The Great Poems Series: Unbinding Prometheus
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Online
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Course
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Online
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Duration
42 Weeks
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Different dates available
We understand that for students to learn deeply, they need to be active, engaged, inspired, involved. They need to interact with their peers, connect dots between new and current knowledge and they need to have fun in the process!
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Subjects
- Poems
- Poetry
- Literature
- Shelley
- Percy Shelley
Course programme
Join Eric Alan Weinstein and his team--more than a dozen eminent academics and poets from around the globe--for a free onlinecourse exploring the work of poet Percy Shelley! Start by watching the introduction videoand read on tofind out more...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote “Man is born free, but he is everywhere in chains.” Poet Percy Shelley believed words could be stronger than shackles, and wrote poems intended to free mankind from their chains.
Some have argued that poetry can do nothing--or as W.H. Auden said, "Poetry makes nothing happen." Yet Henry David Thoreau, Karl Marx, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela were inspired by Shelley's words to live in the service of freedom and dignity, and they changed the world. The Unbinding Prometheus MOOC investigates both what Shelley's words have meant over time, and what his words might mean for us today.
NO previous background in literature is required--simply the patience and persistence to read poetry, discover beauty and find meaning in a community of learners. Join us and experience the power of poetry. Prometheus Unbound. Read the poem. Change the world.
---Eric Alan Weinstein and the Unbinding Prometheusteam
The Great Poems Series: Unbinding Prometheus