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Crash Course: Literature Analysis with YA author John Green

In 8 episodes, YA author John Green (The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All The Way Down and many more!) dives into literature! The analyses and books chosen in this course are based on introductory college-level curriculum and the AP Literature guidelines. By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Use characters and setting to explore a range of values, beliefs, assumptions, biases, and cultural norms

  • Discuss the role of the narrator and how their perspective affects how readers experience and interpret a text

  • Recognize comparisons, representations, and associations that invite readers to interpret a text

  • Explain the function of significant events in a plot, as well as the contributions of structure, sequence, contrast, and conflict

  • Employ different lenses and focal points to read a text multiple ways and recognize the glorious ambiguity of literature

  • Discuss how different texts employ time as a theme

Find all 8 episodes here!