Class introduction

Did you feel that classical literature and humanities were difficult and hard? Spend 20 minutes a day softly and softly feeling the world's literature and humanities that only feel hard!

From the story of Jane Austen's real first love, the originator of romantic comedy, to the background of Virginia Woolf's elegant and intellectual melancholy, to the story that Shakespeare's son's name was Hamlet, I'll also share with you the artist whose name I only knew and the interesting story behind the work.

In this class, I'm going to tell you four stories of classical literature whose value does not change over time. You'll have fun following them all the way to the end as if you were traveling to the places that served as the backdrop for each work.

The author I've only met in textbooks, the book I've only heard the title! I'll guide you to read classic literature that only felt so far away in an interesting way. The classical literature tour to Europe, which adds a spoonful of culture for intellectual dialogue, begins right now.

Course effect

• The composition introduces places to visit in Europe that you want to leave right away, and tells the stories of literary works and writers involved in those places, You can experience the feeling that classical literature, which only felt far away, is coming realistically.
• Beginners in the humanities can learn how to read books in an easy and fun way.
• On a trip to one day, you can plan your own intelligent travel destination that others don't know.

Recommended target

• Those who are interested in classics and humanities but don't know how to approach them
• Those who are curious about how great artists conceived and wrote their works
• Those who want to have an extraordinary trip to Europe with the intellectual places mentioned in the book
• Those who want to build up humanities literacy by investing a short time in a busy daily life

3 reasons why this class is special

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Through the artist's life and footsteps

Understanding classical literature

An artist's life is the most basic lens for seeing and understanding a work. This is because it is their work of art that takes the puzzle pieces that make up the artist's life and creates a different result. In this class, we will have time to understand the background behind the birth of the work by examining the lives of four Daimunho, who captivated people from all over the world, including Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

• The story of her first love with Tom Lefroy, which was an intense trigger in the monotonous life of Jane Austen
• The story of the hasty speeding marriage of Shakespeare, a great playwright loved around the world, and the birth of his son Hamlet's name as a legendary literary work
• It is a story that the birth of Virginia's work was based on the devotion and trust of her husband Leonard Wolfe
• The story is that the young Werther, who ended his life because he was not rich in sensibility, was actually Goethe himself

▲ From the top left, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf, and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

You can take a step closer to classical literature through stories from a variety of new writers that were difficult to understand with books alone. In light of the writer's life, classical literature, which was only difficult, will feel as comfortable and friendly as the stories of people around me!

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Leaving for the right place in the work

LAN Sun Humanities Tour

Have you ever visited the places where the artists wrote their work, or the places that directly served as the background for the work? I always travel to places related to the artist and the work in order to get a deeper understanding of the work. This is because books that were vague as a trip feel closer.

▲ Left: Goethe's Weimar Museum in Germany, Jane Austen's Chorton Museum in England

When I go to Kronborg Castle in Helsingor, which is the setting for Shakespeare's “Hamlet,” I feel like Hamlet is standing right in front of me. When I saw Virginia Woolf write that article with her “own room,” it also conveyed her sense of pride. At Goethe's Weimar Museum, I saw the study room where Goethe always spent time and said, “Oh, Faust was born here!” and they also clumped together.

In this class, I will share with my classmates all the feelings and feelings I felt at my travel destination with vivid materials. I want you to feel that the classics are coming realistically by wearing realistic clothes.

▲ Hamlet's background on the left, Kronborg Castle, Denmark, Virginia Woolf's Monks House writing room

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Share reading methods tailored to the characteristics of the book

Artists have a special reason for writing their works, and they also hide their intentions in their works. I will identify the unique characteristics of the work and teach you a reading method tailored to each classic book.

▲ Read Chapters 1-4 “Pride and Prejudice”

As I read Pride and Prejudice, I learn how easily and how common 'prejudice' is infiltrating our lives. Through the story of Elizabeth, who overcame this, you will all feel that they are growing inwardly together.

▲ Chapter 2-3 Hamlet - Kronborg Castle, Helsingor, Denmark

In Hamlet, you'll see an ordinary young man who thinks and thinks before making a decision like we actually are, rather than an obvious hero in a traditional narrative. It's really refreshing to build such a realistic character over 400 years ago.

In this way, I will point out the reading points of each work and guide you so that you can read more interestingly. How about using this class as a guide for a fun reading of classical literature and a humanities trip?