Masterpieces of World Literature
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Course Language
English
Video transcript
English
Platform
Extension School, Harvard Division of Continuing Education
Associated Schools
Course description
This course surveys world literature from the Epic of Gilgamesh to the present, with an emphasis on different cultures and writing traditions. Produced by HarvardX, the course is based not on lectures but on a more vivid dialogue format between instrcutors Martin Puchner and David Damrosch, the course also includes travel footage from Istanbul and Troy to Jaipur and Weimar and interviews with authors, such as Orhan Pamuk, and other experts. The recorded lectures are from the HarvardX course "Masterpieces of World Literature."
Instructors
Byron and Anita Wien Professor of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature, Harvard University
