Life is Literature

About Life is Literature

Reading literature leads us to ponder questions all of humanity has been asking for centuries. In this podcast, we'll share opportunities to analyze and discuss the literature we've been reading. Through these analyses and discussions, perhaps we'll find ways to create meaning that will guide us in living our lives.

Publisher

Kelly Kirwan

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Jul 2020

Latest episode

6 Jan 2021

Latest episodes

4 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Jan 2021

   King Lear: A Play About Everything

   Is Shakespeare's King Lear a play about everything? In Episode 3, we'll examine a series of questions to see what the play offers.

2. 

   14 Oct 2020

   Tortured Souls and Tension - How Authors Create Engaged and Invested Readers

   In this episode of Life is Literature, we chat about how writers create engaged readers by luring them with tortured souls and tension-filled plots. From our observations, we find that dramatic characters and friction in a story's conflict can unearth great truths about humankind.

3. 

   18 Sept 2020

   Literature: Paying Attention With What We Already Know

   In Season 1, Episode 1, we discuss how we can tap into our reading experiences to approach literature. This initial look exposes big questions as well as conventions writers use to tell their stories.

4. 

   23 Jul 2020

   Podcast Intro

   Life is Literature discusses the complex questions that literature begs of us. In the introduction we hear a sampling of the questions we will explore.