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Critical Readings examines key literary texts using close reading and critical analysis, and explains these approaches in discussion. Listeners will learn about the texts themselves and about how to approach a text for critical analysis.

  1. -19 h

    CR Episode 329: The Once and Future King, Part V

    The panel discusses the first half of The Queen of Air and Darkness (also known as The Witch in the Wood), with particular attention both to the Freudian characterisation of Morgause and her children, and to Merlyn's 'just war' political philosophy. Continue reading

    1 h 23 min

  2. 22 juin

    CR Episode 328: The Once and Future King, Part IV

    The panel discusses the concluding chapters (20–24) of The Sword in the Stone, with special attention to Arthur's martial inclinations (and what they mean for a broader society), Kay's personal failings (and fundamental goodness), and Merlin's robes. Continue reading

    1 h 9 min

  3. 15 juin

    CR Episode 327: The Once and Future King, Part III

    The panel discusses chapters 14–19 of The Sword in the Stone, with special attention to White's romanticised depiction of feudalism and the historical setting of the action, and with a comparison of the pacifistic views of the geese vs. the warlike ants. Continue reading

    1 h 16 min

  4. 8 juin

    CR Episode 326: The Once and Future King, Part II

    The panel reads chapters 8–13 of The Sword in the Stone, with a focus on the precise nature of Merlin's magic and the 'transformations' experienced by the Wart (but not by Kay), and a detailed examination of the episode of the Ants and their collectivism. Continue reading

    1 h 2 min

  5. 1 juin

    CR Episode 325: The Once and Future King, Part I

    The panel reads the first seven chapters of The Sword in the Stone, with attention given to the modern and medieval aspects of the setting, White's own narratorial voice, the differing metaphors and parallels of characterisation, and the original sources. Continue reading

    1 h 10 min

  6. 25 mai

    CR Episode 324: The Poetry of Ralph Waldo Emerson

    The panel reads three poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson—"Uriel", "Ode Inscribed to William H. Channing", and "The Snow Storm"—with special attention to the role of the poet-philosopher's transcendentalist, romanticist, and abolitionist views in the poems. Continue reading

    59 min

  7. 18 mai

    CR Episode 323: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act V

    The panel discusses the concluding act and scene of the play, with special attention to the linguistic wordplay and the Shakespearean critique of players, audiences, and critics alike in the both the play-within-a-play device and in Puck's epilogue. Continue reading

    1 h 9 min

  8. 11 mai

    CR Episode 322: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act IV

    The panel discusses the resolution of the love quadrangle, as Puck puts right the enchantments in order to bring Oberon's original plan to fruition, before turning to consider Titania's relationship to her husband in the wake of her own enchantment. Continue reading

    53 min
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Critical Readings examines key literary texts using close reading and critical analysis, and explains these approaches in discussion. Listeners will learn about the texts themselves and about how to approach a text for critical analysis.

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    CriticalReadings.com
  • Années d’activité
    2019 - 2026
  • Épisodes
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