How and Why We Read: Crash Course English Literature #1

Also, I appreciate the Doctor Who chalk board drawing

FAULKNER BENEATH THE STARS 😂😂😂😂btw, I’m watching all these videos years later because I needed a dose of John Green because he’s amazing!

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Was this secretly a break up video?? Nice try John

Am I the only one who broke down his barriers: Parcels en francais = speak in French, Incorrect order use word = use incorrect word order, eakspay inyay inpay atinlay = speak in pig latin

Nope just me okay

Dude are you thirsty? Drink

Oh my, is that gallifreyan on that blackboard in the opening shot!? :O

i'd love a series on contenporary literature that you are passonate about or inspired you. just so i can keep an eye out for modern authers i need to check out

Damn, cocaine really is one hell of a drug.

Dearest John Greene, Please please please can you do a crash course video on Joseph Conrads' 'Heart of Darkness'? Sincerely, migraine strained college student

I love this series but that Faulkner joke makes it so I can't show it to my middle schoolers!

'Give yourself some power in that conversation, reader, go out there and make a world! Best Wishes, John Green.'
Cue the Birth of Fan-fiction.

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please do othello i beg

the shade thrown at his ex girlfriend tho XD

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Could you do a Paradise Lost video please?

Oh my God you're so fast

Why is this man shouting at me?

I have to completely disagree with you the "authorial intent is irrelevant" argument. I believe authorial intent is extremely relevant, at least for my understanding of anything written, especially non-fiction. How are we to understand any written word without at least some understanding of a writer's "psychological baggage?" I think Green is being disingenuous when he makes this "authorial intent is unimportant" argument, as I am certain authorial intent is often an important factor in how he interprets his own reading materials.

Reading allows us to hear the life narratives (often artfully told in "fiction") that human beings leave behind after they die. Also often, these life narratives are limited by the cultural, familial, and biological constraints of any given time. Nevertheless, such narratives are important to us as they give us some connection to and understanding of the era in which they are written.

Thanks for the great job, but the links are not working anymore...

he has changed a lot

you'll should definately make one on agatha Christie

I wish I can meet John and Hank some day. Very good authors that inspire me as a sixteen-year-old in writing.

3:23 When did Rahul Gandhi start teaching literature

Oooooh dear god, I love crash course, these guys know it all.

Gros fdp j’ai raté mon exam

I suppose all the subscribers are because of him

"Read Romeo and Juliet, it's good, although at times derivative of West Side Story"... I spat out my drink!
On that note, I am doing my degree in English Literature and can't believe I've only just found these.

ughh romeo and juliet...that book....i HATE it

i feel intimidated

One of the (many) things I love about John Green is the fact that, no matter how excited and shaky he gets, his beautiful hair (this is a bald man's speaking!) stays perfectly still. Yes, I know that's completely irrelevant but what can I say, I miss my hair! Oh, and also, Crash Course is great! 😄

this is trash, guy just speaks fast and bunch of gibberish not much value in this like Kardashian presenting a topic

*"... Or bad vampire fanfiction"*
... Cough, cough ...


*Bad Twighlight joke*
Jk, jk

Please do a Crash Course on Edgar Allen Poe (aka my favorite writer... along with Shakespeare, but that's not relevant.) I know everything about his life. But I can't find anything about what he was like as a person... other than depressed.

The Great Gatsby quote tho...

There you go...
1. Have a fuller understanding of lives other than your own
2. Helps you be more empathetic
3. Reading critically and attentively can give you the linguistic tools to share your own story with more precision

Am I the only one who thinks John Green is a faster talker than Eminem rapping...

Be my teacher, John 😭

i do matter, and you are rude :(

fake, the chair disapeard

The worst thing about having an undergrad in English is having to explain the use of it in a manner that appeals to capitalism.

I love ya man, but simmer down. Too fast. Slow your roll.

I like paper towns

I now regret studying engineering instead of pursuing literature

I love you John Green!!!!!

this isnt fortnite

ooooh, he is so excited^

1:10 Cleary John Green was also Danny Fenton's principle

Whovian's HEY TO YOU, MR GREEN..
GERONIMO..

In the video, "How and Why We Read," John Green discusses why we read critically.
List two reasons why he suggests we should read critically.

I love the Gallifreyan though

Jesus man, take it easy...
I can t watch you for a long time because you make me nervous.

10th time watching this.

So are there any fine nerds out there who can translate the Gallifreyan on the board?

scarlet letter maybe

Is anyone watching this for the green brothers only? Just me?

i enjoy talking but its been boring silence

Is there a better way to learn about literature than having John Green shout it at you?

Is there a better way to learn about literature than having John Green shout it at you?

John Green is incredible. Your videos always crack me up and teach me at the same time. Keep up the GREAT work!

I like how he said bad vampire fiction and we all understood what he was talking about.

The links for the Reading List direct me to a website that offers Social Media Packages; followers, likes, subs, etc. I just want the material for the course..

When I clicked this link in my college course assignments, I was not expecting John Green to pop up. Finally, a teacher who understands that watching videos with monotone voices and deadpan faces is not good for learning anything except for how to fall asleep in 2 minutes or less.

Is this the same person that did philosophy course ?

What the Fitzgerald did you just say to me you little piece of Shakespeare???? You little Dickens?????????

Can you please develop a crash course on great expectations by Charles Dickens? It will help understand the plot better

what an annoying yank. i mean come on

wow...great teaching and inspiring talk!!

I hate reading

WHAT DOES THE GALLIFREYEN SYMBOL SAY?!?! I CANT READ IT!!

Dislike because John green, and the fact that he doesn’t blink.
jk

Hey! Shakespeare is the main course meal, and bad Vampire fiction is dessert, there's no shame in that xD

J’aime parler français aussi et I-ay ike-lay o-tay eak-spay ig-pay atin-lay wrong in order

my niece cry watching your videos..

your funny but your scary too.. now, I'm afraid if I read books I end up like you.. so therefore I stop reading :D ..

Would you do Wide Sargasso Sea please???

Reading List links got hijacked!

“It's just that I learned a while ago that the best way to get people to like you is not to like them too much.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

Bad vampire fiction ... I see what you did there.

In a reading slump before. No longer after this video.

John Green is the adult version of Jimmy Neutron

what did the gallifrain say?

When he said and vampire fiction I immediately thought of Twilight

Could you please give a detailed explanation of the process of critical reading?
What questions do I pose to the prose to get a deeper understanding of it ?
I often find me disappointed with myself if I could not find the symbols that the people discuss and most of the time my interpretations are never popoularly accepted . How do I read in the right way ?😅

bad vampire fiction 😂😂

Though I'm no longer in highschool learning about English Literature nor I'm studying it in college. I would love to learn more about literature. The thing is my grammar is appalling for a 17 year old like me.

Hahaha! Gallifreyan in the background. That's great.

guys, i have something i don't in the video. What does John mean when he said: 'get these book to roll in'? What's a roll in? Thanks a lot

Make a video about poems and how to understand them, please?

Cant believe some so many people watched a video about reading.

did he just transition from an open letter to authorial intent to an open letter to the reader?

It would be great if the CrashCourse team would make a course about art.

Here's another reason to read:
You (can) have fun doing it

This is amazing! Would you considering doing some episodes on the Graphic Novel as literature? And perhaps do some critiques on a few like Watchmen, Sandman, Dark Knight Returns, Saga, Lazarus. These books are full of depth and commentary on the human condition and drama and is definitely literature. Literature and film all wrapped into one :-)

Hello 😍😍 I lovvvve crash course I even wish that it’s a Netflix series that I can binge watch ahaha ,,, I can’t seem to access the books ? Is the website still valid and working ? Thanks for your help

So, now they finally have a back catalogs about their show.. Is it worth watching?

Are you kin to Giuseppi Verdi?

Nerdwriter reference?