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History through Literature: Chivalry & Commerce: The Late Middle Ages
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Showing how religious fervor shaped events in the Middle Ages, this program discusses faith in the literature and cultural intersections of the late medieval world. Viewers learn about the era’s intellectual reawakening embodied in Muslim efforts to preserve classical learning, the emergence of Church-run universities in Europe, and increasing discontent with the Church and its power. The program compares the chivalrous ideals depicted in El Cid (Spain) to those in Tale of Genji (Japan) and Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (India). It also shows how religion stimulated the desire to encounter other cultures, as in the courts of China’s Great Khan, and the urge to conquer, as in the Crusades.
History through Literature: Liberation & Change: The Late Twentieth Century
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Guiding viewers through the decades following World War II, this program sheds light on the literature of the Cold War years as well as narratives that emerged from other global paradigms in the late 20th century. Students are introduced to works by George Orwell, J. D. Salinger, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Toni Morrison, Pablo Neruda, Wole Soyinka, and others. The program reveals how the threat of nuclear oblivion shaped American, European, and developing-world cultures as the superpowers struggled for world dominance—and how writers gave voice to the disadvantaged, the oppressed, and those who felt alienated from an increasingly conformist society.
History through Literature: Renaissance & Reformation (1450 to 1660)
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Chronicling the rediscovery of classical thought during the Renaissance, this program illustrates the intellectual awakening of the era—as well as its many cruelties—through its literature. The program provides historical context for Machiavelli’s The Prince, Erasmus’s Education of a Christian Prince, and Sir Thomas More’s Utopia; Cervantes’ Don Quixote; and Elizabethan literature, especially Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice. It also shows how Gutenberg’s printing press and the rise of literacy and widespread communication strengthened the Protestant Reformation. Viewers learn about the rise of the new mercantile economy and how it led to new concentrations of power.
History through Literature: Romanticism & Revolution (1770 to 1870)
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Moving from the theoretical radicalism of the Enlightenment to the drama of outright rebellion, this program examines the cultural impetus of the American Revolution, its influence on the French Revolution, and subsequent sociopolitical shock waves. Viewers learn how the concept of revolt became a romantic idea connected with freedom, dignity, and hope for a better life, and how, by the early 1800s, both Romanticism and revolution had spread to Greece, Latin America, and North Africa. The program guides students through the pantheon of Romantic poets and profiles notable Americans, such as Frederick Douglass and Ralph Waldo Emerson, who posed challenges to both the spiritual and political status quo. A Discovery Channel Production.
History through Literature: World Wars & the Quest for Order (1900 to 1955)
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Using literature to dissect the first half of the 20th century, this program illustrates the ravages of two global wars, the hardship of worldwide economic depression, the nightmare of fascism and the Holocaust, and the rise of communism in Europe and elsewhere. The responses of the world’s authors to this epoch of upheaval are surveyed, revealing a wide range of commentary on the savagery of the time. Viewers are ushered through the writings of T. S. Eliot, William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Steinbeck, W. E. B. DuBois, Richard Wright, and others. The program also touches on the New Deal, nuclear warfare, and the nonviolent philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi.
Just the Facts: Understanding Literature
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The Just the Facts: Understanding Literature series presents an innovative, lively, and contemporary approach to understanding the basic elements of fiction, drama, and poetry and fostering an appreciation of literature. In each program, a young host and hostess guide viewers through the basic elements of each genre with colorful graphics and an informative narrative from English professors.
Just the Facts: Understanding Literature: The Elements of Fiction
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Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson -- these are just three of the renowned authors whose work is cited in The Elements of Fiction, which explores: Plot elements,  character, conflict, flashback, foreshadowing, and more...
Just the Facts: Understanding Literature: The Elements of Poetry
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Figurative language, meter and rhyme, simile, and metaphor -- these are a few of the many topics explored in this lively video tour through the genre of poetry.
Just the Facts: Understanding Literature: The Elements of Drama
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The wonderful world of drama comes alive in The Elements of Drama, as the young host and hostess take viewers on a journey through the works of such famous playwrights as William Shakespeare.
   
 

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