Episodes
Thursday Apr 30, 2009
Geoffrey Chaucer: an interview with Terry Dolan
Thursday Apr 30, 2009
Thursday Apr 30, 2009
Our fifth podcast is an interview with Professor Terry Dolan about the life, times and works of the great Middle English poet Geoffrey Chaucer, especially his masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales. Professor Dolan talks about the nature of English society at the time, and discusses pilgrims such as the Knight, the Prioress and the Wife of Bath.
Sunday Apr 26, 2009
Macbeth revision II: the real Lady Macbeth
Sunday Apr 26, 2009
Sunday Apr 26, 2009
Our second revision podcast on Macbeth examines the role of Lady Macbeth, who is too often reduced to a simplistic black and white character, but who should be considered as a real woman, complex and sometimes fragile. This podcast looks at the nine scenes in which she appears.
Sunday Apr 19, 2009
Macbeth revision 1: the crucial moment
Sunday Apr 19, 2009
Sunday Apr 19, 2009
The first of our weekly revision podcasts on the play Macbeth opens with an analysis of the crucial soliloquy beginning Act I scene vii, 'If it were done...' These revision podcasts are designed to freshen up thinking in the weeks leading up to the Leaving Certificate in early June.