The World's Great Literature (OLLI)

We build on the tradition of the Great Books by exploring
classic and contemporary texts of world literature. Our
selections cover a wide range—fiction and non-fiction, plays
and poetry — but all lead, both in reading and conversation,
to a stimulating expansion of our worldview. Each week, our
discussion will be led by a volunteer from the class. About
two weeks before the first session, a syllabus with specific
readings will be emailed to class registrants.

As Marilynne Robinson said in The Givenness of Things,
“Open a book and a voice speaks. A world, more or less
alien or welcoming, emerges to enrich a reader’s store
of hypotheses about how life is to be understood.”
Welcome to The World’s Great Literature.