World literature

GoodRead's Book List Challenge: Are You Well-Read in World Literature? Do you find yourself reading mainly American or British authors? Do you shy away from translated works of literature? How many of these books from international authors have you read?

Timeline of literary periods and movements - infographic - "A Timeline of Literary Periods and Movements" was developed by a team from The Literature Network, an online community of literature lovers

Are you shilly-shallying to studying English literature? Constantly fluctuating between your fondness for literature and the thought of how would

Roberta Kwok on Shakespeare’s World, a crowdsourcing project that aims to better understand everyday life and language in early-modern England.

Become well-read with this list of 50 world literature titles. How many have you read? What would you add to this list?

See all of the William Shakespeare images - pictures, portraits and sculptures - with claims to be a true image of Shakespeare. As with many questions around

They say books can take you anywhere. That reading is a great way to visit far away places, without having to move an inch. I agree. Words combined with an open mind, can really take you away. But what if you want to take that literature induced wanderlust to the ...

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'The best modern prose translation of The Iliad' Robin Lane Fox, The Times The first of the world's great tragedies, The Iliad centres on the pivotal four days towards the end of the ten-year war between the Greeks and the Trojans. In a series of dramatic set pieces, it follows the story of the humiliation of Achilleus at the hands of Agamemnon and his slaying of Hektor: a barbarous act with repercussions that ultimately determine the fate of Troy. The Iliad not only paints an intimate…

This post will take you through a typical year in my high school world literature classroom as well as share some of the resources I use to engage my students.