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The Tempest and Post-Colonial Theory: Calilban and Decolonization
This video delves into the nuanced portrayal of Caliban in Shakespeare's "The Tempest" and its implications for postcolonial criticism. By examining the ways Prospero's authority subverts Caliban's humanity, the analysis opens a...
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Hamlet 3.4 What the Critics Say
This video analyzes Act 3, Scene 4 of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," focusing on the complex portrayal of Hamlet as he confronts his mother Gertrude. The discussion explores how Hamlet's mental state fluctuates, his strategic pretense of...
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Hamlet 3.1 What the Critics Say (162) - Hamlet's Treatment of Ophelia
This video analyzes a crucial scene from Act 3, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's "Hamlet," where Hamlet's complex feelings towards women, particularly Ophelia, are vividly displayed. The video discusses how Hamlet's behavior transitions from...
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Macbeth 1.1 What the Critics Say
This video explores the varying interpretations of the supernatural elements in Shakespeare's "Macbeth" among different literary critics across centuries. It highlights the debates between critics like Samuel Johnson, who criticized the...
Tom Nicholas
Marxist Literary Theory - WTF? An Introduction to Marxism and Culture
In this latest episode of What The Theory?, I hope to provide an introduction to Marxism, culture and Marxist Literary Criticism and Theory. We're going to begin with the economic theories of Marx and Engels, particularly their base and...
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Literary Criticisms
A video entitled “Literary Criticisms” which explores how to evaluate a literary work.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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 this novel, with its...
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Celebrated Author Philip Roth Dies At 85
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Washington - 2 March, 2011
1. STILL - Then US President Barack Obama presenting...
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Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85
Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of "Portnoy's Complaint" to the elegiac lyricism of "American Pastoral," died Tuesday night at age 85.
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The enduring appeal of the Beatles more than 50 years on
In November 1961 the Beatles' future manager, Brian Epstein, first saw the group perform at The Cavern
The venue is an old, Communist era cultural centre transformed into a small movie theatre.
The band, four young men from...
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First exhibition ever of Manet as a portrait painter
London - 22 January 2013
1. Close up "Self Portrait" (1878-1879)
2. Tilt up "Self Portrait"
3. Mid of woman taking picture of "Self Portrait" on mobile
4. Pan from close up of mobile phone picture being taken to close up of "Self...
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Concerns about the impact of theThree Gorges Dam
Yichang city, Hubei province - Nov.30, 2007
1. Wide high shot of Three Gorges Dam in Yichang city, Hubei province
2. Wide of Three Gorges Dam
3. Wide, tilt up of power generating section of Three Gorges Dam
4. Medium of part of power...
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Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan says he wrote his new book to open up the inner workings of the White House to readers. McClellan has gotten a lot of criticism for his book, which is highly critical of the President and his administration
HEADLINE: McClellan: Wanted to give insight into White House
CAPTION: Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan says he wrote his new book to open up the inner workings of the White House to readers. McClellan has gotten...
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Actors expressed their solidarity with writers at NY Critics Circle Awards
Associated Press Television
New York 6 January 2008
1. Medium press and fans
2. Medium Patricia Clarkson
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Patricia Clarkson:
"Actors won't. I would never cross a picket line and they won't. It is sad. The Golden...
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Oscar statuettes go on display in Times Square
AP Television
New York, 12 February 2007
1. Wide exterior of ABC-Good Morning America studio in Times Square, marquee reads: "The Oscars hosted by Ellen DeGeneres"
2. Pull out from handbill being distributed on Broadway, reads: "Meet the...
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Gourmet insect dishes from Cambodia
AP Television
Skun, Kandal Province, 27th June 2012
1. Medium tilt down of woman and trays of insects.
2. Close up of insects.
3. Close up pan of insects.
4. Wide of people buying insects.
5. Medium of woman selling insects.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPOKESMAN COMMENTS ON EGYPT AND SYRIA
China congratulated Egypt's new president-elect, Islamist Mohammed Morsi on Monday, who defeated Hosni Mubarak's former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq at the polls.
"We believe that under the leadership of President Morsi, Egypt will make...
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Palestinian novelist wins prize for Arabic fiction
LEAD IN A Palestinian novelist has been crowned the winner of the Booker International Prize for Arabic Fiction.Rabai al-Madhoun's book 'Destinies' explores Palestinian identities before the State of Israel was proclaimed in 1948....