Carrianne's Literature Corner

Is Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" a Fantasy text? Well... maybe? Join me in exploring the idea of "The Yellow Wallpaper" as a liminal fantasy, as per the classifications by Farah Mendlesohn in her critical text Rhetorics of Fantasy. Works Cited Armitt, Lucie. Theorising the Fantastic. New York, Arnold, 1996. Gilman, Charlotte Perkins. “The Yellow Wallpaper”. Project Gutenberg, www.gutenberg.org/files/1952/1952-h/1952-h.htm. Accessed 26 Oct. 2016. Jackson, Rosemary. Fantasy: The Literature of Subversion. New York, Routledge, 1993. Mendlesohn, Farah. Rhetorics of Fantasy. Wesleyan UP, 2008. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carrianne-dillon/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrianne-dillon/support

Join my conversation about the journey from learning to read to choosing to do so for fun! We touch on the skills involved in reading and two different experiences of becoming life-long Readers. For more information about reading skills check out https://www.readingrockets.org/teaching/reading101-course/welcome-reading-101 For the article I talk about, go to https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/09/love-reading-books-leisure-pleasure/598315/?utm_source=pocket-newtab --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carrianne-dillon/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrianne-dillon/support

What makes a good adaptation? For me, it's about how the story makes me feel. Listen for more on what I believe makes an adaptation click for audiences, readers, etc., and a few comments about other stories that deserve air time. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carrianne-dillon/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrianne-dillon/support

I explore the different ways in which an ecofeminist lens can be applied to the treatment of women and nature within the text. This is one of many possible readings of Uprooted by Naomi Novik, and I tried to strike a balance for those who have or have not read the story. Either way, you ought to be able to share your thoughts afterwards about how well you think this critical theory applies! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carrianne-dillon/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrianne-dillon/support

I share my educational background and my research interests! If you have any similar interests, or would like to hear more about one of mine, please let me know. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carrianne-dillon/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrianne-dillon/support

An accomplice in my Poe short story? It's more likely than you think! Join me in a discussion of the idea of the reader as an accomplice to murder in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/carrianne-dillon/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/carrianne-dillon/support