114: Henrik Ibsen: Realism & Social Drama

Episode Title: ESL Teaching & Applied Linguistics: Theory, Practice and the Future of Language EducationWhat connects language theory, classroom practice, professional teacher training, and artificial intelligence? The answer lies in the dynamic field of Applied Linguistics.In th ...  Show more

What happens when literature meets algorithms? Can artificial intelligence truly interpret texts, or does meaning remain an exclusively human achievement?This episode of Literary Rides explores the rapidly evolving field of Digital Humanities and its transformation in the age of ...  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

Frankenstein and his monster are household names - even if one is often confused for the other. But what of their creator?In this episode we are meeting Mary Shelley. Did she really lose her virginity on her mother's grave? Did she keep her husband's heart after his death? And wh ...  Show more

June 10, 1816. A storm settles over Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Stuck inside a romantic villa, five writers grow restless. Then one of them issues a challenge: Who among us can write the most terrifying ghost story? The group includes two of the most accomplished poets of the day – ...  Show more