Literature

Trying to do a literature curriculum. Currently very much in the planning stage!

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What is it I want from this?

Also, books, as a project, is a lifelong thing. There's no limit to this.

Some starting resources: Great English Literature syllabus is useful because it's explicitly a self-directed curriculum and it's not just a list - it's the how and the why. The Great Books curriculum from St John's college is sort of the gold standard it seems? It's a lot. Also I'm very much incorporating A non-Western canon: What would a list of humanity's 100 greatest writers look like?. The Hardcore Literature youtube channel has a lot of 'how to read this book'.

The list of books got waaay too long to be on this page. I might break it up into smaller sections but for now it's here.

Ancient Literature (aka Classics, but more)
Literary criticism broadly and specific disciplines (Marxist/feminist/eco)
Does linguistics and language fall under this?
Should I use time periods or movements? Do the movements just fall under the time period?
Do I want to focus on some works/authors particularly? Jane Austen, Brontës (cheating, have a headstart)
Look into the formation of and history of genres?
Where does stuff like ergodic literature or fictional biographies fit in?
How to read
Having Derrida flashbacks
In chronological order, ignoring medium? (poetry etc)
is this going to incorporate all the reading lists? They are mostly literature after all?

Last year I did Ancient Masterpieces of World Literature from HarvardX and there's also Masterpieces of World Literature and Modern Masterpieces of World Literature. Does the general 'masterpieces' just use bits from the ancient and the modern? Guess I'll find out.

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