Podcasts about Literary criticism

Ewa Mykytyn returns to the first (Arm)chair for Chat No. 8 in which she talks about Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson!Host: Ewa Mykytyn (Goodreads|Instagram)

Kirtinath Kurtkoti (1928-2003) belongs to the rare but powerful tradition of multilingual literary and cultural criticism in India. His oeuvre encompasses commentaries on the entire spectrum of Kannada literature, from the earliest extant writings to late twentieth-century works. Kurtkoti's critical works highlight the unique sensibility of the Kannada literary tradition, placing it in the broader context of Indian and world literature. Courtesy of Criticism brings some of his important essays on Kannada literature to non-Kannada readers. Divided into three sections— Literary History, Literary Theory, and Literary Criticism—the book showcases 31 short and long essays of Kurtkoti's essential writings. The book has a twofold purpose: to introduce the significant body of Kurtkoti's works and, through these essays, to highlight the significant strands of the Kannada literary tradition. Courtesy of Criticism demonstrates the subtle ways in which a mind, enriched by its own traditions and eclectic literacy, can transcend received structures of knowledge. In this episode of BIC Talks, NS Gundur will be in conversation with Shri Chandrashekhar Kambara, M S Ashadevi and Kamalakar Bhat. This is an excerpt from a conversation that took place in the BIC premises in March 2025. Subscribe to the BIC Talks Podcast on your favorite podcast app! BIC Talks is available everywhere, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Overcast, Audible, and Amazon Music.

Lost in Translation? Or Found in the Process?In this episode, we talk to Gowri Ramnarayan and Kamalakar Bhat, two translators dedicated to bringing Tamil and Kannada texts to life in English. Gowri shares the complex challenges of translating her grandfather's historical novel, Ponniyin Selvan, from seamlessly blending poetry into prose to interpreting the layered meanings of cultural expressions. Kamalakar opens up about his translation of Kirtinath Kurtkoti's essays, Courtesy of Criticism, and how the process often involves reconstructing missing historical context and striking a balance between accuracy and accessibility. Together, they explore how translation is not just linguistic work but a journey into the heart of a text.If you've ever wondered what it takes to translate a story without losing its soul, this episode is for you. Expect insights, behind-the-scenes secrets, and a fresh perspective on the art of bringing Indian literature to the world.Books, shows and films mentioned in this episode:Yugadharma Haagu Sahitya Darshana (Kannada) by Kirtinath KurtkotiSakina's Kiss by Vivek ShanbhagGhachar Ghochar by Vivek ShanbhagMithun Number Two and Other Mumbai Stories by Jayant KaikiniTejo Tungabhadra by VasudhendraAuthor recommendations:SalmaImaya Kumar JagannathanPrapanchanMogalli GaneshAbdul RasheedH. S. Shivaprakash‘Books and Beyond with Bound' is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D'costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India's finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

We speak with literary scholar and biographer, Heather Clark, author of Red Comet, which was selected for the New York Times Book Review's "10 Best Books of 2021" list and was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography and a finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. It won the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism in 2022. We talk about how Clark made the case for the eleventh biography of Sylvia Plath to her agent, and what it was like for her editor to tell her that she actually wanted a doorstopper of a book. Clark tells us about how she treated Plath's fiction and poetry in the context of telling Plath's life story, and how Clark organized her research notes. Clark also tells us about the group biography she wrote after Red Comet, and her next biography subject. Don't forget to rate and review our show and follow us on all social media platforms here: https://linktr.ee/writingitpodcast Contact us with questions, possible future topics/guests, or comments here: https://writingit.fireside.fm/contact

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore typology, a method of biblical interpretation that aims to meaningfully link people, places, and events in the Hebrew Bible, what Christians call the Old Testament, with the coming of Christ in the New Testament. Old Testament figures like Moses, Jonah, and King David were regarded by Christians as being ‘types' or symbols of Jesus. This way of thinking became hugely popular in medieval Europe, Renaissance England and Victorian Britain, as Christians sought to make sense of their Jewish inheritance - sometimes rejecting that inheritance with antisemitic fervour. It was a way of seeing human history as part of a divine plan, with ancient events prefiguring more modern ones, and it influenced debates about the relationship between metaphor and reality in the bible, in literature, and in art. It also influenced attitudes towards reality, time and history. WithMiri Rubin, Professor of Medieval and Early Modern History at Queen Mary, University of LondonHarry Spillane, Munby Fellow in Bibliography at Cambridge and Research Fellow at Darwin CollegeAnd Sophie Lunn-Rockliffe, Associate Professor in Patristics at Cambridge. Producer: Eliane GlaserReading list:A. C. Charity, Events and their Afterlife: The Dialectics of Christian Typology in the Bible and Dante (first published 1966; Cambridge University Press, 2010)Margaret Christian, Spenserian Allegory and Elizabethan Biblical Exegesis: The Context for 'The Faerie Queene' (Manchester University Press, 2016)Dagmar Eichberger and Shelley Perlove (eds.), Visual Typology in Early Modern Europe: Continuity and Expansion (Brepols, 2018)Tibor Fabiny, The Lion and the Lamb: Figuralism and Fulfilment in the Bible, Art and Literature (Palgrave Macmillan, 1992)Tibor Fabiny, ‘Typology: Pros and Cons in Biblical Hermeneutics and Literary Criticism' (Academia, 2018)Northrop Frye, The Great Code: The Bible and Literature (first published 1982; Mariner Books, 2002)Leonhard Goppelt (trans. Donald H. Madvig), Typos: The Typological Interpretation of the Old Testament in the New (William B Eerdmans Publishing Co, 1982)Paul J. Korshin, Typologies in England, 1650-1820 (first published in 1983; Princeton University Press, 2014)Judith Lieu, Image and Reality: The Jews in the World of the Christians in the Second Century (T & T Clark International, 1999)Sara Lipton, Images of Intolerance: The Representation of Jews and Judaism in the Bible Moralisee (University of California Press, 1999)Montague Rhodes James and Kenneth Harrison, A Guide to the Windows of King's College Chapel (first published in 1899; Cambridge University Press, 2010)J. W. Rogerson and Judith M. Lieu (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies (Oxford University Press, 2008)In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio production

In which Devin Diazoni and Ewa Mykytyn discuss the final third of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones.Please support the podcast on Patreon!Follow Film Literate on Instagram!Find your hosts on social media:Devin Diazoni (Letterboxd|StoryGraph)Ewa Mykytyn (Goodreads|Armchair Chat on IG)

Join Devin and Zap as they talk about Chuck, who gave us 39 great years.Support Film Literare on Patreon!Guest: Chris Zappettini (Instagram)

This year marks 100 years since F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby was first published. And it turns out that it took a while for the novel to catch on in the United States, where it is now considered a classic. This hour, we revisit the novel and its cultural impact. GUESTS: Rob Kyff: Teacher and author of Gatsby’s Secrets. He also writes a nationally syndicated column on language Maureen Corrigan: Book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, and a Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism at Georgetown University. She is the author of So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came To Be and Why It Endures Sara Chase: Actress who created the role of Myrtle Wilson in the Broadway production of The Great Gatsby Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ewa Mykytyn returns to the first (Arm)chair for Chat No. 6 in which she talks about Blood of Hercules by Jasmine Mas!Support Film Literate on Patreon!Host: Ewa Mykytyn (Goodreads|Instagram)

Is genuine originality a realistic goal for artists?From fashion to fantasy, entertainment to enterprise, we seek the 'new' as the means to originality, change, and creativity. And for the most part, we imagine the new is always identifiable as a radical break from the past. But the nature of the new is more elusive and unknown than it first appears. Is the new an illusion, and the search for originality a mistake? Should creative endeavour be focussed on other goals, such as the timeless, the provocative, and the beautiful? Or is the new an essential part of life, creativity and action, without which we would have mere passive re-orderings of the known?Martin Puchner is a literary critic and philosopher. He is the Byron and Anita Wien Chair of Drama and of English and Comparative Literature at Harvard University. Claire Hynes is Associate Professor in Literature & Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, and an author of fiction and creative non-fiction. Stanley Fish is a literary critic, legal scholar, and public intellectual. Renowned for his role in developing reader-response theory in literary studies, Fish has written on a wide range of topics including the poetry of John Milton, the distinction between free speech and academic freedom, and the doctrine of liberalism. And don't hesitate to email us at podcast@iai.tv with your thoughts or questions on the episode!To witness such debates live buy tickets for our upcoming festival: https://howthelightgetsin.org/festivals/And visit our website for many more articles, videos, and podcasts like this one: https://iai.tv/You can find everything we referenced here: https://linktr.ee/philosophyforourtimesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Ewa Mykytyn returns to the first (Arm)chair for Chat No. 5 in which she talks about Carissa Broadbent's The Ashes and the Star-Cursed King!Support Film Literate on Patreon!Host: Ewa Mykytyn (Goodreads|Instagram)

We've reached the end of the line withThe Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones!But feel free to email us any feelings/questions/thoughts at filmliteratepodcast@gmail.com.Support Film Literate on Patreon!Co-host: Ewa Mykytyn (Goodreads|Instagram)

As the fella said, you ain't seen nothin' yet. Devin Diazoni and Ewa Mykytyn are back to discuss the second part of The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones.Support Film Literate on Patreon!Co-host: Ewa Mykytyn (Goodreads|Instagram)

Head on over to Niflheim, but try not to lose yours! There's only one* expendable on the planet and you're not him.*two expendables on the planet and you're neitherSupport Film Literate on Patreon!Guest: Jacob White (Instagram|Substack|YouTube)

They're back! The Film Literate Book Club returns to read and talk about The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. In this episode, Devin Diazoni and Ewa Mykytyn discuss "The House That Ran Red," the first of three sections in the 2020's winner of the Shirley Jackson and Bram Stoker Awards for Novel. So, buckle up and bring your barf bag.Support Film Literate on Patreon!Guest: Ewa Mykytyn

Special Announcement! Devin Diazoni and Ewa Mykytyn have reunited to kick off Film Literate's Book Club shenanigans in 2025 with a modern horror classic, The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones! So, pick up a copy and read along!Important Dates:02.03.25 - The House That Ran Red02.17.25 - Sweat Lodge Massacre03.03.25 - It Came From the RezSupport Film Literate on Patreon!Co-host: Ewa Mykytyn (Goodreads|Instagram)

Join Devin and Zap as they talk about Hal Shelburn's past with that damn monkey from 1985's Skeleton Crew before they discuss another Stephen King short story, Rat, as found in the If It Bleeds collection.Support Film Literare on Patreon!Guest: Chris Zappettini (Instagram)

Devin Diazoni and Paola Zavala are FINALLY back to recap and weigh in on the final three episodes of Disclaimer.Support Film Literate on Patreon!Guest: Paola Zavala (Instagram|Letterboxd)

Dive into the first installment in Karen Marie Moning's Fever series, Darkfever, with Ewa Mykytyn in Armchair Chat No. 4!Support Film Literate on Patreon!Host: Ewa Mykytyn (Goodreads)

Ewa Mykytyn's third Armchair Chat covers the second book in a series that started with the title Fourth Wing by Rebeccas Yarros. So, tune in to hear about Iron Flame!Support Film Literate on Patreon!Host: Ewa Mykytyn (Goodreads)

When scholars examine the writing, copying, and editing of biblical text, they can discern a complexity in the Hebrew Bible. There is scribal activity at the copying AND editing levels. What does this tell us about the development of Scripture? And what do we do with Dead Sea scrolls like Jeremiah that show us a complexity within the Jewish communities through the complexity of the scrolls themselves? Our guide through this is Dr. Karl Kutz who is a recently retired professor of biblical languages and Bible at Multnomah University and also a voracious explorer of the biblical text. If you feel nervous about these conversations, join us at the end of the episode to talk about why this is a valuable field of study instead of one that criticizes the Bible. Find out more about Karl Kutz HEREContact Cyndi Parker through Narrative of Place.Join Cyndi Parker's  Patreon Team!

Ewa Mykytyn returns to the first chair for another thoroughly engrossing Armchair/Fireside Chat, this time about Karen Marie Moning's The House at Watch Hill.Support Film Literate on Patreon!Host: Ewa Mykytyn (Goodreads)

In the absence of Devin "New Dad" Diazoni, Ewa Mykytyn assumes first (and only) chair for a breakdown of Catherine Doyle's The Dagger and the Flame. So, listen in and hear all about The City of Fantome!Support Film Literate on Patreon!Host: Ewa Mykytyn (Goodreads)

I am so excited to say that my guest on the GWA Podcast is the writer, critic, and author, Merve Emre. Currently the Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing and Criticism at Wesleyan University – and the Director of the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Criticism – Emre is also the acclaimed and award-winning author of numerous books. These include Paraliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America; The Personality Brokers (selected as one of the best books of 2018 by the New York Times, and others); The Ferrante Letters (winner of the 2021 PROSE award for literature). A holder of prizes in Literary Criticism, Emre is also a contributing writer to The New Yorker, where she has written extensively on art and literature, from Leonora Carrington to Susan Sontag. But! The reason why we are speaking to Emre today is because she is also an ardent expert on Virginia Woolf and the wider Bloomsbury Group, having authored the stunningly beautiful – and informative – The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway, a book that brings alive Woolf's life and words, and contextualises the radical and pioneering lives of those in the Bloomsbury Group in the most effervescent ways. So today on the podcast, we are going to be discussing the sisters at the centre of this movement: Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf, women who were born into a Victorian society in London but who broke free of all traditions, who formed languages, both artistic and literary, that paved the way of modernism and modernist thinking in the UK and beyond. We are going to be delving into their life and work: looking at how they informed each other and visualised or put into words the world from their distinct and radical perspectives. Merve's book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-annotated-mrs-dalloway/merve-emre/virginia-woolf/9781631496769 Charleston Trust: https://www.charleston.org.uk/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw99e4BhDiARIsAISE7P857bJ_t36EZCN2JGBsJDUlVSxga42Bmq66SzIuCslkje6DXQsi94AaAmYZEALw_wcB Mrs Dalloway's Party: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/05/discovered-a-lost-possible-inspiration-for-virginia-woolfs-mrs-dalloway -- THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE LEVETT COLLECTION: https://www.famm.com/en/ https://www.instagram.com/famm_mougins // https://www.merrellpublishers.com/9781858947037 Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Sound editing by Nada Smiljanic Music by Ben Wetherfield

Devin Diazoni and Paola Zavala reunite to recap and weigh in on the first four episodes of Alfonso Cuarón's (thus far) incredibly faithful adaptation of Renée Knight's Disclaimer.Support Film Literate on Patreon!Guest: Paola Zavala (Instagram|Letterboxd)

"What if the next thriller you read was all about you." That's the tagline for the debut novel by Renée Knight.And a tagline for this episode might be: "What if books were better - way better - than their taglines? And that tagline ain't half bad."Tune in to hear a conversation about the novel that inspired one of the most celebrated filmmakers of a generation to go ahead and create a limited television show. Only, that's for later. For now, for this episode, Devin Diazoni and Paola Zavala are nothing but bookworms.Support Film Literate on Patreon!Guest: Paola Zavala (Instagram|Letterboxd)

Renée Knight's thrilling Disclaimer has been adapted into an Apple TV+ miniseries by four-time Academy Award winner Alfonso Cuarón! Consequently, Devin Diazoni and Paola Zavala will be bringing you a miniseries of their own! With four pods about Disclaimer! Not counting this one. This is just an announcement.The 1st pod will drop on October 7, 2024 and cover the novel, so pick yourself up a copy and give it a read beforehand.The 2nd pod will drop on October 21, 2024 and cover episodes 1-3, so keep up with the miniseries adaptation.The 3rd pod will (probably*) drop on November 11, 2024 and cover episodes 4-6.The final pod will (most likely**) drop on December 2, 2024 and cover the finale. For that, we'll also be address mailbag write-ins, so send us your comments and questions at filmliteratepodcast@gmail.com!*Birth of Devin's daughter permitting.**See directly above.Support Film Literate on Patreon!Guest: Paola Zavala (Instagram|Letterboxd)

Hi everyone, and welcome to the seventeenth episode of A History of Literary Criticism, a podcast about the history of literary criticism. Today's episode concerns Wen-Hsin Tiao lung, a book by Liu Xie whose title can be translated as The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons. Nothing funny going on with the structure today—we'll start with the social and literary context, then on to a pretty broad summary of what is an actual book-length text, and then a discussion in the context of Abrams' triangle.

“The cynicism of this notion is impressive, if also disgusting.” – Christian Lorentzen, “Literature without Literature”“Publishing houses, publicists, agents, and even editors do not create works of literature. The creator does.” – Ross Barkan, “The War on Genius”In this episode of Eminent Americans, I talk with Christian Lorentzen, Ross Barkan, and Zain Khalid about Christian's recent piece in Granta, “Literature Without Literature,” which was the talk of the literary scene for a few weeks. Christian's piece is both a (highly disparaging) review of Dan Sinykin's Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature and a broader critique of the sociological turn in the academic study of literature. On this broader point, Christian writes:“These warped views of literature reflect a shared tendency to explain art with minimal reference to the art itself. Novels are instead considered as commodities and demographic specimens, the products of structures, systems, and historical forces. They become expressions of brands, their authors threadbare entrepreneurs. Fiction recedes behind the chatter it generates and is judged according not to its intrinsic qualities but to the sort of reader whose existence it implies. Authors are turned into role models and style icons, mythologized for their virtues, and crucified for their sins. The numbers, as if they have meaning, are counted. The dream is of literature that can be quantified rather than read.”We talk about the piece, my profound misunderstanding of Christian's motives, Ross's ambivalent experience of graduate school, when Zain is going to get his act together and get a real job, and the terror and wonder of Christian's life as an eternal freelancer.00:00 Introduction and Technical Difficulties 00:35 Meet the Guests 2:25 The backstory on “Literature Without Literature” 07:43 Discussion on Literary Criticism and Market Forces 16:26 Ross's Academic Background and Views on Literature 20:18 Christian's Perspective on Academia and Writing 31:31 Zane's Insights on Writing and Influence 34:06 The Art of Writing and Transitions 35:34 A Hilarious Excerpt and Reflections on Academic Careerism 37:46 Balancing Writing and Life 41:01 The Struggles of a Writer's Life 45:36 Future Plans and Career Reflections 49:28 Current Projects and Final Thoughts Get full access to Eminent Americans at danieloppenheimer.substack.com/subscribe

If you're a reader of the New York Times – or a lover of books – you might know about the paper's project this summer counting down the top hundred books of the century so far. Number one on the list? “My Brilliant Friend” by Elena Ferrante. It is the first of four novels that tell the story of the friendship between Lila and Elena, two working class girls growing up in post-World War II Naples. In 2018 HBO adapted the series for television. Diane hosted a discussion of “My Brilliant Friend” as part of her Readers Review series back in 2015 on The Diane Rehm Show. She and her guests dug into the characters, the setting, and the mystery surrounding the author's identity. Diane's guests included Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR's Fresh Air, and The Nicky and Jamie Grant Distinguished Professor of the Practice in Literary Criticism at Georgetown University; Louis Bayard Author, "Roosevelt's Beast." His other books include "The Pale Blue Eye," "The School of Night" and "Mr. Timothy," a New York Times Notable Book. He teaches fiction writing at The George Washington University; and Professor of contemporary Italian culture, Georgetown University; author of "The Tigress in the Snow: Motherhood and Literature in Twentieth-Century Italy" and of the novel "Un Paese Di Carta."

The Summer Camp series on Hermeneutics is back with episode four of five with an introductory look at Biclical Criticism. In this episode, I discuss briefly what Literary Criticism and Historical Criticism is, how they can positively play a role in our Hermeneutical process, and some of the paths that people take to arrive at conclusions that I myself may not agree with. I also breakdown the long-standing, unhealthy mentality that some Christians have of "it's not from my group therefore it is wrong." Facebook & Instagram: @myseminarylife podYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MySeminaryLifeBuy Me a Coffee: buymeacoffee.com/mslpodContact: emailseminarylife@gmail.comShop: https://my-seminary-life-store.creator-spring.com/Going Collecting on Instagram: @goingcollectingThe Confessing Church on Facebook: TheConfessingChurch

Our maiden voyage has come to an end!Devin Diazoni and Ewa Mykytyn say their goodbyes to Erin Morgenstern and The Starless Sea. For now. Because... Did you read the book along with us? Did you like it? Did we miss something you didn't, or vice versa? Let us know! A mailbag episode is coming, so please send in all comments and questions to filmliteratepodcast@gmail.com.Guest: Ewa MykytynSupport Film Literate on Patreon!

Welcome to the sixteenth episode of A History of Literary Criticism, a podcast about the history of literary criticism. Today's episode Is on Lu Chi's The Poetic Exposition on LIterature. We'll look at the social and cultural context first, then discuss the work in some detail, including its form, and then summarise Lu's work, which is divided into two parts. Finally, we'll consider the work in relation to the points of Abrams' triangle.

With this episode, we are three-quarters of the way through the first miniseries of the Film Literate Book Club!Devin Diazoni and Ewa Mykytyn reunite to descend even further into Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea. So, come on down. The water's... not quite what you'd expect.Guest: Ewa MykytynSupport Film Literate on Patreon!

Welcome to the fifteenth episode of A History of Literary Criticism, a podcast about the history of literary criticism. Today's episode concerns Ts'ao P'i's A DIscourse on Literature. A fairly standard structure today: social and cultural context and then the summary of P'i's work is divided according to the points of Abrams' triangle: first, Ts'ao P'i's thoughts on the artist, then the text, then the world. Significantly, no discussion of the reader, haha. In the conclusion, I'll discuss how Ts'ao P'i's positions align, or not, with the other theorists we've discussed so far.

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Welcome back to the Film Literate Book Club!For this episode, Devin Diazoni and Ewa Mykytyn dove deep into Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea - looking here at Book II: Fortunes and Fables and Book III: The Ballad of Simon and Eleanor! This is, despite the book numbers, part two of four.Guest: Ewa MykytynSupport Film Literate on Patreon!

Welcome to the Film Literate Book Club!For this episode, Devin Diazoni and Ewa Mykytyn dove deep into Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea - looking first at Book I: Sweet Sorrows! So listen in, read along if you'd like, and climb aboard as Film Literate sets sails on a four-part adventure!Guest: Ewa MykytynSupport Film Literate on Patreon!

Welcome to the fourteenth episode of A History of Literary Criticism. Today's episode discusses The Maxims of Ptahhotep. The structure of today's episode is a little different, because the text is quite short and this is the only text to be included, so far, from Ancient Egypt. So first I'll discuss the social context and then the wisdom literature genre of which The Maxims of Ptahhotep is an example; then I'll summarize the text and its relationship with Abrams' triangle.

Welcome to the thirteenth episode of A History of Literary Criticism, a podcast about the history of literary criticism. Today's episode is focused on a single text—The Great Preface. First we'll discuss the social context and text itself and I'll then move on to a discussion of the text itself. This discussion is divided into two main parts—firstly, what The Great Preface says about the nature and role of poetry, and then a discussion of the more ‘literary criticism' aspects, including the categorisation of poetry and poetic genres.

This announcement episode is dropping four weeks before Film Literate launches a four-part miniseries on Erin Morgenstern's The Starless Sea - a dark, fantastical, and romantic novel  - for those of you out there who want to read along! The first episode will make berth on July 1, 2024 and cover Book I: Sweet Sorrows, which is roughly 100 pages.Guest: Ewa MykytynSupport the show on Patreon!

The twelfth episode of A History of Literary Criticism, a podcast about the history of literary criticism. For today's episode we're going back to the fifth century BC to discuss Confucius' work. We'll start with Confucius' biography, social and literary context, then focus on two main themes from Confucius' Analects—the first is Confucius' own literary criticism, that is, parts of Analects when he directly analyses poetry; the second is his theory of language as outlined in Analects. I'll then situate Confucius' thought within the context of Abrams' triangle.

In this episode, Barbara talks to Carlin Romano, a renowned critic and champion of intellectual discourse. Romano, a former critic-at-large for the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Philadelphia Inquirer and current critic-at-large for Moment Magazine, offers his sharp insights on the decline of critical thinking in book reviews and the state of literary criticism in America. He laments the shift towards praise and publicity, arguing for the importance of tough critique. But Romano's intellectual journey extends far beyond literature. He passionately defends his provocative thesis: America, with its diverse perspectives, free expression, and abundance of philosophical resources, boasts the most philosophical culture in history. He even explores the power of provocative statements in igniting philosophical debates. The conversation takes a fascinating turn as Romano discusses his controversial departure from the National Book Critics Circle. He clarifies his stance on the organization's anti-racism statement, dispelling misconceptions about his opposition to certain aspects. Romano also raises concerns about the lack of diverse thought and the growing influence of left-leaning politics within the NBCC. Beyond the world of criticism, Romano reflects on the changing landscape of college campuses, grappling with the challenges of fostering free speech and civil discourse in an increasingly polarized environment. The episode concludes with a glimpse into Romano's personal reading life, a fitting end to a conversation that celebrates intellectual curiosity and the power of ideas. Books: America the Philosophical, Carlin Romano https://tinyurl.com/mr2w8yxj Night, Elie Wiesel https://tinyurl.com/bddva2t4 Tarzan Edgar Rice Burroughs https://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/series-profiles/the-tarzan-series/ Conceived with Malice https://tinyurl.com/32k3fevr Palestine 1936, Oren Kessler https://tinyurl.com/ye5hj262 Clancy Martin, How Not to Kill Yourself https://tinyurl.com/2et69a7t 1948: A History of the First Arab-Israeli War, Benny Morris https://tinyurl.com/mrxp5hfh Wit, Margaret Edson https://tinyurl.com/4j4kja8r Forest Dark, Nicole Kraus https://tinyurl.com/5cykp9cm Metaphysical Animals https://tinyurl.com/mwzycsbr Magazine: Moment Magazine https://momentmag.com/ Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 01:55 Early Days and Education 04:23 Career in Journalism and Literary Criticism 06:15 The Decline of Book Sections and Literary Criticism 09:30 The State of Literary Criticism in America 16:36 Teaching Journalism and the Failure to Communicate 28:03 The Role of Provocative Statements 33:17 Free Speech and the National Book Critics Circle 33:45 Controversy and Misunderstandings: Carlin Romano's Departure from the NBCC 38:39 The Changing Landscape of American Literary Criticism 41:33 Challenges of Fostering Free Speech and Civil Discourse on College Campuses 01:03:51 Reading for Pleasure: Carlin Romano's Current Book List

Welcome to the eleventh episode of A History of Literary Criticism, a podcast about the history of literary criticism. Today's episode is a reflection on the texts we've covered so far as we move away from the Classical era. The episode is structured according to Abrams' triangle, fist summarising approaches to considering the relationship between a text and the world, then the text and the reader, and then the text and the artist. I'll finish today by discussing the overall structure and text selection of the podcast, which has preoccupied me a bit of late.

Reading Writers' first season draws to a close. To celebrate, Charlotte and Jo speak with the wise, bold, and original Merve Emre, who brings news of a secret Plautian aspect to Erich Segal's 1970 novel Love Story—the big book so bad it wrecked its author's career. Or was it?Merve Emre is the Shapiro-Silverberg Professor of Creative Writing and Criticism at Wesleyan University and the Director of the Shapiro Center for Creative Writing and Criticism. Her books include Paraliterary: The Making of Bad Readers in Postwar America, The Personality Brokers (selected as one of the best books of 2018 by the New York Times, The Economist, NPR, and The Spectator), The Ferrante Letters (winner of the 2021 PROSE award for literature), and The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway. She has been awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize, the Robert B. Silvers Prize for Literary Criticism, and the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing by the National Book Critics Circle. She is a contributing writer at The New Yorker.Send questions, requests, recommendations, and your own thoughts about any of the books discussed today to readingwriterspod at gmail dot com. Charlotte is on Instagram and Twitter as @Charoshane. She writes semi-regularly in newsletter form, with additional work linked on charoshane.comJo co-edits The Stopgap and their writing lives at jolivingstone.comLearn more about our producer Alex at https://www.alexsugiura.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi everyone, and welcome to the tenth episode of A History of Literary Criticism, a podcast about the history of literary criticism. Today's episode concerns Macrobius' Commentary on the Dream of Scipio. I'll discuss the author biography, social context and Cicero's original text first, the subsequent discussion of Macrobius' work is divided into three parts: philosophers' use of fables, the significance of dreams, and a discussion of Macrobius' broader methodology. I'll then situate Macrobius' work within the framework of Abrams' triangle before discussing its broader impact and, yes, relationship to the work of Sigmund Freud.

Welcome to the ninth episode of A History of Literary Criticism. Today's episode concerns two sections from Augustine of Hippo's works On Christian Doctrine and The Trinity. I'll discuss a little of the author biography first, then the main part of the episode is divided into four parts: Augustine's theory of interpretation, the relationship between intention and language outlined in the texts, the importance of knowledge to Augustine's theorisations, and the role of communication. Then, to Abrams' triangle! And the implications of Augustine's work for Ferdinand de Saussure's theory of language. Next week's episode will be dedicated to Macrobius' Commentary on the Dream of Scipio.

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The eighth episode of A History of Literary Criticism. Today's focus is a section of Plotinus' Fifth Ennead titled On the Intellectual Beauty. I'll discuss a little of the author biography first, then three key principles I think are vital to understanding his work, his version of the creation myth and the implications of his philosophy for art, artists and readers.

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