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Epic Tragedies and Postcolonial Literature
This free course starts with Aristotle’s approach before moving to contemporary observations of postcolonial literature.
Description
This free online course will teach you about an important play that questioned the traditional roles of men and women in the 19th century. You will be shown how the central character of Nora emerges as a very strong-willed individual in ‘A Doll's House’ by Henrik Ibsen and how the text has been seen as a proto-feminist text and a humanist text. Next, you will also learn about the need to bring women outside of the home space, the criticism of cultures that undermines the right to intellectual freedom and intellectual development. You will be taken through the key points of William Shakespeare’s moving tragedy, ‘Othello’ and a shorter work that is critical of English colonialism.
You will then be introduced to the greatest literary works with an aesthetic from antiquity, including Greek philosopher Aristotle's approach towards art as the supreme imitation of literature. Study the conception of poetry, tragedy and rhetoric, which are the foundations of Western literary thought over the centuries.
Finally, you will learn the principles and the kinds of imitation in the arts. Analyze the relationship between the text and the audience and the power of the sublime as an involuntary thing.
Start Course NowModules
Marriages, Tragedies and Questioning
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Marriages, Tragedies and Questioning - Learning Outcomes
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A Postcolonial Theorist
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Shakespeare's Genius
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The Triumph of Jealousy
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The End of a Tragedy and a Doll's House
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Marriages, Tragedies and Questioning - Lesson Summary
Great Literary Works and Great Historical Moments
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Great Literary Works and Great Historical Moments - Learning Outcomes
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The Nora's Decision
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From the United States to Pakistan
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Partition and The Restoration Times
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Oroonoko: The African Prince
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Great Literary Works and Great Historical Moments - Lesson Summary
Aesthetics of Antiquity
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Aesthetics of Antiquity - Learning Outcomes
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The Foundations of Western Critical Thought
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Aristotle’s System of Tragedy
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Longinus and The Western Critical Thought
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The Test of Literature
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Aesthetics of Antiquity - Lesson Summary
Course assessment
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- Analyze the multiple layers of politics and the translations which are the part of the process of framing something as world literature
- Discuss how Shakespeare transformed the classical notions of the theatre, the tragic conception of the hero and experimented extensively in various genres
- Describe how Henrik Ibsen rewrote the rules of drama, the rules of tradition and the ways in which he encouraged his characters to defy the established rules
- Describe how love and care come across being an extension of the patriarchal device to control and suppress women
- Discuss the hard reality which was happening in the aftermath of Partition between India and Pakistan
- Analyze Aristotle’s system of tragedy, the fundamental things in terms of tragedy and drama and the principles and the kinds of imitation in the arts
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