Prizewinners: Nobelistas
A half-semester literature seminar from MIT OpenCourseWare examining the work of thirteen women who have won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Offered as one of MIT's "Samplings" courses, worth six credits rather than the usual twelve, it favors discussion and close reading over lecture, giving students a lighter but still rigorous way to keep studying literature. The course materials include a syllabus, reading list, and assignments built around the laureates' novels, poems, and essays, tracing how each writer's national and historical context shaped her work. As an OCW offering it functions as an experimental elective, the kind of subject MIT's Literature Faculty tries out before deciding whether to fold it into the regular curriculum. All materials are free to access under MIT's open license, with no certificate attached.