The video above is the first of 26 lecÂtures makÂing up a free Yale course called The AmerÂiÂcan NovÂel Since 1945. Taught by Amy HungerÂford, the course introÂduces you to the novÂels of AmerÂiÂca’s finest post-war writÂers — Nabokov (Ă©miÂgrĂ©), Salinger, KerÂouac, and PynÂchon, and also Philip Roth, Toni MorÂriÂson, CorÂmac McCarthy and Jonathan Safran Foer. You can watch all lecÂtures in the folÂlowÂing forÂmats: YouTube – iTunes Audio – iTunes Video. Yale also offers the files as mp3s/movs here. For more full-fledged coursÂes from othÂer top uniÂverÂsiÂties (includÂing many othÂers from Yale), visÂit our colÂlecÂtion of Free Online LitÂerÂaÂture CoursÂes, a subÂset of our colÂlecÂtion 1,700 Free Online CoursÂes from Top UniÂverÂsiÂties.
You can stream all of the lecÂtures, from start to finÂish, below:
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KerÂouac but _not_ BurÂroughs? Hmmm.