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Literature - TCC OER Subject Guide: OER starting points

This guide compiles starting points for OER and freely available resources for Literature courses and topics. This OER subject guide was created for TCC faculty and staff and reflects TCC courses and curriculum. The purpose of this guide is to help faculty and staff more easily find and review OER in their areas so that they can make decisions about quality, accuracy, relevancy, and potential use.

OER starting points for Literature, by course area/theme and material type

Anthologies and readings


Reading anthologies:

Sites for public domain and/or open access literary texts:

Introduction to literature


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

American literature


Canvas course shells:

Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Literatures of diversity: African American literature


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

British literature


TCC-created resources:

Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Shakespeare


Canvas course shells:

TCC-created resources:

Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Library e-books with unlimited user access:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

World literature


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Women's literature


TCC-created resources:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Mythology and folk stories


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Bible as literature


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Library e-books with unlimited user access:

Library e-books are not eligible for Print on Demand services.

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Environmental literature/writing


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

E-books for environmental/nature writing and analysis:

NOTE:  All the library e-books below have unlimited user access

Anthologies of environmental/nature writing:

Individual authors/works of environmental writing (full text or excerpts):

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Children's literature


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Sci-fi and fantasy literature


Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Writing about literature


TCC-created resources:

Textbooks, courses, and readers:

Supplemental tools and materials (incl. games, lessons, videos, exercises, etc.):

Culturally responsive and inclusive pedagogy


The Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Pedagogy OER Subject Guide, linked below, provides a starting point for OER professional development and curricular materials relating to issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion; trauma-informed practices; and culturally responsive, inclusive, and anti-racist pedagogy and practices. This guide includes concepts and keywords; TCC OEDI resources; introductory and more in-depth professional development resources (toolkits, guides, etc.); curriculum resources (activities, assignments, etc.); OER and EDI rubrics; instructional design; accessibility; as well as EDI-focused OER in different disciplines across the curriculum, including Writing and Literature. 

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