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How To Love Lit Podcast

Christy and Garry Shriverwww.howtolovelitpodcast.com
The How to Love Lit Podcast analyzes and discusses Classical, American, British, European and world literature both traditional and contemporary. It discusses novels, plays, speeches, song lyrics and poems that are commonly taught in high school, secondary or university English language classes. Garry and Christy Shriver's focus on the historical context, poetic, narrative and rhetorical structure is researched, and entertaining; Each series consists of one to five episodes focused on the most important titles of each author enhances understanding of English both for teacher and student. The podcast is useful for flipping classroom instruction, supplementing lectures, asynchronous learning, and personal growth. Each week a new episode consisting of a lecture under 50 minutes is introduced.

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Episodes

Charles Dickens || A Christmas Carol || Episode 2 || Ghosts, Innocence, Redemption And The Conclusion!

Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol - Episode 2 - Ghosts, Innocence, Redemption And The Conclusion! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is our second episode discussing Charles Dickens and his classic Christmas tale, A Christmas Carol . Last episode we began our discussion talking a little bit about Dickens’ life and the early experiences in Victorian England that ...

Dec 14, 202446 minSeason 1Ep. 139

Charles Dickens || A Christmas Carol || Episode 1 || The Architect Of The Victorian Christmas!

Charles Dickens - A Christmas Carol - Episode 1 - The Architect Of The Victorian Christmas! /Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. If you are listening to this in real time, we are nearing the end of 2021, a year that has been lackluster by most measurements albeit an improvement to 2020. Most of us began 2021 tucked away in quarantine. I was teaching on Zoom; Christy was...

Dec 07, 202447 minSeason 1Ep. 138

Shirley Jackson || The Lottery ||Her Most Famous Short Story!

Shirley Jackson - The Lottery - Her Most Famous Short Story! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver, and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. And I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to love Lit Podcast. Today we are finishing up our series on Shirley Jackson. Last week we concluded our discussion of her most famous book, the one that inspired the Netflix series by the same name The Haunting of Hill House. Today we are going to read the short story that made her a house...

Nov 09, 202447 minSeason 1Ep. 134

A Dolls House || Henrik Ibsen || Episode 2 || Is It Or Is It Not A Feminist Play?

A Dolls House - Henrik Ibsen - Episode 2 - Is It Or Is It Not A Feminist Play? Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. This is episode two in our three part series over Ibsen’s explosive play A Doll’s House. Last week, we looked briefly at the life of Ibsen, his early origins in Norway, the beginning of his career all the way to this play- the one that launched him into str...

Jul 06, 202446 minSeason 1Ep. 127

A Doll‘s House || Henrik Ibsen || Episode 1 || Norway At Its Literary Best!

A Doll's House - Henrik Ibsen - Episode 1 - Norway At It's Literary Best! Hi, I’m Christy Shriver and we’re here to discuss books that have changed the world and have changed us. I’m Garry Shriver and this is the How to Love Lit Podcast. Today we begin our series on Henrik Ibsen and his great play- A Doll’s House . Ibsen was born in Norway, a country that shines a bright light on our view of the world more than most of us realize because it’s such a small place geographically. . Haha- shines a l...

Jun 29, 202445 minSeason 1Ep. 126
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