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Overview
https://pll.harvard.edu/course/masterpieces-of-world-literature
The reading list for Harvard’s free course on World Literature. See the link for the course.
The reading list for Harvard’s free course on World Literature. See the link for the course.
Masterpieces of World Literature (HarvardX)
4 participants (12 books)
Overview
https://pll.harvard.edu/course/masterpieces-of-world-literature
The reading list for Harvard’s free course on World Literature. See the link for the course.
The reading list for Harvard’s free course on World Literature. See the link for the course.
Challenge Books
1
(bonus)
The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, and Civilization
Martin Puchner
The author of this book is one of the course hosts and references his research in this book.
2
(bonus)
Goethe's Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
No specific work of Goethe’s is required, but he is a unit is study. I picked one of his most famous works here.
3
Gilgamesh: A New English Version
Anonymous
Andrew George translation recommended. I read the Stephen Mitchell version.
4
The Odyssey
Homer
HarvardX recommends Robert Fagle’s translation. I personally like Emily Wilson’s.
5
The Arabian Nights
Unknown
HarvardX recommends Husain Haddaway’s translation.
6
The Tale of Genji
Murasaki Shikibu
HarvardX recommends Royall Tyler’s translation.
10
(bonus)
Love in a Fallen City
Eileen Chang
Only one short story “Sealed Off” is discussed.
11
Ficciones
Jorge Luis Borges
HarvardX recommends the Anthony Kerrigan translation.
