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Crash Course Literature, To Kill a Mockingbird
directed by Stan Muller, fl. 2010; produced by Stan Muller, fl. 2010, PBS Crash Course, in Crash Course Literature (Arlington, VA: PBS Crash Course, 2014), 11 mins
In which John Green teaches you about Harper Lee's famous (and only) novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. John will cover a bit about Harper Lee's personal life, (seeing as this novel has some autobiographical elements) and her long association with Truman Capote, who figures as a character in the book. You'll get an ove...
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directed by Stan Muller, fl. 2010; produced by Stan Muller, fl. 2010, PBS Crash Course, in Crash Course Literature (Arlington, VA: PBS Crash Course, 2014), 11 mins
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In which John Green teaches you about Harper Lee's famous (and only) novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. John will cover a bit about Harper Lee's personal life, (seeing as this novel has some autobiographical elements) and her long association with Truman Capote, who figures as a character in the book. You'll get an overview of the plot, and we'll talk a bit about Mockingbird as an example of bildungsroman (again(man, this description is heavy on paren...
In which John Green teaches you about Harper Lee's famous (and only) novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. John will cover a bit about Harper Lee's personal life, (seeing as this novel has some autobiographical elements) and her long association with Truman Capote, who figures as a character in the book. You'll get an overview of the plot, and we'll talk a bit about Mockingbird as an example of bildungsroman (again(man, this description is heavy on parentheses)) and Southern Gothic, and look into the novel as a commentary on the racism and patriarchy of the Alabama in which Harper Lee grew up.
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Field of Study
Literature
Content Type
Instructional material
Contributor
Stan Muller, fl. 2010, PBS Crash Course
Author / Creator
Stan Muller, fl. 2010
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
PBS Crash Course
Series
Crash Course Literature
Speaker / Narrator
John Green
Person Discussed
John Green
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