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

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.

So tired of that mofuckin jerk looking idiots takin about books

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?

Please do Oliver twist!!!
Thanks!

How would you cite this video correctly, MLA style?

OMG how could he speak so fast

nice

Thank you for these hilarious and informative videos! This series helped me so much with passing the American Literature CLEP test! :)

Crash course is not designed for students with learning challenges who have difficulty understanding information due to the speed it's presented in. This man needs to slow down! Hard to learn when info is being presented that quickly. Not a good learning tool for so many students that need to learn this info.

I read Fault in our Stars and found out the author is on this channel

Does anybody know what that Gallifreyan says?

First open letter against authorial intent? I'm so down

I love the way how John Green is dissing his ex-girlfriend through this video.

don'y really like this one

My literature teacher told us to come here. I now understand why and that literature goes beyond being entertained by a book or for the sake of pleasure. I now see reading is a 'tool' that will help us in our lives, experiences, feelings (good or bad ones but still feelings) and so much more but it would be a very long list. Greetings from Argentina.

Amazing what you do John; make us reflect on why we need to read. It's just great what you offer us :)

The fangirl inside of me was screeching the whole time because of the circular gallifreyan

I wanna translate what you wrote in Gallifreyan on your chalkboard.

I SCREAMED WHEN I SAW CIRCULAR GALLIFREYAN.

this is like trying to read and understand the worlds most complex poetry in a diffrent language that you dont know
did not dislike though

i still believe in treasure hunting though

2018 ??

I once heard some one explain reading as a way that humans download software

"THE AUTHOR DOES NOT MATTER. all that matters is that the book is there!" yu sure john the author is extremely important for the book (MAYBE) might not have existed WITHOUT them, take this as an example: JK Rowling could not have made that book(harry potter) if not for her creative personality same goes for Rick Riordan. (Every mythical book that he made)
Take Homer the mysterious author that nobody knows for sure who he really is. Well he was SUPER CREATIVE, more creative than rick and jk combined. these types of writers 3 examples of really amazing creative ONE OF A KIND work especially homer, who made everyones mind BLOW who read the the Odyssey because not many people an make poetry and a story SO WELL to homers level. you must have been Einstein genius levels to make this story. im no Albert Einstein but still, this is what i think. cya.

What the Shakespeare!

love love love

Dear John, please do something on Faulkner.. I'm a Lit major and I don't get him at all.

You are the best john green

This is the best serives ever

When John doesn't call the video description section the doobly
Doo😵 but seriously love this video

Nice

Please start a discussion on Gone with the wind John???? 😁😁😁

Don't forget to be awesome 😀

God, how much I hate the word 'problematic'.

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