Literary Rides

In this episode, we examine New Historicism as a modern critical movement that repositions literature within the living texture of history, culture, and ideology. We explore how Stephen Greenblatt, Louis Montrose, and other key voices reframed literary study by suggesting that te ...  Afficher plus

In this episode, we journey into the quiet radiance of Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali, exploring it as a work of lyrical devotion and universal spiritual insight. We discuss how Tagore blends the intimacy of Bhakti tradition with the ecstatic longing of Sufi mysticism, shaping a ...  Afficher plus

In this episode, we explore how meaning in language often extends far beyond the words themselves. We examine pragmatics as the branch of linguistics that interprets utterances through contextual inference—drawing on co-text, cultural knowledge, and shared understanding between s ...  Afficher plus

This episode shifts the spotlight from the text to the individual who reads it. We explore Reader-Response Theory as a significant shift in literary criticism—one that recognises the reader as co-creator of meaning rather than a passive observer uncovering a single, fixed interpr ...  Afficher plus

In this episode, we explore how two monumental dramatic traditions—Greek tragedy and Shakespearean tragedy—shape our understanding of human suffering, moral downfall, and the architecture of dramatic storytelling. We begin with the classical Greek stage, where the three unities i ...  Afficher plus