Intentional Fowls and Fallacies
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: Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market”
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.
Kate Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour” – Episode 1
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?
Irony and Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”
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.
Reading of Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”
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.”
Waywords Podcast Trailer
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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