Literature 2 (2014)

A Long and Difficult Journey, or The Odyssey
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February 27, 2014 • 12m

In which John Green teaches you about Homer's Odyssey. If it was Homer's If Homer was even real. Anyway, that stuff doesn't really...Read more

Fate, Family, and Oedipus Rex
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March 6, 2014 • 13m

In which John Green teaches you about one of the least family-friendly family dramas in the history of family dramas, Oedipus Rex....Read more

Ghosts, Murder, and More Murder - Hamlet Part 1
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March 13, 2014 • 12m

In which John Green teaches you about Hamlet, William Shakespeare's longest and most-performed play. People love Hamlet. The play ...Read more

Ophelia, Gertrude, and Regicide - Hamlet Part
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March 20, 2014 • 11m

In which John Green teaches you MORE about Bill Shakespeare's Hamlet. John talks about gender roles in Hamlet, and what kind of po...Read more

Don't Reanimate Corpses! Frankenstein Part 1
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March 27, 2014 • 12m

In which John Green teaches you about Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. Sure, you know Frankenstein the cultural phenomenon, but...Read more

Frankenstein, Part 2
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April 3, 2014 • 12m

In which John Green continues to teach you about Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. You'll learn about romantic vs Romantic, the latter ...Read more

Reader, it's Jane Eyre
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April 10, 2014 • 13m

In which John Green teaches you about Charlotte Brontë's classic coming of age novel, Jane Eyre. Look, we don't like to make judgm...Read more

If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart Part 1
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April 17, 2014 • 10m

In which John Green teaches you about Chinua Achebe's 1958 novel, Things Fall Apart. You'll learn about Igboland, a region in mode...Read more

Things Fall Apart, Part 2
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April 24, 2014 • 9m

In which John Green concludes teaching you about Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. You'll learn about the historical contexts of ...Read more

To Kill a Mockingbird, Part 1
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May 1, 2014 • 11m

In which John Green teaches you about Harper Lee's famous novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. John will cover a bit about Harper Lee's p...Read more

Race, Class, and Gender in To Kill a Mockingbird
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May 8, 2014 • 11m

In which John Green teaches you MORE about To Kill a Mockingbird. In this installment, John teaches you about race, class, and gen...Read more

Aliens, Time Travel, and Dresden - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 1
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May 15, 2014 • 10m

In which John Green teaches you about Kurt Vonnegut's most famous novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. Vonnegut wrote the book in the Vietn...Read more

PTSD and Alien Abduction - Slaughterhouse-Five Part 2
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May 22, 2014 • 10m

In which John Green continues to teach you about Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. (WARNING: When Slaughterhouse-Five was publ...Read more

Slavery, Ghosts, and Beloved
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May 29, 2014 • 11m

In which John Green teaches you about Beloved by Toni Morrison. I'll warn you upfront, this book is something of a downer. That's ...Read more

Langston Hughes and the Harlem Renaissance
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June 5, 2014 • 11m

In which John Green teaches you about the poetry of Langston Hughes. Langston Hughes was a poet and playwright in the first half o...Read more

The Poetry of Sylvia Plath
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June 12, 2014 • 11m

In which John Green teaches you about the poetry of Sylvia Plath. When a lot of people think about Sylvia Plath, they think about ...Read more