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A very extensive literature overview and probably the best bang for your buck in this genre that Great Courses provides. However, with multiple lecturers the quality is not consistent - and some eras have better lecturers and coverage offered in other of their courses.
 
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A.Godhelm | 4 andere besprekingen | Oct 20, 2023 |
Overall, I enjoyed this enlightening sampling of lectures from various Great Courses series. However, I felt that some of the topics selected weren't as successful as others in a stand-alone format -- for these, some additional fundamental knowledge seemed to be required to fully understand the subjects, particularly while jumping in mid-series, as we are with this type of compilation.
 
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ryner | 1 andere bespreking | Mar 21, 2023 |
Part I: Near Eastern and Mediterranean. Just excellent. Vandiver is a lecturer to stick with.
Part II: Literature of the Classical World. Just the same. So illuminating, Astonished to find out how much and how very little I know of these works.
 
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themulhern | 4 andere besprekingen | Apr 1, 2022 |
The best thing about this lecture series was how diverse the mythology covered in it was. It touches on myths from all over the world, though it does feature Greek and Roman myth more heavily than any other, and some cultures are notoriously absent (for example, I don't think Slavic myth was mentioned at all). The thing I liked least was how non-diverse the lecturers were. I was less than thrilled with hearing about, for instance, Incan myths from a white man, Indian myths from a white woman, or Chinese myths from a different white man. I appreciated that they all seemed to try to see the myth through the lens of the culture that it belonged to, but it still felt wrong. It was worth it for the overview, but I'll get my deeper look at these mythologies elsewhere.… (meer)
 
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