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Types of Literary Genre
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How to Analyze and Evaluate Literary Nonfiction
Let's practice applying reading standards to literary nonfiction! In this video, we explain how to analyze works of historical and political literary nonfiction. The examples used in the video are: the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme...
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An Ode to the Romance Novel (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)
What actually makes a romance novel? The romance novel has been the subject of intrigue, derision, and shame in literary discourse long before the modern genre as we know it today existed. Romance novels are relegated to your Aunt...
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An Ode to the Romance Novel
Love it or hate it, the romance novel is the highest grossing literary genre. Its history is long and winding (like your favorite romance novel), and romance novels are full of tropes reflected upon its history. It has been the subject...
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Nonfiction
This video discusses the nonfiction genre as well as qualities, types of pieces, and characteristics of the genre.
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English Essentials - Destroying Drama - Finer Details of Dramatic Analysis (Stage 4, Years/Grades 7-8)
This second lesson uncovers the finer details of theatrical dramas. We’ll explore the world of characterisation, focussing on how playwrights build their characters. We’ll also examine how playwrights use scene descriptions and stage...
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Where To Begin: Classics, Literary Fiction, and Memoir
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Literary Icons You NEED to Know From the Harlem Renaissance (feat. Princess Weekes)
Novels like Passing by Nella Larsen, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, and the poetry of Langston Hughes were all written during this period and have become important pieces of the American literary canon. Still, when...
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Structuralism and Semiotics: WTF? Saussure, Lévi-Strauss, Barthes and Structuralism Explained
Structuralism is a form of literary theory which, inspired by semiotics and the linguistics of Ferdinand de Saussure, emerged in France in the 1950s. In this week’s episode of What the Theory?, we take a look at how...
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'A Christmas Carol': a Victorian ghost story
Pupil outcome: I can explain why Dickens used the ‘ghost story’ genre to underpin his didactic message. Key learning points: - Dickens was influential in establishing the ghost story as a popular genre in the Victorian period. - Dickens...
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The Constructed Languages of JRR Tolkien (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)
Tolkien is widely regarded as the most influential author on the fantasy genre… period. But one of the less-discussed aspects of his work is the way Tolkien used constructed language in his writing. Nowadays authors are constantly...
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Exploring conventions of detective fiction
Pupil outcome: I can identify character and plot conventions used in the genre of detective fiction. Key learning points: - Different genres of writing make use of different plot and character conventions. - In detective fiction, common...
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Using context effectively in writing about 'An Inspector Calls'
Pupil outcome: I can understand what context is and how to include it effectively in my responses. Key learning points: - Context refers to historical, social, literary and biographical information. - Context should not be presented as...
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The (Stephen) King of Horror Feat. Lindsay Ellis
Few writers have had the sheer staying power, popularity, and prolific output as Stephen King. From insatiably flesh-hungry clowns and sentient cars to telekinetic teenagers and mystical gunslingers, if there’s one author who has taken...
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Comparing 'The Raven' and 'The Haunted Palace'
Pupil outcome: I can compare ‘The Raven’ and ‘The Haunted Palace and give a personal response. Key learning points: - 'The Raven' and 'The Haunted Palace' are both examples of the Gothic genre. - 'The Raven' and 'The Haunted Palace' both...
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The Elements Of Fiction - Plot Structure And Types Of Narrative
The Elements of Fiction - Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson . These are just three of the renowned authors whose work is cited in The Elements of Fiction, which explores: Plot elements, character, conflict, flashback,...
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To Kill, To Kill a Mockingbird?
One of the trademark texts of the American school system is Harper Lee’s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. For decades it has been widely read in high schools and middle schools as a key anti-racist text. But how did...
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War and Peace and Everything Else (Feat. Lindsay Ellis and Princess Weekes)
According to Tolstoy himself, War and Peace was "not a novel, even less is it a poem, and still less a historical chronicle." And in this day and age of publishing, where word count, “readability”, and topical relevance are the lifeline...
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Why We Still Love Little Women, 150 Years Later (feat. Lindsay Ellis and Princess Weekes)
Before women were asking “Am I a Carrie or a Samantha?”, they were asking “Am I a Jo or an Amy?” Before there was Edward vs Jacob, there was Laurie vs Professor Bhaer. And over the more than 150 years since Little Women was originally...
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The It’s Lit! Musical Episode (Feat. Lindsay Ellis)
Some say that theater is dead, and that’s probably because most playhouses the world over are closed at the moment owing to a worldwide pandemic. and yet the musical lives on… on Disney plus -- as the nation has been rapt with a filmed...
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The Byronic Hero: Isn’t it Byronic? (Feat. Princess Weekes)
Edward Cullen. Han Solo. Killmoklknger. Lestat. What do all these characters have in common besides being heartthrobs? They share a common ancestor: the Byronic Hero. Brooding, sensual, violent, intelligent, and single-minded, the...
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The Fiery History of Banned Books (Feat. Princess Weekes)
Since at least 213 BCE, book burnings have been a reaction to the power of the written word. When roasting paper in a giant circle went out of style (at least in the intellectual sphere), the governments would take it upon itself to ban...
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Ray Bradbury
Awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Citation, recognizing a lifetime of influential literary works, Ray Bradbury wrote from a desire to “live forever”. Through sci fi, fantasy, horror and mystery to themes of death, loneliness and the dark...
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How Industrialization and Urbanization Changed Werewolf Legends
In the 19th century, the werewolf shifted from a feared monster to a symbol of literary fantasy, fueled by industrialization, urbanization, and the rise of science. Stories about werewolves became popular in Gothic literature, penny...
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