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They deal with timeless themes like love, war, morality, and mortality.

It is the best structural survey of Western lit available in audio format. It will not teach you how to feel about literature, but it will teach you how to think about it. TTC - Western Literary Canon in Context

Later authors constantly reference, subvert, or build upon these earlier texts. They deal with timeless themes like love, war,

The most common critique of this specific TTC course is its title. "Western" implies a geography; "Canon" implies a hierarchy. The course includes very few female authors until the 19th century (Austen, the Brontës) and almost no non-European or non-white authors until the final lectures on post-colonialism (which feel rushed). Later authors constantly reference, subvert, or build upon

The term "Canon" originally referred to the books of the Bible officially accepted by the Church. In a literary sense, it implies a similar sort of authorized truth—a list of works deemed worthy of preservation and study. However, Professor Sutherland does not approach this list with blind reverence. The primary strength of Western Literary Canon in Context lies in its title: