Finding Literature

Finding the Lit

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New episodes every week. Finding the lit is about rediscovering the joy of reading books with curiosity and fun combined. Each episode goes through a key work of in the canon of literary history, with literary close readings and jokes thrown along the way. Join Adrian and Nathan on Finding the Lit: taking the serious topic of literature with a grain of salt. We learn, we laugh, but most importantly: we're Finding the Lit.

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Episode 6 - The story of Moses as told in the chapter named Ta-Ha. 01.07.2024 1:11:06

Join Adrian and Nathan as we discuss the Story of Moses as told by the chapter named Ta-Ha in the Quran. https://quran.com/20?startingVerse=1

Episode 5 - The story of Moses as told in Exodus. 01.07.2024 1:12:26

Join Adrian and Nathan as we discuss the Story of Moses as told in the book of Exodus in the Bible. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%201&version=NIV

Episode 4 - Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle; “I couldn’t deduce a title.” 01.07.2024 1:38:24

Join Adrian and Nathan as we discuss Sherlock Holmes A Scandal in Bohemia. Using mostly dialogue as a means to give the audience a chance to deduce their own thoughts is a rather ingenious move. Let's see what that looks like. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1661/pg1661-images.html

Episode 3 - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky; “Don’t threaten me with a good time, Fyodor.” 01.07.2024 1:08:28

Join Adrian and Nathan as we discuss Crime and Punishment. When living in a dystopian authoritarian hellscape, how do you convey it to an audience through merely words? Let's find out. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2554/pg2554-images.html

Episode 2 - A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare; “A Midsummer Night’s Dream; brought to you by: February.” 01.07.2024 1:47:02

Join Adrian and Nathan as we discuss A Midsummer Night's Dream. Before Novels were, well, novel, plays were all the literature you'd need! Let's take a look at one of the greatest. https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1514/pg1514-images.html

Episode 1 - Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; “I don’t know who Gatsby is and I don’t care why he’s Great.” 30.06.2024 1:22:40

Join Adrian and Nathan as we discuss the Great Gatsby. Was he great? What is subtext? Let's learn close reading, shall we? https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/64317/pg64317-images.html

Episode 0 - Introduction 29.06.2024 16:32

Hello! Join Adrian and Nathan as we begin our journey through the mists of time to find the lost love of lit(erature).