Category Archives: de Grazia, Margreta
Shakespeare’s “Green-ey’d Monster”
Lynda Boose and Margreta de Grazia discuss Othello, which is often considered to be the most popular of Shakespeare’s tragedies, yet is the object of continuing critical disparagement. Why is this so? How do the themes of human sexuality, love, … Continue reading
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Tagged Othello (play), Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
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The Play’s the Thing: Shakespeare Then and Now
April, 1985, marks the anniversaries–dating back to the years 1564 and 1616–of the birth and death of William Shakespeare, the Western world’s most popular poet and playwright. What account’s for Shakespeare’s popularity? Why is Shakespeare a cultural reference point? Lynda … Continue reading
Posted in Boose, Lynda E., de Grazia, Margreta, Episodes, Mack, Maynard
Tagged Shakespeare, William Shakespeare
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Notions of the Tragic in Western Literature, Part 4 of 4
Peter Burian, Eugene Falk, Peter Smith, and Robert ter Horst conclude their series on tragedy with this episode. They say that from antiquity through medieval, renaissance, and modern interpretations, conceptions of the tragic in Western literature have resisted specific definitions, … Continue reading
Posted in Burian, Peter, de Grazia, Margreta, Episodes, Falk, Eugene Hannes, Muir, Kenneth Arthur, Smith, Peter M., ter Horst, Robert
Tagged King Lear, Literature, Tragedy, William Shakespeare
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Women, Nature, and Society: Response to “Back to Nature”
This recording opens by replaying Werner Dannhauser’s commentary on Soundings on (“Back to Nature,” February 20, 1983, Episode #125), in which he stated his views on the women’s movement, feminism, and social values. A response to Dannhauser follows [4:40] from Leila … Continue reading
Posted in Ahmed, Leila, Dannhauser, Werner, de Grazia, Margreta, Episodes, Spacks, Patricia Meyer, Woodmansee, Martha
Tagged Feminism, Gender equality, Women's Movement
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The State of the Language, Part 5 of 5
Ronald Butters, Margreta de Grazia, Connie Eble, and Michael Montgomery discuss whether American English reflects traditional and contemporary social values. In particular, they debate whether language confirms, disguises, denies, or distorts cultural and social expressions of notions about issues such … Continue reading
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Tagged English language, English language - U.S. - Usage, Religion
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The State of the Language, Part 4 of 5
Ronald Butters, Margreta de Grazia, Connie Eble, and Michael Montgomery discuss connections between language and social issues, how linguists view those connections, and whether language is a device for racial, sexual, ethnic, or economic discrimination. Their main points of elaboration … Continue reading
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Tagged English language, Feminism, Sexism
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The State of the Language, Part 3 of 5
Ronald Butters, Margreta de Grazia, Connie Eble, and Michael Montgomery address charges by critics and social observers that English grammar is on the decline, that the teaching of grammar is less emphasized. They address the question of inherent sexism in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising, English language - U.S. - Usage, Politics
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(1) The State of the Language, Part 2 of 5; (2) Commentary on Sexuality, “Back to Nature”
Ronald Butters, Margreta de Grazia, Connie Eble, and Michael Montgomery mull over the richness and fluidity of written English in the age of Shakespeare and the King James Bible, before the language moved toward standardization a century later with the … Continue reading
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Tagged English language, English literature, Sexuality, Shakespeare, Women's Liberation Movement
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The State of the Language, Part 1 of 5
Ronald Butters, Margreta de Grazia, Connie Eble, and Michael Montgomery provide an overview of the strengths, weaknesses, and evolution of the English language, including its history since the Elizabethan age, the development of dictionaries, spoken and written English, and slang. … Continue reading
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Tagged English language
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