Series 1: Episode 1

Introduction: Welcome listeners to this Episode of Literature Round Table in our Open Learning Podcast Series. Today, we are going on a journey into the magnificent world of poetry and I am your host David Sea, a student from Indooroopilly State High School. Poetry to me is unique. It does not need a plethora of explanation, just a powerful message, image and meaning of the sweetness or the bitterness experiences from the bottom of the poet’s heart to tell the story. However, different poets…

stories reserved for political and social satire, but so are news outlets. Programs such as The Daily Show, The Colbert Report and Last Week Tonight all are platforms that consist of telling credible news in a satirical manner. Although satirical news series are not a new concept, they are resurging in popularity, and this form of satire is fearless, constantly crossing boundaries that could not have been crossed as easily just decades ago. These networks profit off of their viewership, and in…

that distort and influence our perception of women. One in particular, is the television series Spartacus: War of the Damned;The show delineates women away from the stereotypical dreamy housewife, and defies the critical characterization that follows the meaning of being a woman. In the journal review, “Redefining Gender in Sword and Sandal” Anna Foka reevaluates “Actual power, though, as defined in the series, go[ing] beyond mere embodiment and extend[ing] into the sphere of societal…

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” (Austen, 1813, p. 1). 
Pride and Prejudice is English Author Jane Austen’s second book, first published in 1813. Over 200 years later, this book on the social life and practices in early 19th century England still holds a strong relevance in our lives. The book revolves around the everyday antics of the Bennet family’s five daughters, hilariously foot-in-mouth mother and slightly…

When we think of cartoons having a moral behind them, most would not think SpongeBob SquarePants would fall into the category. One of the highest rated series on Nickelodeon by Stephen Hillenburg is SpongeBob SquarePants- a comedy series, which tells the adventures of him and his 6 other friends through the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob is a TV show that teaches everyone a lesson who watches the show because each character represents one of the seven deadly sins.…

“Plot,” can be defined as a series of events consisting of an outline of the action of a narrative or a drama. It can be conceived as the design and intention of narrative. It is the structure or organization of events that make up a fictional story; the aspects that shape a story and move it in a certain direction. It can also be thought of as logic or the syntax of discourse, that generates its chronological propositions through progression. It makes up the basic concept of narrative and…

used to generate and circulate meanings in and for that culture. Codes are used in order to convey meanings that constitute our cultural world, many of which are seen through television, films and other forms of media. In Season 1, Episode 7 of Superman: The Animated Series, the hero and villain relationship is clearly seen throughout the film. John Corben, a criminal that escaped from prison with the help from a doctor, turned to Luthor to help him with his deadly illness. The only way to…

This episode was by far the most off-book episode to date. And while some of the changes are for the better (Ramsay’s wedding night in the books, though not with Sansa, is far more gruesome), some are not. In an upcoming article, I’ll run through the details of how the show has…

January 7th started as a normal day for my parents. That day my dad George had to be at work early in the morning so they got up around 4 that morning. George my brother who was 1 and 1/2 at the time went over to a friend’s before my dad headed to work. My mother Jessica wasn 't due for another 15 days, so she was doing her normal morning routine when unexpectedly her water-broke. She called my father and told him, and he rushed and came and got her and went to the hospital the same one my…

meaningful to the fandom because it can further instigates extratextual (paratext) material such as fanart, fanfiction etc. Evidently, fandom plays a huge role in the success of Riverdale. Riverdale, with a measly 0.3/1 rating, manages to trend on Twitter every week when the series airs. Unlike most broadcast networks, The CW seems to place value on engagement-based TV. As mentioned by Stribling’s monetization model of fan behavior, live tweeting is an indirect method of show endorsement. …