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The Book Club Q&A Show (Coffee: Episode XXIV) (Patreon)

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2023-06-18 20:02:04
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Thank you all for your wonderful questions. They have, once again, resulted in a great bookish conversation for this episode of our Q&A Show.

Topics of discussion include: the sad passing of Cormac McCarthy, powerful language learning habits, seperating the artist from the work, the heroine's journey, good vs evil symbolism, and much more.

Feel free to jump to any topic/question you’re most interested in by using the timestamps below.

We have lots of amazing questions, so we'll roll the ones we didn't get to today forward into our next show.

Video Timestamps:

  • 0:00 Tolkien, Woolf, Dumas, Shakespeare
  • 2:00 the sad news about Cormac McCarthy
  • 4:00 learning languages from literature?
  • 16:00 how to separate the artist from the work?
  • 24:00 how to read a work with despicable characters?
  • 27:00 works that offend our moral sensibilities?
  • 31:00 racism in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings?
  • 36:00 is every story ultimately a hero’s journey?
  • 40:00 bookish questions for our next show

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Thank you all for your great questions, and let us know your thoughts on anything we discussed today.

  • Are you learning a language for its literature?
  • How do you deal with disliking certain characters?
  • Can/should we separate the artist from the work?

And, as always, do let us know if you have any questions about reading great literature for our next Q&A show.

Happy reading, everybody!

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The Book Club Q&A Show (Coffee: Episode XXIV)

0:00 Tolkien, Woolf, Dumas, Shakespeare 2:00 the sad news about Cormac McCarthy 4:00 learning languages from literature? 16:00 how to separate the artist from the work? 24:00 how to read a work with despicable characters? 27:00 works that offend our moral sensibilities? 31:00 racism in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings? 36:00 is every story ultimately a hero’s journey? 40:00 bookish questions for our next show

Comments

Elizabeth Madden

Can we separate an artist from his or her work? It depends upon how much of him/herself is revealed in the work, IMO. Of the texts we've been reading in this club this year, I would suggest that all of them, with the possible exception of Shakespeare (so far, but it will come later in the chronology) put a good deal of themselves into the works they have written.

Terri Matter
>>111556601

I completely agree Elizabeth. I have even wondered if that is a requirement for something to be considered great literature… does there need to be that element Ben talks of in having a conversation with the author? If so, I am not sure how I feel about it. My recollection of Count of Monte Cristo does not include that, so we will see if that pattern continues.

Laura DiFrancesco

Love this! Would love to go further into the 7 basic plots. Very excited to read the heroine’s journey!