Crash Course Literature: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

John Green kicks off the Crash Course Literature mini series with a reasonable set of questions. Why do we read? What's the point of reading critically. John will argue that reading is about effectively communicating with other people. Unlike a direct communication though, the writer has to communicate with a stranger, through time and space, with only "dry dead words on a page." So how's that going to work? Find out with Crash Course Literature! Also, readers are empowered during the open letter, so that's pretty cool.

Series details

• Title: Crash Course Literature
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2012-11-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-02-13
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: YouTube
• Typical episode runtime: 15 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 31617
• TVDB ID: 265520

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2012-11-15; final listed air date 2013-01-24.
• Season 2: premiered 2014-02-27; final listed air date 2014-06-12.
• Season 3: premiered 2016-07-07; final listed air date 2016-09-08.
• Season 4: premiered 2017-11-07; final listed air date 2018-02-13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Crash Course Literature on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.