Literary Rides
Literary Rides is a weekly educational podcast hosted by Dr. Vishwanath Bite, designed for students and teachers of English Language and Literature.
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115: Literature and Ideology: Gramsci, Althusser & Hegemony (opens the original)
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Why do people often consent to systems that disadvantage them? How does culture transform power into something that appears natural, inevitable, and unquestionable? In this episode of Literary Rides, we explore two of the most influential thinkers in modern Marxist theory: Antonio Gramsci and Louis Althusser. Moving beyond economic explanations of power, both theorists reveal how ideology operates through culture, education, religion, media, and literature to shape human consciousness. The discu
114: Henrik Ibsen: Realism & Social Drama (opens the original)
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Why is Henrik Ibsen often called the father of modern drama? How did a Norwegian playwright revolutionise theatre and challenge the moral assumptions of nineteenth-century society? In this episode of Literary Rides , we explore Ibsen's transformation of drama through realism, psychological depth, and social criticism. From the groundbreaking feminism of A Doll's House to the unsettling moral questions raised in Ghosts , Ibsen turned the stage into a powerful arena for examining gender, family, m
113: ESL Teaching & Applied Linguistics (opens the original)
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Episode Title: ESL Teaching & Applied Linguistics: Theory, Practice and the Future of Language Education What connects language theory, classroom practice, professional teacher training, and artificial intelligence? The answer lies in the dynamic field of Applied Linguistics. In this episode of Literary Rides, we explore how Applied Linguistics shapes modern English language teaching across diverse educational contexts. From understanding the distinctions between ESL, EFL, TESL, TEFL, and TESOL
112: Digital Humanities: Literature in the Age of AI (opens the original)
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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 AI. From manuscript restoration and authorship attribution to distant reading, corpus analysis, and machine learning, we examine how computational methods are reshaping literary scholarship and cultural research. The di
111: Pablo Neruda: Love, Loss & Revolution (opens the original)
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Pablo Neruda remains one of the most celebrated and debated poets of the modern era. Revered for the lyrical beauty of Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair , admired for his revolutionary commitment to social justice, and honoured with the Nobel Prize in Literature, Neruda occupies a unique place in world literary history. This episode of Literary Rides explores the many dimensions of Neruda's life and work—from youthful love poems and surrealist experimentation to political activism, humanit
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