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Waywords Podcast

Steve Chisnell

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Waywords Podcast

Steve Chisnell

Waywords Podcast

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A Winter Solstice tale by an old Irish storyteller, maybe even believable . . .
A Winter Solstice tale of a peculiar kind of terror, this story was recently discovered (2011) among a collection of du Maurier's works completed around the age of 21. This story has mature themes.
We accuse Marvell of verbal assault and find that he was hardly alone. 
What do we do with--how do we read--can we make us of--a classic and famous metaphysical poem which is also misogynistic?
The Waywords Podcast is back with new episodes beginning next week!
Carol Pearson's work following Carl Jung offers us a way to transform our understanding of our own lives, and also how we read the narratives we have so long been taught. I review her strategies for using the archetypes and review her online as
A reading of "Clarimonde," an appropriately creepy story befitting the tradition of Winter Solstice ghost stories. This story in French is titled "La Morte Amoureuse."
Are writers responsible or accountable for what they write? What about readers for what we interpret? How a writer's use of narration can create irony.
How do digital art experiences change our reading of original works? Should they be considered a new genre to read?
Why do we defend a canonical "original?" Where does such an idea come from? We discuss what we mean to place a text with authority and visit The Lord of the Rings and "Fur Elise" along the way.
How does one read a story which creates its own rules? What else should we ever do? A sociological look at Adichie's intersectionality.
 A discussion of our urge to simplify our thinking and reading, including its impact of misinterpretation and loss of compassion.
  A discussion of our urge to simplify our thinking and reading, including its impact of misinterpretation and loss of compassion.
How do we determine the meaning of a work which has no author? And what responsibility is there in authoring our own interpretation? We examine the potential meanings of this poem, dig at length into the different ideas of medieval authorship,
How do we determine the meaning of a work which has no author? And what responsibility is there in authoring our own interpretation? We examine the potential meanings of this poem, dig at length into the different ideas of medieval authorship,
 A discussion of the Intentional Fallacy in determining meaning. Are the early theorists right that all of the meaning is in the text alone? Is the author irrelevant? What does that mean for me as a reader? 
 A discussion of the Intentional Fallacy in determining meaning. Are the early theorists right that all of the meaning is in the text alone? Is the author irrelevant? What does that mean for me as a reader? 
WayPoint: A reading of Christina Rossetti's "Goblin Market." wondering how her work might respond to Chopin, how she anticipates the role of author and reader.
Where do we place the tragedy in Kate Chopin's short story? Is it in the protagonist's failure to escape or her failure to believe she can?
Where do we place the tragedy in Kate Chopin's short story? Is it in the protagonist's failure to escape or her failure to believe she can?
An introduction or review to the concept of irony in literature, helpful to those who want to better understand the "twist" ending to the story.
An introduction or review to the concept of irony in literature, helpful to those who want to better understand the "twist" ending to the story.
A supplemental episode, a reading of Chopin's short story. "There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully."
A reading of the short story in anticipation of our first full episode on the Kate Chopin short. story. “There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully.”
Join me, Steve Chisnell, as we find and lose meaning across modern and classic tales, through ancient and distant verse, atop everything in our many cultures which might be read.
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