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Classic novels : meeting the challenge of great literature / Arnold Weinstein

By: Contributor(s): Material type: Mixed materialsMixed materialsLanguage: English Series: Great courses (DVD). Literature & English language | The Great courses | The Great CoursesPublication details: Chantilly, Virginia : The Teaching Company, 2007.Description: 6 videodiscs (ca. 1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 218 p. ; 20 cm.)ISBN:
  • 1598033883
  • 9781598033885
Other title:
  • Meeting the challenge of great literature
Uniform titles:
  • The Great Courses
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370
LOC classification:
  • LB 14.6 W424c 2007
Contents:
Pt. 1. Meeting the challenge of great literature -- Moll Flanders / Defoe -- Tristram Shandy / Sterne -- Les liaisons dangereuses / Laclos -- Les liaisons dangereuses, part 2 / Laclos -- Père Goriot / Balzac -- Père Goriot, part 2 / Balzac -- Wuthering heights / Brontë -- Wuthering heights, part 2 / Brontë -- Moby-Dick / Melville -- Moby-Dick, part 2 / Melville -- Bleak house, part 1 / Dickens -- Pt. 2. Bleak house, part 2 / Dickens -- Madame Bovary / Flaubert -- Madame Bovary, part 2 / Flaubert -- War and peace / Tolstoy -- War and peace, part 2 / Tolstoy -- Brothers Karamazov / Dostoevsky -- Brothers Karamazov, part 2 / Dostoevsky -- Heart of darkness / Conrad -- Death in Venice / Mann -- "The metamorphosis" / Kafka -- The trial / Kafka -- Remembrance of things past / Proust -- Pt. 3. Remembrance of things past, part 2 / Proust -- Remembrance of things past, part 3 / Proust -- Ulysses / Joyce -- Ulysses, part 2 / Joyce -- Ulysses, part 3 / Joyce -- To the lighthouse / Woolf -- To the lighthouse, part 2 / Woolf -- As I lay dying / Faulkner -- As I lay dying, part 2 / Faulkner -- One hundred years of solitude / García Márquez -- One hundred years of solitude, part 2 -- Ending the course, beginning the world.
Summary: "Classic Novels: Meeting the Challenge of Great Literature, taught by veteran Teaching Company Professor Arnold Weinstein. As Professor Weinstein says, "Life flows onto the pages of the books we read." More than a mere "slice of life," classic novels perform a sort of miracle, jolting us to see the remarkable, often provocative truths that underlie the human condition. To experience these extraordinary novels is to ask deep and sometimes unsettling questions about our lives and our world. Classic Novels is your invitation to the dazzling, surprising, and deeply moving worlds revealed through these great works. You'll move beyond what is often offered in literary courses: plot synopses, anecdotes, facts about where and when a novel was written. With Professor Weinstein's guidance you'll gain something greater and more profound: an opportunity to experience the startling brilliance that makes each of these works a classic.--From publisher's website.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) LB 14.6 W424c 2007 Guide (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000136845

Course no. 2310.

Lectures 1-36 of 36.
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Pt. 1. Meeting the challenge of great literature -- Moll Flanders / Defoe -- Tristram Shandy / Sterne -- Les liaisons dangereuses / Laclos -- Les liaisons dangereuses, part 2 / Laclos -- Père Goriot / Balzac -- Père Goriot, part 2 / Balzac -- Wuthering heights / Brontë -- Wuthering heights, part 2 / Brontë -- Moby-Dick / Melville -- Moby-Dick, part 2 / Melville -- Bleak house, part 1 / Dickens --
Pt. 2. Bleak house, part 2 / Dickens -- Madame Bovary / Flaubert -- Madame Bovary, part 2 / Flaubert -- War and peace / Tolstoy -- War and peace, part 2 / Tolstoy -- Brothers Karamazov / Dostoevsky -- Brothers Karamazov, part 2 / Dostoevsky -- Heart of darkness / Conrad -- Death in Venice / Mann -- "The metamorphosis" / Kafka -- The trial / Kafka -- Remembrance of things past / Proust --
Pt. 3. Remembrance of things past, part 2 / Proust -- Remembrance of things past, part 3 / Proust -- Ulysses / Joyce -- Ulysses, part 2 / Joyce -- Ulysses, part 3 / Joyce -- To the lighthouse / Woolf -- To the lighthouse, part 2 / Woolf -- As I lay dying / Faulkner -- As I lay dying, part 2 / Faulkner -- One hundred years of solitude / García Márquez -- One hundred years of solitude, part 2 -- Ending the course, beginning the world.

"Classic Novels: Meeting the Challenge of Great Literature, taught by veteran Teaching Company Professor Arnold Weinstein. As Professor Weinstein says, "Life flows onto the pages of the books we read." More than a mere "slice of life," classic novels perform a sort of miracle, jolting us to see the remarkable, often provocative truths that underlie the human condition. To experience these extraordinary novels is to ask deep and sometimes unsettling questions about our lives and our world. Classic Novels is your invitation to the dazzling, surprising, and deeply moving worlds revealed through these great works. You'll move beyond what is often offered in literary courses: plot synopses, anecdotes, facts about where and when a novel was written. With Professor Weinstein's guidance you'll gain something greater and more profound: an opportunity to experience the startling brilliance that makes each of these works a classic.--From publisher's website.

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