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Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History: Crash Course World History 227
1,328 views / 7 likes - addedIn which John Green teaches you about what westerners call the middle ages and the lives of the aristocracy...in Japan. The Heian period in Japan lasted from 794CE to 1185CE, and it was an interesting time in Japan. Rather than being known for a thriving
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How and Why We Read: Crash Course English Literature #1
1,129 views / 2 likes - addedIn which John Green kicks off the Crash Course Literature mini series with a reasonable set of questions. Why do we read? What's the point of reading critically. John will argue that reading is about effectively communicating with other people. Unlike a d
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Don't Reanimate Corpses! Frankenstein Part 1: Crash Course Literature 205
1,034 views / 2 likes - addedIn 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? You'll learn about the Romantic movement in English lit, of which
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Langston Hughes&the Harlem Renaissance: Crash Course Literature 215
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Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part I: Crash Course Literature 203
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Was Gatsby Great? The Great Gatsby Part 2: Crash Course English Literature #5
863 views / 3 likes - addedSPOILER ALERT: This video assumes you've read the book. In which John Green continues to explore F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel, The Great Gatsby. In this installment, John looks into the titular Gatsby's purported Greatness. Gatsby's single-minded pursuit o
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Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex: Crash Course Literature 202
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Reader, it's Jane Eyre - Crash Course Literature 207
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Sea Cucumbers Have Multipurpose Butts
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Part I - Crash Course Literature 210
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Their Eyes Were Watching God: Crash Course Literature 301
759 views / 1 likes - addedIn 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. Also, this bo
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A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey: Crash Course Literature 201
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Like Pale Gold - The Great Gatsby Part I: Crash Course English Literature #4
754 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green explores F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the Jazz Age, The Great Gatsby. John introduces you to Nick Carraway, Jay Gatsby, Daisy and Tom Buchanan, and the other characters in the novel, and tries to look beyond the surface story to figu
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Aliens, Time Travel, And Dresden -Slaughterhouse-Five Part I: Crash Course Literature 212
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Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved: Crash Course Literature 214
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Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird: Crash Course Literature 211
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The Poetry of Sylvia Plath: Crash Course Literature 216
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Of Pentameter&Bear Baiting - Romeo&Juliet Part I: Crash Course English Literature #2
716 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John Green examines Romeo&Juliet by William Shakespeare. John delves into the world of Bill Shakespeare's famous star-crossed lovers and examines what the play is about, its structure, and the context in which it was written. Have you ever wanted
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Lord of the Flies: Crash Course Literature 305
708 views / 2 likes - addedThis week, John i s 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. The
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The Evolution of Dance - 1950 to 2019 - By Ricardo Walker's Crew
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If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart part I: Crash Course Literature 208
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Holden, JD, and the Red Cap- The Catcher in the Rye Part 2: Crash Course English Literature #7
691 views / 0 likes - addedIn which John continues the discussion of JD Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. This week John reads the novel with Salinger's life story in mind. John explores how Salinger's war experience, educational background, and romantic life inform the events of Hold
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Mining Literature For Deeper Meanings - Amy E. Harter
689 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mining-literature-for-deeper-meanings-amy-e-harter Writing a great English paper can be tough because literature doesn't always reveal its deeper meanings immediately. You might not know Mr. Darcy's true feeling
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Frankenstein Part II: Crash Course Literature 206
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PTSD and Alien Abduction - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2: Crash Course Literature 213
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Things Fall Apart, Part 2: Crash Course Literature 209
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Shakespeare's Sonnets: Crash Course Literature 304
660 views / 1 likes - addedThis 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, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day," So
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100 Years of Solitude Part 1: Crash Course Literature 306
641 views / 1 likes - addedOur first of two episodes 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
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Ophelia, Gertrude, and Regicide - Hamlet II: Crash Course Literature 204
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1984 by George Orwell, Part 1: Crash Course Literature 401
615 views / 1 likes - addedIn which John Green returns for a dystopian new season of Crash Course Literature! We're starting with George Orwell's classic look at the totalitarian state that could be in post-war England. Winston Smith is under the eye of Big Brother, and making us t
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Sula: Crash Course Literature #9
602 views / 0 likes - addedThis 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
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Invisible Man: Crash Course Literature 308
600 views / 2 likes - addedThis 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
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100 Years of Solitude Part 2: Crash Course Literature 307
596 views / 0 likes - addedIn which we continue our exhaustive look at One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Crash Course is on Patreon! You can support us directly by signing up at http://www.patreon.com/crashcourse Thanks to the following Patrons for their gene
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LITERATURE: Leo Tolstoy
569 views / 0 likes - addedLeo Tolstoy was a remarkable novelist in part because he believed in the novel as a tool for social reform, something that would enable us to become kinder, more thoughtful and more generous towards others. If you like our films take a look at our shop (w
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The Raft, The River, And The Weird Ending Of Huckleberry Finn: Crash Course Literature 303
566 views / 0 likes - addedThis 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
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The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Part 1: Crash Course Literature #302
530 views / 1 likes - addedIn 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 prett
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Looney Tunes Cartoon Classics: The Lion's Busy (Leo the Lion) (1948) (HD) | Mel Blanc
519 views / 0 likes - addedLeo the Lion on his tenth birthday, receives a book as a present, and after finding out that lions rarely live beyond ten years, a hungry Beaky Buzzard, who turns out to be the one who had sent the book to him in the first place, takes the chance to eat h
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LITERATURE - Goethe
505 views / 0 likes - addedGoethe is one of the great minds of European civilisation, though his work is largely unknown outside of the German speaking countries. He deserves our renewed attention. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like our films take a look
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"Jabberwocky": One of literature's best bits of nonsense
366 views / 2 likes - addedDive into Lewis Carrolls epic nonsense poem, Jabberwocky from his novel "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There."--As Alice wanders through the dreamscape of Looking-Glass Land in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice F
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