found them to be engaging and worthwhile:
Modern Poetry with Professor Langdon Hammer
About the Course:
This course covers the body of modern poetry, its characteristic techniques, concerns, and major practitioners. The authors discussed range from Yeats, Eliot, and Pound, to Stevens, Moore, Bishop, and Frost with additional lectures on the poetry of World War One, Imagism, and the Harlem Renaissance.
The American Novel Since 1945 with Professor Amy Hungerford
About the Course:
In “The American Novel Since 1945” students will study a wide range of works from 1945 to the present. The course traces the formal and thematic developments of the novel in this period, focusing on the relationship between writers and readers, the conditions of publishing, innovations in the novel’s form, fiction’s engagement with history, and the changing place of literature in American culture. The reading list includes works by Richard Wright, Flannery O’Connor, Vladimir Nabokov, Jack Kerouac, J. D. Salinger, Thomas Pynchon, John Barth, Maxine Hong Kingston, Toni Morrison, Marilynne Robinson, Cormac McCarthy, Philip Roth and Edward P. Jones. The course concludes with a contemporary novel chosen by the students in the class.
that’s incredibly dope.
thanks.
that’s incredibly dope.
thanks.
Chris this is awesome. Thanks. I’m totally getting down with some lectures on imagism.
Dear Yale,
HAROLD BLOOM HAROLD BLOOM HAROLD BLOOM.
Chris this is awesome. Thanks. I’m totally getting down with some lectures on imagism.
Dear Yale,
HAROLD BLOOM HAROLD BLOOM HAROLD BLOOM.
Love these. I watched a couple of the Hungerford videos in June and found them to be interesting/good. Sometimes she’s slightly obnoxious, but that’s just a gripe. I’ve considered watching some of the physics or biomedical engineering classes as my last long term interaction with science was in high school. Think they could be interesting.
Love these. I watched a couple of the Hungerford videos in June and found them to be interesting/good. Sometimes she’s slightly obnoxious, but that’s just a gripe. I’ve considered watching some of the physics or biomedical engineering classes as my last long term interaction with science was in high school. Think they could be interesting.
I always thought I should go to Yale. And now…I DO. Fuck that tuition…of course, they don’t give you a piece of paper if you watch all of these.
I always thought I should go to Yale. And now…I DO. Fuck that tuition…of course, they don’t give you a piece of paper if you watch all of these.
cool. mit does this too. link
cool. mit does this too. link
ditto that!
and thanks, chris. great resource!
ditto that!
and thanks, chris. great resource!
I’ve been following the modern poetry class, and especially the lecture on Hart Crane. I actually took this class, but back then, I didn’t pay an ounce of attention.
I’ve been following the modern poetry class, and especially the lecture on Hart Crane. I actually took this class, but back then, I didn’t pay an ounce of attention.
Many thanks!
Many thanks!