Everything interesting I learned in my first year as a literature student

In this video I’m talking about everything I enjoyed learning in my first year at uni as a comparative literature student. Enjoy! :-) Sorry for the messed up audio sync in the middle, I’m not sure how it happened and I saw it too late to fix it. Consider supporting the channel financially. I appreciate it! ❤️ contact: @ Time stamps: 00:00 Intro 02:40 The 12 courses I took 03:38 Support the channel :-) 04:03 Philosophy of language 07:14 How to talk about books I haven’t read, Musil 11:20 Translation: Irony & Double Meaning Link cards 13:42 Flaubert on Literature The value of information about books 16:50 How to craft a solid argument 20:04 The concept of TIME in literature 22:34 Being in a system without accepting 24:12 Platon and Aristotle on literature - Truth or Katharsis? 26:06 Learning a language is messy 28:36 Myths as metaphors 30:39 The limits of language 32:10 Novels to navigate individuality 33:52 How to love a book 36:00 Paris as the literary capital 36:46 Making peace with postmodern literature 39:55 Kafka on power 42:33 Thomas Bernhards influence 43:52 The origins of language & the sense of time Thank you all for being here!