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Understanding Literature and Life: Drama, Poetry, Narrative

Duración
32 h 48 m
Idioma
Inglés
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This course is an introduction to the major texts of Western culture, from antiquity onward. It stresses the uniqueness of literary language, the formal and generic conventions of writing, the position that literature occupies as a site for historical and ideological conflicts, and the continuing human significance of the great works of the past and present.

© 2023 The Great Courses (Audiolibro): 9781682767085

Fecha de lanzamiento

Audiolibro: 13 de septiembre de 2023

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