Introduction

Featuring discussions of cosmopolitanism and deliberative democracy; Raymond Williams's model of dominant, residual, and emergent cultures; Puritanism and Jeffersonianism; the horizon of expectations and the aesthetics of reception; canonization; ideology; and American Exceptionalism.

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Education

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• Cyrus Patell
• american literature
• New York University
• NYU
• OpenEd
• Open Ed
• Open
• Education
• introduction

[andrefjbernardo]

I love this! Great video! Thank you.

[kaylakat122114]

really interesting class

[jagerman19]

I just arrived in Seoul from the United States (or should I say America?) yesterday and stumbled upon this video. Needless to say I was taken back when Dr. Patell looked at the camera and said "so if you travel to Seoul..." A great piece of intellectual candy for the day, thank you for posting.

[littlemissmeg13]

Thank you so much, NYU and Dr. Patell! This is a better education than I could ever afford, and it helps me become a better high school English teacher. Don't listen to the jokers below me. I'm so grateful that you put this out there for free!

[PhailurePhish]

Am I the only one who likes him? I'm interested in reading without the assumption that these classic writers are great, instead with curiosity as to whether they deserve their fame. I didn't like the Obama ass kissing, but it's nothing against Obama, I just don't like ass kissing in general and teachers are supposed to be at least mildly objective.

[faunafx3]

American Literature?.... I have learned nothing . Oh, except a Marxists view of culture, and why a one world order is good.... scary. God Bless America and it's core of freedom.

[SLSF1522]

What a dumb-ass....

[backintheday1]

He certainly wasted no time before sticking his tongue up that Communist Obama's ass.

[SuicideSue21]

@silyflips111

that's what I was thinking

o.o

[MegaKillaKrazy]

The commander and chief of the U.S. army is peaceful?