I read Sula for an English Foreign Language class I had to take in high school in France (the logic was that I'd learn French there while the others learned English). I've since discovered that while I love Toni Morrison's books, I can only spend about 30mins reading them at a time, because they're so emotionally and descriptively intense that otherwise I can't emerge back into the real world for hours, even days.
John please continue to talk about african american literature and even other minorities as this is the only place I know at least that talks about these wonderful books by amazing authors on such a big scale that is accessible for different people of all races. I know black blog posts and reviewers that talk about african american and african literature but because of how small they are many people dont know them.
You are aware he has done more books that have white authors than black right? Seems you are just bitter that u see some minority in a sea of the majority.
As someone who uses crash course a lot in their classes and watches almost all of them, I think this is perhaps one of the best ones that they have produced.
I can never understand why people hate talking about these themes so much that they label everything "SJW". Why are people so regressive and slimy? What it wrong with these people? How can they live so closemindedly? I remember being like that when I was a little kid, and I'm glad I grew out of that.
***** I was raised as one of those terrifying christian wingnuts that thought you were going to hell for everything, even though my parents didn't want that. A combination of my rebellious teenage years, and my excessive empathy (it's even hard for me to hurt or kill things like bugs, spiders, and other pests) made me develop rules for myself that's probably saved me more than any religion. As for how long it took? God, years, and even then I was already hypersensitive to the pain and emotions of other people as a kid. Short answer, I don't really know, and I'm sorry I can't give a better answer :'0
***** I bet they would have complained anyway... but you're right, I think. I actually like hearing about these kinds of stories and I'm already getting sick of them. There are so many books with so many themes! I realize this is important but if you make something a chore, even a good thing, no one's going to want to sit through it.
***** No, I mean I wasn't arguing. They've been pretty anvilicious, I'm agreeing that focusing on entirely one theme for the entire season irritated people justly, regardless of what it was.
Calling someone SJW is pretty much the same (dumb) tactic that lefties uses with the world "racist" but SWJ is used by the right wing, pretty much it means nothing (or just what the speaker wants it to mean). I'm pretty sure that if I say that black people have the same rights of everybody else I will be labeled as SWJ/socialist/comunist/marxist etc. Of course is completely ridiculous!
LittleLion93 There was this one person on the internet I talked to (it was years ago so I don't have a source) that I literally asked what his opinions were, and it was all pro-feminist stuff, but when I said "Oh, so you're feminist" he like fukkin hissed like a wild animal, so mad at me it was like I set his dog on fire. People get so worked up about just the names of these things, it's so hard just to talk about it without wildly misunderstanding people.
I had to read Sula for a LIT class in college, and it's definitely a good read. It's one of those books that makes you want to keep reading just to see what happens next.
I did not know of this story before, but the title peaked my interest... You see, I am Honduran, born and raised, and my hometown is called San Pedro Sula and it is located in Sula Valley...
There's a great couple of courses from the YaleCourses youtube on academic approaches to the Bible. Really worth the watch. It goes over various approaches to biblical criticism, from a generally academic "Let's study this religion in a fairly unbiased way" point of view. They come highly recommended from me at least.
There's a great couple of courses from the YaleCourses youtube on academic approaches to the Bible. Really worth the watch. It goes over various approaches to biblical criticism, from a generally academic "Let's study this religion in a fairly unbiased way" point of view. They come highly recommended from me at least.
Thanks for covering this amazing book John Green. I don't understand why people have a hard time regarding books about the experiences of marginalized people to be "progressive". It is literally a look into the lives of characters who represent real people in our society, but don't get enough attention by mainstream literature. For those calling for a focus more "classical" approach to the conservative literature--I say that I'm sure that those books are the typical reading list in American schools. And who is to determine what is and what isn't "classic literature"? Toni Morrison is a phenomenal writer and it just shows how we need to open up the definition of critical ly acclaimed literature. It should come in all forms amd representation. Diversity of characters, opinions, and story lines are valid.
Can you add to this series ? I just started reading Sula after reading Toni’s “the Bluest Eye” and I never would’ve known about half the other books in this series or even read them if I hadn’t come across your channel
Thanks John, that was really great, I need to put that book on my reading list. Exploring how we can all to easily create false dichotomies and bin things into X or Y is important. It's within the continuum between X and Y that life happens and flourishes. :) Hope you do a 4th season of CC:Literature!
Wow, this was AMAZING!! I've read Sula at least 5 times, and listened to the audio book even more. This put into words all the complexities within the novel in a very accessible way. Thanks!
I've been waiting for thus video so anxiously! I really have to doff my cap to the Crash Course team: this has been perhaps your best video yet, and I think novels of this length really suit your format. The way you repeatedly built upon and reinforced the main thematic metaphor of nightshade and blackberry was incredibly satisfying and elegantly done, and John, even more so than usual, presents the material with nuance and passion. Thanks so much for making this video about one of my favourite novels from one of my favourite authors and showing how much you care about the source material. Dftba
Crash Course Literature continues to be one of my most favorite things on this channel and TH-cam in general. I love and respect the amount of attention and enthusiasm John gives to authors of color, specifically Toni Morrison. Thank you John. Do you take requests?
I too would like it if the works of more Asian authors were covered in this course. To be fair though, the majority of the works covered so far in this series have been from white authors or authors of European descent. Not that there is anything wrong with that, (some of my favorite books are by white authors) but its disingenuous to suggest that John has covered (practically) only black people as a literary subject. You should check out some of the other videos, they're all great!
Oh, I understand very well what you mean, but let's break it down... In season 1, of the 4 works featured, not one was by or about black people. In season 2, of the 10 or so works featured, only 2 were by black authors and the other 1 that featured black characters was by a white author. This season only had 7 or so featured works and only 5 of them talked about race, 1 of which was written by a white author and the other which didn't even feature black people (if memory serves). So while I agree that there haven't been as many diverse authors as I would like to see, it hardly makes a disparity. If ANYTHING it's a disparity toward white "literary subjects".
+gigaman6 Your stats are almost spot on. Though I wouldn't say they favour either side over the whole series. This season did focus heavily on the black side, which was a bit odd, but not entirely unexpected, so I can see both sides of the argument. However. While race plays heavily into these novels I feel like they have underlying themes and motifs that are just as important if not more important to discuss.
I haven't read the book, but i'd guess that that's because sula is the "nightshade", the uncommon, and the one most people identify as the life they wanted to have
If one of the central aims of the book is to remove the barriers between individuality and the norm, bringing to light the issue of binary thinking why would the nightshade be the title. Clearly the author was not interested in portraying an example of the wonderful life of sula or the sad life of sula or even simply the life of sula. Perhaps such questions could be raised if one were to change the book's title to nel. It is a rather interesting thought that i am sure could inspire many a lengthy debate however i do not think you're arbitary answer will fit as clearly the life of the blackberry had its own share of poison.
You know John, you guys always time these so well. Be it something small like in release it as I'm about to eat lunch or when I'm at a personal crossroads or turning point and need a certain book to help me sort things out. Good job, and thank you.
IF there will a fourth season of CC Lit. May i suggest some novels that i think would be interesting and also helpful to highschoolers out there. -Fahrenheit 451 -A brave new world - One flew over the cuckoo's nest - 1984 - catch - 22
Mathilde Hasselstrøm It wouldn't work, it would extremely cumbersome and confusing. It doesn't fit for a 10 minutes youtube video, people wouldn't understand shi*. CC Physics is being already hard to swallow in for most of viewers. If your objective is learn mathematics, you should be making exercises and train your brain to think abstractly and not watch youtube videos speaking superficially about it. Math is not like history or geography in which you just decorate a lot of information. Just through a lot of training and exercises you're gonna learn it...
I just thought while listening to what John said about 'undervalued identities', while nightshade is primarily known as poisonous, the poisonous ingredient in those berries - atropine - in small quantities is used as an antidote to some neurotoxins due to its quality of being a muscle relaxant. I wonder if that 'undervalued identity' of the nightshade was also implied?
You gave a sterling explanation of Sula. I read that book, and I never thought of it in this way before. I actually wish I had watched this video BEFORE reading the book. I would have understood it much better. Thanks!
Which novel would be the best place to start with Morrison? I've only read "Song of Solomon" and unfortunately didn't enjoy it (probably due to a terrible professor) but would like to give her another go.
Also the contrast of light and dark... sounds like it would be so fun to make an RPG game where this concepts are portrayed in the opposite way than modern society does. You find shelter and knowledge and friendship in darkness and evil lurking in the light.
I know this is likely not going to be seen, but a crash course on The Importance of Being Earnest would be amazing (for me, I don't know about others)!
Marco Onyxheart Correct me if I'm wrong but Alexandre Dumas was 1/4 black basically making him a "person of color" & Monte Cristo was based on his half black former slave father turned general Thomas- Alexandre Dumas.
A good billboard for a book that is often overlooked. May I recommend that next time you do Crash Course Literature, you focus on more overlooked titles.
Guess what, John? This WAS taught in my high school! Of course, the book was taught in a college-level class in my school, so I suppose you would have to take that into account.
I used to think this book was either boring or too intense, but always pointless. I have come to realize from this video that I was extremely wrong for the normal and flawed reasons, like binary thinking.
I know it really isn't what literature classes are generally about, but I'd like to see discussions on modern books. I mean I would love fantasy novels, but I know they don't always carry the strong themes and subtle messages to address in videos like this, but even books like "We Were Liars" or "Belzhar" or "We All Looked Up" which have very contemporary twists and thoughts on the human condition today
Could you do an analysis about Winter's Tale by Shakespeare? I'm always hearing how bad it is, but it was created in a time where Shakespeare was experimenting with new ideas in theatre like intermissions. I actually like the play and it's characters and would welcome your input.
This was a challenging book to me. I still do not understand Shadrack. What was he supposed to be? And why did everyone have to die in the tunnel, but then Shadrack didn't?
You should do John Updike's Rabbit series. Maybe not in depth look at all of the novels, but maybe look at the first, Rabbit Runs, and the fourth, Rabbit at Rest.
I loved this video. It helped me get more out of the book than I would have otherwise, and I think that the animation was especially engaging and easy to follow! (Better pacing than usual - normally some of it goes too fast for me to take in.)
So why is the book callled Sula and not 'Nel' or 'Sula and Nel'. Both seem to be primary characters and neither it seems is the principle catalyst. Is it just that the author wanted to disregard binaries further by only acknowledging one of the characters in the title. Or is it just that Sula is a more compelling title?
I have an intrigue on seeing things, not in black and white, but a greyish gloop. It's a perspective which allows you to see what may be hidden to the rest of the world.
Waiting for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, or Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. Or some of Stephen King or a video on H.P. Lovecraft. Because yeah, Lovecraft may have lived and wrote in times where racism was a lot more accepted, but his distinct concept of storytelling and unique perspective on the importance of where we stood in the universe broke open the dam for a LOT of writers in the 20th century and even now, and in practically EVERY genre as well as horror.
I read Sula for an English Foreign Language class I had to take in high school in France (the logic was that I'd learn French there while the others learned English). I've since discovered that while I love Toni Morrison's books, I can only spend about 30mins reading them at a time, because they're so emotionally and descriptively intense that otherwise I can't emerge back into the real world for hours, even days.
EmmaK facts sis. they’re great but they get you in the emotions
John please continue to talk about african american literature and even other minorities as this is the only place I know at least that talks about these wonderful books by amazing authors on such a big scale that is accessible for different people of all races. I know black blog posts and reviewers that talk about african american and african literature but because of how small they are many people dont know them.
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You are aware he has done more books that have white authors than black right? Seems you are just bitter that u see some minority in a sea of the majority.
More black literature please, I'd love to hear your analysis of The Bluest Eye, The Colour Purple, or I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.
As someone who uses crash course a lot in their classes and watches almost all of them, I think this is perhaps one of the best ones that they have produced.
I can never understand why people hate talking about these themes so much that they label everything "SJW". Why are people so regressive and slimy? What it wrong with these people? How can they live so closemindedly? I remember being like that when I was a little kid, and I'm glad I grew out of that.
***** I was raised as one of those terrifying christian wingnuts that thought you were going to hell for everything, even though my parents didn't want that. A combination of my rebellious teenage years, and my excessive empathy (it's even hard for me to hurt or kill things like bugs, spiders, and other pests) made me develop rules for myself that's probably saved me more than any religion. As for how long it took? God, years, and even then I was already hypersensitive to the pain and emotions of other people as a kid. Short answer, I don't really know, and I'm sorry I can't give a better answer :'0
***** I bet they would have complained anyway... but you're right, I think. I actually like hearing about these kinds of stories and I'm already getting sick of them. There are so many books with so many themes! I realize this is important but if you make something a chore, even a good thing, no one's going to want to sit through it.
***** No, I mean I wasn't arguing. They've been pretty anvilicious, I'm agreeing that focusing on entirely one theme for the entire season irritated people justly, regardless of what it was.
Calling someone SJW is pretty much the same (dumb) tactic that lefties uses with the world "racist" but SWJ is used by the right wing, pretty much it means nothing (or just what the speaker wants it to mean). I'm pretty sure that if I say that black people have the same rights of everybody else I will be labeled as SWJ/socialist/comunist/marxist etc. Of course is completely ridiculous!
LittleLion93 There was this one person on the internet I talked to (it was years ago so I don't have a source) that I literally asked what his opinions were, and it was all pro-feminist stuff, but when I said "Oh, so you're feminist" he like fukkin hissed like a wild animal, so mad at me it was like I set his dog on fire. People get so worked up about just the names of these things, it's so hard just to talk about it without wildly misunderstanding people.
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If you are watching this video, you are a beautiful person and have an amazing day 😊😊😊
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I had to read Sula for a LIT class in college, and it's definitely a good read. It's one of those books that makes you want to keep reading just to see what happens next.
_"Why, then, ’tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so."_
-Hamlet, Act II. Scene II
I had never heard of this book, but now I'm interested in reading it. Thank you for sharing your critical observations with the world.
What a coincidence! I JUST finished reading this for pleasure last week! I knew that there was a lot of depth that I wasn't picking up on - thanks!!
I did not know of this story before, but the title peaked my interest... You see, I am Honduran, born and raised, and my hometown is called San Pedro Sula and it is located in Sula Valley...
This made me so happy
Crash course sociology would be amazing right now!!!
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I've been itching for "Crash Course Religion" (less a-propos to this video, but still, I know nothing about religions and wish I did)
I'd watch CC Sociology.
There's a great couple of courses from the YaleCourses youtube on academic approaches to the Bible. Really worth the watch. It goes over various approaches to biblical criticism, from a generally academic "Let's study this religion in a fairly unbiased way" point of view. They come highly recommended from me at least.
There's a great couple of courses from the YaleCourses youtube on academic approaches to the Bible. Really worth the watch. It goes over various approaches to biblical criticism, from a generally academic "Let's study this religion in a fairly unbiased way" point of view. They come highly recommended from me at least.
“Troubled and triumphant, weak and strong.” The analysis of how Morrison troubles binaries in this text is great!
Thanks for covering this amazing book John Green. I don't understand why people have a hard time regarding books about the experiences of marginalized people to be "progressive". It is literally a look into the lives of characters who represent real people in our society, but don't get enough attention by mainstream literature. For those calling for a focus more "classical" approach to the conservative literature--I say that I'm sure that those books are the typical reading list in American schools. And who is to determine what is and what isn't "classic literature"? Toni Morrison is a phenomenal writer and it just shows how we need to open up the definition of critical ly acclaimed literature. It should come in all forms amd representation. Diversity of characters, opinions, and story lines are valid.
So now begins the long cold winter of not seeing John Green's face on Crash Course.
He just said they're doing Crash Course Geography! Or is that not going to be John? IT BETTER BE JOHN.
I just read this book. beautiful. poetic.
This was a magnificent video. A thoroughly compelling reading, masterfully communicated.
Wow 😲 I have read Sula but what you just said blowed my mind and changed the why I would be looking to the book completely just brilliant
Another brilliant video, thanks Hank and the team!
I can't believe this is the last episode for literature (for now)... :((
Thank you! This is one of my favorite books. I appreciate your thought-provoking reviews.
I read the Bluest Eye and it's amazing
Can you add to this series ? I just started reading Sula after reading Toni’s “the Bluest Eye” and I never would’ve known about half the other books in this series or even read them if I hadn’t come across your channel
Thanks John, that was really great, I need to put that book on my reading list. Exploring how we can all to easily create false dichotomies and bin things into X or Y is important. It's within the continuum between X and Y that life happens and flourishes. :) Hope you do a 4th season of CC:Literature!
Complexity is always a difficult subject for me to grasp.
Simplicity is even harder
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If both are hard, what do we grasp at on a normal basis?
sion8 misconceptions
it's like looking at a blurry object
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This came at the perfect time, thank you 😭😭❤️
Wow, this was AMAZING!! I've read Sula at least 5 times, and listened to the audio book even more. This put into words all the complexities within the novel in a very accessible way. Thanks!
I've been waiting for thus video so anxiously!
I really have to doff my cap to the Crash Course team: this has been perhaps your best video yet, and I think novels of this length really suit your format. The way you repeatedly built upon and reinforced the main thematic metaphor of nightshade and blackberry was incredibly satisfying and elegantly done, and John, even more so than usual, presents the material with nuance and passion.
Thanks so much for making this video about one of my favourite novels from one of my favourite authors and showing how much you care about the source material. Dftba
Crash Course Literature continues to be one of my most favorite things on this channel and TH-cam in general. I love and respect the amount of attention and enthusiasm John gives to authors of color, specifically Toni Morrison. Thank you John. Do you take requests?
I too would like it if the works of more Asian authors were covered in this course. To be fair though, the majority of the works covered so far in this series have been from white authors or authors of European descent. Not that there is anything wrong with that, (some of my favorite books are by white authors) but its disingenuous to suggest that John has covered (practically) only black people as a literary subject. You should check out some of the other videos, they're all great!
Oh, I understand very well what you mean, but let's break it down...
In season 1, of the 4 works featured, not one was by or about black people. In season 2, of the 10 or so works featured, only 2 were by black authors and the other 1 that featured black characters was by a white author.
This season only had 7 or so featured works and only 5 of them talked about race, 1 of which was written by a white author and the other which didn't even feature black people (if memory serves).
So while I agree that there haven't been as many diverse authors as I would like to see, it hardly makes a disparity. If ANYTHING it's a disparity toward white "literary subjects".
+gigaman6 Your stats are almost spot on. Though I wouldn't say they favour either side over the whole series. This season did focus heavily on the black side, which was a bit odd, but not entirely unexpected, so I can see both sides of the argument. However. While race plays heavily into these novels I feel like they have underlying themes and motifs that are just as important if not more important to discuss.
But in the end, she did choose one over the other. It is called Sula, not Nel and Sula. I always found that choice intriguing.
I haven't read the book, but i'd guess that that's because sula is the "nightshade", the uncommon, and the one most people identify as the life they wanted to have
If one of the central aims of the book is to remove the barriers between individuality and the norm, bringing to light the issue of binary thinking why would the nightshade be the title. Clearly the author was not interested in portraying an example of the wonderful life of sula or the sad life of sula or even simply the life of sula. Perhaps such questions could be raised if one were to change the book's title to nel. It is a rather interesting thought that i am sure could inspire many a lengthy debate however i do not think you're arbitary answer will fit as clearly the life of the blackberry had its own share of poison.
i just want to know why Nel doesn't seem to angry at sula for having affairs with her husband ( based on the video. i did not reat it yet)
Near Darkroad It was a smaller detail but Nel was definitely angry.
thats good
Sula was one of the required readings of writing 39 series @ UC Irvine a long time ago circa year 2000.
Really hope we can see a new season of Crash Course Literature soon =) Amazing stuff, people! Thank you so much!
As a person who works in Urban and Regional Planning and studied International Affairs, Geography is an underrated social science.
You know John, you guys always time these so well. Be it something small like in release it as I'm about to eat lunch or when I'm at a personal crossroads or turning point and need a certain book to help me sort things out. Good job, and thank you.
IF there will a fourth season of CC Lit. May i suggest some novels that i think would be interesting and also helpful to highschoolers out there.
-Fahrenheit 451
-A brave new world
- One flew over the cuckoo's nest
- 1984
- catch - 22
crash course mathematics is kind of a dream of mine... It would truly be a life saver for me (and many other I assume).
Mathilde Hasselstrøm It wouldn't work, it would extremely cumbersome and confusing. It doesn't fit for a 10 minutes youtube video, people wouldn't understand shi*. CC Physics is being already hard to swallow in for most of viewers.
If your objective is learn mathematics, you should be making exercises and train your brain to think abstractly and not watch youtube videos speaking superficially about it. Math is not like history or geography in which you just decorate a lot of information. Just through a lot of training and exercises you're gonna learn it...
Hello Crash Course
You help me with school.
These videos are easy to understand.
Thank you for making this channel.
We read The Bluest Eye :) the older I get the more I appreciate my high school English teacher
The analysis in this is just fantastic!
I just thought while listening to what John said about 'undervalued identities', while nightshade is primarily known as poisonous, the poisonous ingredient in those berries - atropine - in small quantities is used as an antidote to some neurotoxins due to its quality of being a muscle relaxant. I wonder if that 'undervalued identity' of the nightshade was also implied?
Thanks John and CrashCourse team! Looking forward to the next mini-series of Literature.
You gave a sterling explanation of Sula. I read that book, and I never thought of it in this way before. I actually wish I had watched this video BEFORE reading the book. I would have understood it much better. Thanks!
Sula is an incredible novel. Glad to see it in crash course :-)
Awesomeness Thankyou John and The Lovely People 😸
This is so good.
Which novel would be the best place to start with Morrison? I've only read "Song of Solomon" and unfortunately didn't enjoy it (probably due to a terrible professor) but would like to give her another go.
Read this novel, Sula. The video is a good starting place, but there's still plenty in the novel to experience.
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Sula is a good one I think.
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I might just be Overwatch trash, but for me, that made the entire episode even better
Also the contrast of light and dark... sounds like it would be so fun to make an RPG game where this concepts are portrayed in the opposite way than modern society does. You find shelter and knowledge and friendship in darkness and evil lurking in the light.
I know this is likely not going to be seen, but a crash course on The Importance of Being Earnest would be amazing (for me, I don't know about others)!
I love this message. People are more complex than simple binaries.
I wish this was still going, he never got to Flannery O'Connor
Next season: The Count of Monte Cristo, Utopia, and Paradise Lost. Please!!!!!
nah they wont use those. theyll keep doing SJW works
Yeah..... Sylvia Plath, Frankenstein, Jane Eyre, Hamlet, The Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, Emily Dickinson... So much racism. Much black people.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but Alexandre Dumas was 1/4 black basically making him a "person of color" & Monte Cristo was based on his half black former slave father turned general Thomas- Alexandre Dumas.
I'd never wanted to read a book so much after a review than this one.
I've always enjoyed this book and it's nice to hear an analysis on it from an author.
hey crash course
please make courses on
ART, ARCHITECTURE and their HISTORY
A good billboard for a book that is often overlooked. May I recommend that next time you do Crash Course Literature, you focus on more overlooked titles.
Aaay, dat Overwatch. I'm a simple man; the simple things please me.
Please do a Sociology and an Art History crash course!!!! I'd love that!
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Can you please do an episode on Tolstoy (cover Anna Karenina and/or War and Peace)?
I actually read this in high school. Your review just made me realize I never forgot it.
Thoroughly impressed by the content, as well as the sneaky Overwatch reference. Thanks CrashCourse.
RIP Toni Morrison
Guess what, John? This WAS taught in my high school! Of course, the book was taught in a college-level class in my school, so I suppose you would have to take that into account.
I used to think this book was either boring or too intense, but always pointless. I have come to realize from this video that I was extremely wrong for the normal and flawed reasons, like binary thinking.
Thanks. This video was amazing.
YES! OVERWATCH REFERENCE!!!!
I don't typically watch CC literature but the video thumbnails was just too cool!
Any chance (however slim) of getting an analysis of Alan Moore's Watchmen?
Brilliant !!! Thank you I do value crash courses much appreciated !!
I feel so lucky! I read Sula in High School Lit. And I totally agree it should be the go to book instead of Lord of the Flies.
We actually did read Sula in my high school English class! Although, we read Lord of the Flies too
I love this series
Loved the series, thank you very much!
I know it really isn't what literature classes are generally about, but I'd like to see discussions on modern books. I mean I would love fantasy novels, but I know they don't always carry the strong themes and subtle messages to address in videos like this, but even books like "We Were Liars" or "Belzhar" or "We All Looked Up" which have very contemporary twists and thoughts on the human condition today
Could you do an analysis about Winter's Tale by Shakespeare? I'm always hearing how bad it is, but it was created in a time where Shakespeare was experimenting with new ideas in theatre like intermissions. I actually like the play and it's characters and would welcome your input.
finally! I have been waiting all week!!!
Yay! I love crash course!! Literature and psychology are my favorites!!! :)
Brilliant video. Thank you.
What about doing the Iliad?
This was a challenging book to me. I still do not understand Shadrack. What was he supposed to be? And why did everyone have to die in the tunnel, but then Shadrack didn't?
so no one gonna talk about the amazing overwatch reference? 3:02
I Am reading Sula in my high school English class!! and it is one of the weirdest and most interesting books i have read in an English class
I am so happy someone shares my opinion of LOTF.
This really helped. I’m reading this book rn for English
Can we not have all caps while quoting from the book? Please?
He murdered this analysis
You should do John Updike's Rabbit series. Maybe not in depth look at all of the novels, but maybe look at the first, Rabbit Runs, and the fourth, Rabbit at Rest.
I loved this video. It helped me get more out of the book than I would have otherwise, and I think that the animation was especially engaging and easy to follow! (Better pacing than usual - normally some of it goes too fast for me to take in.)
Last time i was this early, Harambe was still alive
RIP, angel, gone too soon
remember while scrolling through the comments DON'T FEED THE TROLLS!
So why is the book callled Sula and not 'Nel' or 'Sula and Nel'. Both seem to be primary characters and neither it seems is the principle catalyst. Is it just that the author wanted to disregard binaries further by only acknowledging one of the characters in the title. Or is it just that Sula is a more compelling title?
Might be my favorite episode by far.
I have an intrigue on seeing things, not in black and white, but a greyish gloop. It's a perspective which allows you to see what may be hidden to the rest of the world.
MAKE MORE OF THESE!!!!
Waiting for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, or Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas. Or some of Stephen King or a video on H.P. Lovecraft. Because yeah, Lovecraft may have lived and wrote in times where racism was a lot more accepted, but his distinct concept of storytelling and unique perspective on the importance of where we stood in the universe broke open the dam for a LOT of writers in the 20th century and even now, and in practically EVERY genre as well as horror.
Love these SoMuch!!
I can't wait to read this book. It sounds wondrous.
Ill miss the literature mini series. Hope you decide to do more at a later time.
Why is the literature series so shooooort! :(