Intro to Theory of Literature
Yale University • ONLINE / REMOTE
"This is a survey of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory."
SUBJECT: THEORY / LITERATURE
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 10+ HOURS
Creative Writing: The Craft of Plot
Wesleyan University • ONLINE / REMOTE
"In this course aspiring writers will be introduced to perhaps the most elemental and often the most challenging element of story: plot."
SUBJECT: FICTION CRAFT
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 8 HOURS
The Open University • ONLINE / REMOTE
"Start Writing Fiction will give you an insight into how authors create their characters and settings."
SUBJECT: FICTION CRAFT
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 12 WEEKS
Writing and Editing: Structure and Organization
University of Michigan • ONLINE / REMOTE
"Writing and Editing series will help you become an effective architect of information, both with your sentences and with your paragraphs."
SUBJECT: EDITING & STRUCTURE
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 15 HOURS
Modern & Contemporary American Poetry
University of Pennsylvania • ONLINE / REMOTE
"Fast-paced introduction to modern and contemporary U.S. poetry, with an emphasis on experimental verse, from Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman to the present."
SUBJECT: POETRY
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 2 MONTHS
University of East Anglia • ONLINE / REMOTE
"Explores the key concepts and fundamental principles involved in the process of screenwriting."
SUBJECT: SCREENWRITING
COST: 2 WEEK ACCESS FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 6 HOURS
Online Games: Literature, New Media, and Narrative
Vanderbilt University • ONLINE / REMOTE
"Intended for both newcomers who are curious about video games and experienced gamers who want to reflect on their passion, this course will explore what happens to stories, paintings, and films when they become the basis of massively multiplayer online games."
SUBJECT: NEW MEDIA
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 21 HOURS
American Renaissance: Classic Literature of the 19th Century
Dartmouth College • ONLINE / REMOTE
"Explore the writings of famous American authors from Ralph Waldo Emerson and Harriet Beecher Stowe to Mark Twain, and examine the historic role Dartmouth College played in their formation."
SUBJECT: 19TH CENTURY LIT
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
Professional Tourism and Travel Writing
Alison • ONLINE / REMOTE
"This free course equips you with the skills to craft engaging narratives, polish your writing, and publish your work across various media while adhering to ethical tourism practices."
SUBJECT: TRAVEL WRITING
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 3-4 HOURS
Nanjing University • ONLINE / REMOTE
"This course offers you basic but valuable techniques used by a good translator in the translation between English and Chinese."
SUBJECT: TRANSLATION
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 2 WEEKS
Mythgard Academy • ONLINE / REMOTE
"Analyze the classic tale of vampiric horror, Dracula, by Bram Stoker."
SUBJECT: GOTHIC LIT
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 10+ HOURS
Writing in English at University
Lund University • ONLINE / REMOTE
"This course aims to give you an understanding of the conventions of academic writing in English and to teach you the components and benefits of what is called process writing..."
SUBJECT: ACADEMIC WRITING
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 3 WEEKS
Intro to the Gothic Novel
Alison • ONLINE / REMOTE
"Discusses an overview of Gothic fiction by emphasizing the key narratives from the eighteenth and nineteenth century."
SUBJECT: GOTHIC LIT
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 6-10 HOURS
Poetry: How to Read a Poem
University of York • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: POETRY
COST: FREE (AUDIT)
CERTIFICATE: YES (OPTIONAL FEE)
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
Free Short Story Writing Course
Christopher Fielden • ONLINE / REMOTE
"This free course focuses on the art of short story and flash fiction writing, with a strong emphasis on getting your work published."
SUBJECT: SHORT STORY
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 5 MODULES
Gothic Terror and Grotesque in the Gothic Novel
Alison • ONLINE / REMOTE
"This free online course discusses two significant novels of the nineteenth century namely ‘A Christmas Carol’ and ‘Dracula’."
SUBJECT: GOTHIC LITERATURE
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 6-10 HOURS
The Open University • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: TRANSLATION STUDIES
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES (STATEMENT)
LENGTH: 4 HOURS
The Victorian Gothic Short Story
NPTEL • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: GOTHIC LITERATURE
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
The Gothic Novel (Legacy Course)
Saylor Academy • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: GOTHIC LITERATURE
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: SELF-PACED
Old Norse Mythology in the Sources
University of Colorado Boulder • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
COST: FREE (AUDIT)
CERTIFICATE: YES (OPTIONAL FEE)
LENGTH: 1-4 WEEKS
Writing From Everyday Life: Nonfiction and Personal Essays
University of Iowa • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: NONFICTION
COST: FREE (RESOURCES/AUDIT)
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 6 WEEKS
University of Barcelona • ONLINE / REMOTE
"In this course we will introduce you to the Middle Ages through a wide conception of magic."
SUBJECT: MEDIEVAL LITERATURE
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 5 MODULES
Playwriting & Dramaturgy (Foundations)
University of Glasgow • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: PLAYWRITING
COST: FREE (AUDIT TRACK)
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
The Architecture of Fear: Exploring the Gothic Imagination
University of Oxford • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: GOTHIC LITERATURE
COST: FREE (OPEN PROGRAM)
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 5 DAYS (INTENSIVE)
The History of the Book in the Early Modern Period: 1450 to 1800
Trinity College Dublin • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: BOOK HISTORY / PUBLISHING
COST: FREE (AUDIT)
CERTIFICATE: YES (OPTIONAL FEE)
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
Reading Contemporary Gothic Horror Writing
University of Glasgow • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: GOTHIC HORROR
COST: FREE (OPEN SESSIONS)
CERTIFICATE: YES (UNIVERSITY CREDIT)
LENGTH: 5 WEEKS
Japanese Books: From Manuscript to Print
Harvard University • ONLINE / REMOTE
"This course expands the definition of the 'book' to include scrolls and albums, focusing on the reading experience of a variety of formats in Japan."
SUBJECT: BOOK HISTORY
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 9 WEEKS
University of Florida • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: UTOPIAN/DYSTOPIAN LIT
COST: FREE (AUDIT)
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 15 WEEKS
Popular Culture and Narrative: Use and Abuse of the Fairy Tale
MIT • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: FAIRY TALE THEORY
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: SELF-PACED
幼儿文学 (Early Childhood Literature & Fables)
XuetangX (Tsinghua University) • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: FABLES & LEGENDS
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: SELF-PACED
Making Books: The Renaissance and Today
MIT • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: BOOKMAKING / PRINTING
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 15 WEEKS (SELF-PACED)
ModPo: Experimental Poetry
University of Pennsylvania • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: EXPERIMENTAL POETRY
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES (OPTIONAL FEE)
LENGTH: 10 WEEKS
Shakespeare’s Othello: The Moor
Harvard University • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: SHAKESPEARE / DRAMA
COST: FREE (AUDIT)
CERTIFICATE: YES (OPTIONAL)
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
Major Authors: Melville and Morrison
MIT • ONLINE / REMOTE
"This seminar provides intensive study of texts by two American authors (Herman Melville, 1819-1891, and Toni Morrison, 1931 - ) who, using lyrical, radically innovative prose, explore in different ways epic notions of American identity."
SUBJECT: MAJOR AUTHORS
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 15 WEEKS
Ancient Masterpieces of World Literature
Harvard University • ONLINE / REMOTE
"Examines how civilizations and cultures of the ancient world defined themselves through literature and how that literature has continued to contribute to our understanding of those civilizations and cultures today."
SUBJECT: HISTORY OF LIT
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 6 WEEKS
书籍装帧设计 (Book Binding Design)
XuetangX (Tsinghua University) • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: BOOKBINDING / DESIGN
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: SELF-PACED
Yale University • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: MAJOR AUTHORS
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 24 LECTURES
Writing Stories About Ourselves (Memoir)
Wesleyan University • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: CREATIVE NONFICTION / MEMOIR
COST: FREE (AUDIT)
CERTIFICATE: YES (OPTIONAL FEE)
LENGTH: 10 HOURS
The Medieval Book of Hours: Art and Devotion
Harvard University • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: BOOK HISTORY
COST: FREE (AUDIT)
CERTIFICATE: YES (OPTIONAL FEE)
LENGTH: SELF-PACED
ModPo: The Dadaist Poem & Experimental Verse
University of Pennsylvania • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: EXPERIMENTAL POETRY
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES (OPTIONAL FEE)
LENGTH: 15 MODULES
Scrolls in the Age of the Book
Harvard University • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: BOOK HISTORY
COST: FREE (AUDIT)
CERTIFICATE: YES (OPTIONAL FEE)
LENGTH: SELF-PACED
Whitmania: Walt Whitman and the Digital Age
University of Iowa • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: EXPERIMENTAL POETRY
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: YES
LENGTH: 6 WEEKS
The Book: A History of the Portable Material World
University of London • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: BOOK HISTORY
COST: FREE (AUDIT)
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 4 WEEKS
The Literature of the English Country House
University of Sheffield • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: GOTHIC LITERATURE
COST: FREE (AUDIT)
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 6 WEEKS
Visual Storytelling for Screenwriters & Novelists
Writers Write • ONLINE / REMOTE
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SUBJECT: STORYTELLING / CRAFT
COST: FREE
CERTIFICATE: NO
LENGTH: 14 LESSONS