Alvin Shelf

Five Minutes with Alvin

Arts EN ↓ 144 episodes

I'm Alvin with the English Department at Shih Hsin University and NCCU. Let's recap what we've learned.

Author

Alvin Shelf

Category

Arts

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Latest episode

Apr 20, 2026

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Episodes

Schools of Literary Theory 08.10.2022

Before we go into “The Story of an Hour”

Christopher Marlowe 08.10.2022

Rhyme & Meter; the Over-Reacher

Robert Burns 07.10.2022

To a Mouse; Ye Flowery Banks

Popular Ballads 04.10.2022

3 Estates & 3 Characteristics

Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving 02.10.2022

Rip Van Winklr is not a person; the sleep is not a sleep.

Hades & the Underworld + Athena 01.10.2022

Hades & Persephone; Geography of the Underworld; Perseus & Medusa; Athena & Arachne

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson 30.09.2022

What evil do we allow in the name of tradition?

Utopia by Sir Thomas More 29.09.2022

Utopian Literature; Economy & Marriage in Utopia

William Blake 28.09.2022

The Lamb and The Tyger; Two Chimney Sweeper Poems

The Canterbury Tales part II 28.09.2022

The Marriage Group

Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin 25.09.2022

The 13 Virtues

Zeus, Hera, and Poseidon 24.09.2022

Four love affairs of Zeus; Hera the Olympan Qeen; Poseidon the God of the Sea

The Four Genres, The Four Elements of Canon, and the Language Bias 24.09.2022

The Four Genres, The Four Elements of Canon, and the Language Bias

Introduction to Romantic Poets 22.09.2022

The Forerunners, the Lake School, and the Satanic School

Beowulf & The Canterbury Tales part I 21.09.2022

Beowulf in Old English and The Canterbury Tales in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, the Father of English Poetry

Introduction to Greek Mythology 16.09.2022

The Three Generations and the 12 Olympians.

Four Types of Readers; An Artist's Power of Communication 15.09.2022

Four types of readers: the Sponge, the Sandglass, the Strain Bag, and the Mogul Diamond. The artist's power of communication comes from two things: they are sensitive to the world and they know how to show us what they feel.

Introduction to Romanticism 14.09.2022

The Origin, International, and Interdsciplinary.

English Literature: Introduction 14.09.2022

Literary trends, languages, and nations.

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