James Cain OER/OCW Courses

21L.012 Forms of Western Narrative MIT by Cain James @Massachusetts

This class will investigate the ways in which the formal aspects of Western storytelling in various media have shaped both fantasies and perceptions, making certain understandings... Download Course Materials

21L.455 Classical Literature: The Golden by Cain James @Massachusetts

Roman Literature of the Golden Age of Augustus Caesar, produced during the transition from Republican to Imperial forms of government, was to have a profound and defining influence... Download Course Materials

21L.460 Medieval Literature: Dante Boccaccio by Cain @Massachusetts

The course explores the literary masterworks of three of the most celebrated authors of the Middle Ages in their original literary and historical contexts. The various themes they... Download Course Materials

21L.460 Medieval Literature: Medieval Women by Cain James @Massachusetts

This survey provides a general introduction to medieval European literature (from Late Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century) from the perspective of women writers from a variety of... Download Course Materials

21L.707 Arthurian Literature and Celtic by Cain James @Massachusetts

The course examines the earliest emergence of stories about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table in the context of the first wave of British Imperialism and the expanded... Download Course Materials

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