Great Courses in Literature

A curated directory of open university lecture series, comprehensive audio podcasts, and university MOOCs in literary studies.

• Literary Theory & Critical Methods
• Major Author & Canonical Seminars
• Genre, National & Period Studies
• World Literature & Postcolonial Studies

Literary Theory & Critical Methods

• Introduction to Theory of Literature (Open Yale Courses / Yale University / Paul H. Fry)
• The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 1) (Coursera / Wesleyan University / Michael S. Roth)
• The Modern and the Postmodern (Part 2) (Coursera / Wesleyan University / Michael S. Roth)

Major Author & Canonical Seminars

• Milton (Open Yale Courses / Yale University / John Rogers)
• Approaching Shakespeare (University of Oxford Podcasts / University of Oxford / Emma Smith)
• Shakespeare's Life and Work (Harvard Online / edX / Stephen Greenblatt)
• Shakespeare After All: Later Plays (Harvard Extension School / YouTube / Marjorie Garber)
• Dante in Translation (Open Yale Courses / Yale University / Giuseppe Mazzotta)
• Cervantes' Don Quixote (Open Yale Courses / Yale University / Roberto González Echevarría)

Genre, National & Period Studies

• The American Novel Since 1945 (Open Yale Courses / Yale University / Amy Hungerford)
• Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner (Open Yale Courses / Yale University / Wai Chee Dimock)
• Modern Poetry (Open Yale Courses / Yale University / Langdon Hammer)

World Literature & Postcolonial Studies

• Masterpieces of World Literature (HarvardX / edX / David Damrosch & Martin Puchner)
• Ancient Masterpieces of World Literature (HarvardX / edX / David Damrosch & Martin Puchner)
• Modern Masterpieces of World Literature (HarvardX / edX / David Damrosch & Martin Puchner)
• Postcolonial Literature (NPTEL / IIT Kanpur / Sayan Chattopadhyay)