How and Why We Read: Crash Course English Literature #1
In which John Green kicks off the Crash Course Literature mini series with a reasonable set of questions. Why do we read? What’s the point of reading critica…
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The liberal arts (Latin: artes liberales) are those subjects or skills that in classical antiquity were considered essential for a free person (a citizen) to…
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Yeah. +Jean Bees and I just had this conversation about authorial intent
(among other things).
I may in fact have a crush on John Green.
+Kim Thirion and all the authors reading this. You knew all about the
content of this video, did you not?
It’s “You and I”
I’d Faulkner this guy.
Hahaha Nerds Unite!!! Anyways, can you guys do some of the lesser known
Shakespeare plays like A Midsummer Night’s Dream and maybe even popular
fiction like the Hunger Games?
P.S. If you really love reading, why would you want to do a ‘crash course’
in it? If you enjoy something why not take the time to savour it?
Gotta disagree almost entirely on the authorial intent thing there John
sooooo long. zzzzzzz.
That Gallifreyan, though…it’s actually pretty perfect.
John Green? Are you related to Hank Green?
oh my god im gonna get so much hate but what is a Gallifreyan? I honestly
dont know…
I don’t read Gallifreyan, but it doesn’t look right to me.
Would anyone care to translate the Gallifreyan writing on the board?
I DIDNT KNOW U ROTE THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
lol, falknering beneath the stars…
Actually, I think at (around) 1:40 it would be “Je parle francais”
Forgive the lack of accents/letter decorations – I’m on an American
keyboard.
You talk too fast, have a thought for your audience, most enthusiastic
readers are introverts, we don’t want to listen to a fast-speaking
extrovert.
ist jemand Deutsch? :D
Just found out that John Green’s the guy who wrote “The Fault in Our
Stars.”
I get the feeling that there are some writers who just throw stuff in to
confuse the heck out of people who come after.
In which +John Green makes up for the end of Crash Course World History but
doing Crash Course Literature now instead.
I like to read.
OH MY GODS THAT WAS GALLIFREYAN!!!!
Hush, this is perfect Galifreyan!
john green asdfghjkl
Reading can certainly help the reader to find kindred spirits, but for me
it does something quite different. It takes me into lives and places I
have never known and helps to lead me toward a larger, better view of the
world around me. A life without books to me, would be muted and sadly one
dimensional.
“As a young scientific empiricist, there was no scientific proof for this
stuff.” Scientific empiricism is such a self-refuting concept. “Science can
prove everything.” Yeah, except for that statement.
I wonder if the interviewer has ever read a book in his life
I find it difficult to envision this scruffy guy teach Jane Austen.
For more information, see my book Not Trivial: How Studying the Traditional
Liberal Arts Can Set You Free
Brian Lamb is a great interviewer!
I have come to realize- after years- that- reading the classics has, for
the most part, empowered me, AND, it has made me aware of the various
types/styles of writers writings…
Intetesting guy
parasites
I read so SLOW, it’s shameful. so much more into music and reading on the
internet. classics, takes me too long to read the classics.
Very interesting, although i prefer non-fiction at the moment.