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Overview
This is the reading list for the course: History of Western Literature 1 (2024). Here are twelve books picked to represented different periods all the way to 1800s.
Challenge Books
1
Iltatähti, häälaulu
Sappho
A collection of fragmented poetry by Sappho to represent Ancient Greek Literature
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Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
Praised by Aristotle as the perfect tragedy, Oedipus Rex represents Ancient Greek Literature
3
The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio
A collection of stories to represent the literature of Middle Ages.
4
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
The tragic play by Shakespeare to represent the Renaissance
5
Candide
Voltaire
A satirical story by the philosopher Voltaire yo represent the Age of Enlightenment
6
Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus
Mary Shelley
A gothic horror to represent the Romantic Era
7
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
A romance to represent the Romantic Era
8
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
A gothic story to represent the Romantic Era
9
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens
A novel to represent Realism
10
Seitsemän veljestä
Aleksis Kivi
The first Finnish novel written in Finnish
11
Vänrikki Stoolin tarinat
Johan Ludvig Runeberg
Written to create Finnish sense of identity during National Romanticism
12
Helkavirsiä I-II
Eino Leino
A Finnish poetry collection to represent the Era of National Romanticism in Finland