samba Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I'm interested in the following courses: The Art of Public Speaking The Art of Reading Museum Masterpieces:The Louvre Books That Have Made History Our NIght Sky The Great Ideas of Philosphy Classical Mythology Most of these are for me. Night Sky and Philosophy would be for dh. Eventually dd11 may use all of them. I'd love to hear your opinions. Thank you, Carolyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 We used Classical Mythology by Elizabeth Vandiver. Wonderful course - as are all her lectures. The whole family, including both DS11 and DD13, enjoyed them very much, and we learned a lot. A heads-up: depending on how comfortable you are with discussions of sexuality, you may want to skip lecture 21 (Monstrous females and female monsters) for a younger student. You can see a summary of the lecture in the course guidebook and decide; I could imagine some people being uncomfortable using this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Books that have made history - I've really enjoyed everything by Professor Fears. :thumbup1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Potts Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 We used Classical Mythology by Elizabeth Vandiver. Wonderful course - as are all her lectures. . :iagree: I loved this one. I thought her Iliad lectures were great as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Our NIght Sky My ds has watched all of TC's astronomy lectures, so this evaluation is from him. Our Night Sky is more focused on constellations and how to use your telescope. Whereas if you wanted one that talks about the universe then a good starter would be My Favorite Universe. He liked Our Night Sky. It just depends on what your dh wants to focus on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samba Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 Thank you for the replies. Anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 The Art of Reading is very good; I like his speaking style. It helps to read the works of literature he is discussing in each lecture. I've tried to do that. The Museum: The Louvre is interesting; I've only watched a few of the lectures so far. Make sure you get them all at a deep discount before you buy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kRenee Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 I liked The Art of Reading, too. It is not about literary analysis exactly in the sense that he doesn't walk you through setting, characters, plot, theme or how to write a paper. The way I remember it, it's almost a series of 'how to write a book' lectures in that he shows you how authors use certain elements to create the effect that they want. It's like looking at literary analysis from the author's point of view. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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