51: Ecocriticism and Climate Fiction in Liter...

This episode offers a definitive introduction to Formalism, the literary theory that insists on reading literature as a self-contained verbal artefact. Moving away from authorial biography, historical background, and moral judgement, Formalist critics redirected attention to the ...  Show more

This episode presents a comprehensive, critically engaged study of Vijay Tendulkar, one of the most powerful voices in modern Indian drama, through a close reading of his landmark play, Silence! The Court Is in Session. Situating the play within Tendulkar’s life, intellectual for ...  Show more

Tonight's sleep story is a special two hour episode of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Published in 1818, this novel, written by a teenaged Mary Shelley, is one of the most influential stories in literature and is possibly the first science fiction novel. In the episode, Captain ...

Born from grief, exile, intellectual ferment and the ‘year without a summer’, Frankenstein is a creation myth with its own creation myth. Mary Shelley’s novel is a foundational work of science fiction, horror and trauma narrative, and continues to spark reinvention and reinterpre ...  Show more

<div>This week NPAD is on vacation, but as a special treat, we wanted to share an episode of our other podcast, Watch Her Cook, with you. This episode has a few surprising NPAD tie ins, and we are so excited to share it with you all. We will be back to our regularly scheduled Nat ...  Show more

Donna Tartt's novel The Secret History is a loveletter to Greek tragedy, that begins with a dedication from Nietzsche and Plato. Central to the story is the concept of the Dionysian, and the attempt of the main characters to experience the Dionysian. Richard Papen's fatal flaw ...