Eardstepa's Courses

Porphyria's Lover an analysis 19.10.2020 26:55 ↓

This episode applies feminist, Marxist, and psychological criticism to Browning's poem.

Enlightenment under attack part 2 18.10.2020 16:36 ↓

This episode talks about some of the Enlightenment ideals that have never actually been put into practice.

Enlightenment under attack 1.5 17.10.2020 16:04 ↓

This episode goes into a problem that Enlightenment thinking reveals, and the problems that have resulted.

The Enlightenment under attack part 1 11.10.2020 17:49 ↓

This episode talks about some of the challenges to the Enlightenment and covers problematic ideas. It also introduces future topics on the Enlightenment.

Still in the Jungle 02.09.2020 27:29 ↓

This episode discusses the Jungle by Upton Sinclair and compares workers conditions then to the present.

Music and ideas 19.08.2020 21:12 ↓

This episode looks at high and low art and how the low art of the people has been subverted.

Power:Top Down Systems 21.07.2020 16:11 ↓

This episode discusses top down systems and draws connections to how they are similarly structured.

Walt Whitman a short introduction 16.07.2020 13:47 ↓

This episode talks about the shift in the Romantic tradition between the British and the American Romantics.

Power part 4 monotheism 15.07.2020 11:06 ↓

This episode talks about the shift from polytheism to monotheism and how that changes the power dynamics.

A brief introduction to Henry Miller. 08.07.2020 13:10 ↓

This episode gives a peak into Miller as more than just a writer of dirty books.

Power part 3 Money 23.06.2020 18:44 ↓

This episode discusses money and its influence on power and control.

Analysis of Wordsworth 17.06.2020 17:49 ↓

This episode analyzes "Lines Written in Early Spring " br Wordsworth.

Power part 2 Magic 13.06.2020 10:15 ↓

This episode goes into the connections of magic to power and covers a little of how this is comparable to things today.

Cultural Criticism 06.06.2020 16:56 ↓

This episode starts to reveal some of the techniques of cultural criticism.

Power Part 1 01.06.2020 14:26 ↓

This starts to explore the origins and transformation of power from pre history to the present. It ties in how early religion and money played a role.

Pre reading and research strategies 27.05.2020 23:49 ↓

This episode covers pre reading and research strategies in order to show how to better understand topics and present arguments.

Fallacies and logic 27.05.2020 47:02 ↓

This episode discusses logical fallacies, deductive, and inductive logic.

Feminist criticism part 2 25.05.2020 18:35 ↓

This episode applies feminist criticism to Annie John and The Sound and the Fury.

Feminist criticism part 1 21.05.2020 13:58 ↓

This episode starts to look at the ways feminist criticism might approach a work of literature.

Psychological criticism part 2 15.05.2020 12:34 ↓

This episode uses psychological criticism to interpret the opening of The Sound and Fury.

Psychological criticism part 1 10.05.2020 13:17 ↓

This episode starts to introduce psychological criticism. I briefly bring an analysis of Faulkner's characters as an example.

A Marxist Critique in action 07.05.2020 12:35 ↓

This episode looks into the Star Wars series from a Marxist Critique that examines how the Republic keeps falling to become an empire.

Marxist Criticism 05.05.2020 13:46 ↓

This episode gives a brief introduction to applying Marxist criticism to works of literature.

Literary theory part 2 Structuralism and Post Structuralism 03.05.2020 12:16 ↓

This episode gives a brief overview of the two schools of theory. I am only going into them briefly as they can both be overwhelming at time.

Writing a book. It cannot wait! 01.05.2020 7:08 ↓

This gives some guidance on how to begin writing a book whether it is fiction or nonfiction.