Videos on Literature as an Art

Learn about Literature as an Art using Online Video. Use the Subtitles to improve Reading & Literacy Skills .....at the same time!

A selection of 17 of our online Literature as Art videos provides teachers, schools, homeschool and Special Needs students with the opportunity to learn about the technical and conceptual skills that a writer uses to create short fiction, poetry, drama and biographies.

Study excerpts from notable works in each of these four literary genres, and discover the different ways that a writer develops and interprets a theme.

Learn to understand drama and particularly drama of the 20th Century. Learn to understand short fiction by studying the Elements of Short Fiction and its history.

Develop an understanding of poetry by studying its content and form, and learn to understand biographies by reading them and by studying those of John F Kennedy, Mark Twain and Marie Curie.

Then use our online interactive quizzes to discover what you have learnt and strengthen your understanding of the subject.

• Literature > Literature As Art 
• Understanding Drama (5 videos)
• Understanding Short Fiction (6 videos)
• Understanding Poetry (2 videos)
• Understanding Biographies (4 videos)