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Time English Language 2 Action
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Hello and welcome to Crash Course Literature - a course that analyzes works based on introductory college-level curriculum and the AP Literature guidelines.
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In this course we’ll look at why we analyze and teach literature at all and challenge the notion that understanding authorial intent is the most important aspect of reading.
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We want to empower you, the reader.
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The symbolic resonance that you get out of Holden Caulfield’s hat, is valid and important and possibly more interesting to talk about than why JD Salinger didn’t leave the house for 60 years.
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We’ll be discussing Holden Caulfield in our two episodes on The Catcher in the Rye. We’ll cover Romeo and Juliet, The Great Gatsby, and the poetry of Emily Dickinson.
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We chose these books to explore literature because it’s literally not possible that you won’t be assigned one of them in your high school or college career.
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But also because these pieces are amazing explorations in empathetic reading.
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You’ll get to imagine, for instance, what it’s like to fall in love against your family’s wishes in Romeo and Juliet, to chase the elusive American Dream in Gatsby, and to be confined to one room in Dickinson’s poems.
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So get ready to crack open those books.