The Waywords Podcast
Wanderings on Language and Literature
Season 1 Titles & Resources
Chimamanda Adichie
“Tomorrow is Too Far”
3
Vincent Van Gogh
Virtual Exhibitions
4
Andrew Marvell
“To His Coy Mistress”
5
Michel de Montaigne
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Kate Chopin
“The Story of an Hour”
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Medieval Poetry
“Fowles in the Frith”
2
Earlier Episodes
Anonymous – “Fowles in the Frith” – Episode 2+ Bonus
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, and find we may have not have wandered yet that far, at all.
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?
Kate Chopin’s “The Story of An Hour” – Episode 1+ (Bonus)
Full Members Bonus Episode: Digging further into post-structural questions offered by the story.
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.
Season One Reads
What are we looking at for the premiere season of The Waywords Podcast? Read with us!
- Chopin, Kate - “The Story of an Hour”
- Anonymous - “Fowles in the Frith”
- Adichie, Chimimanda - “Tomorrow is Too Far”
- Van Gogh, Vincent - Immersive Exhibitions
- Marvell, Andrew - “To His Coy Mistress”
- Michel de Montaigne - tba
- One Thousand and One Nights - “tba”
