Shmoop Literature Courses Overview

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Two more to talk about:

The Bible as Literature

I went into this one with a little misgiving. I have a passing familiarity with the Bible, but the only time I ever really tried to sit down and read it, I crashed into a wall of "this person begat that person" for pages and pages, closed it, and backed away slowly. This course was as much about the history of the Bible as the literature, and I was surprised to find that I enjoyed it. Difficulty: 5/10 Tedium 6/10

Western Literature

Here's the thing with the Western Lit (and the British Lit course, which I'm working through now): They each only have 8 units, but the content in each unit is about double any other Shmoop literature course, and many of the units are quite messy in terms of presentation of materials and association/relevance between materials. It feels like there was kind of a "kitchen sink" mentality going on when they put these together. Difficulty: 7ish Tedium: 8