01.07 Game of Thrones Jon 1/Ch.5 Re-Read from an Academic, Literary Perspective

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GoTTalkPod. Not your father's ASOIAF pod.

Glen Reed, M.A. Stanford University

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5 days ago

A Song of Ice and Fire literary analysis and insight. ASOIAF/Game of Thrones books stand on the shoulders of literary giants--Homer, Dante, Joyce, Vonnegut, Melville. Or if that's not enough, how about a heaping helping of Plato? We analyze these literary and philosophical forerunners and show their influences on GRRM's series. Understanding the books' literary DNA opens up entirely new vistas and interpretations of characters and events throughout the series. Grappling with the literary and philosophical elements in the series give the stories meaning and relevance in our own lives, today.

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01.07 Game of Thrones Jon 1/Ch.5 Re-Read from an Academic, Literary Perspective

GoTTalkPod. Not your father's ASOIAF pod.

43 minutes 54 seconds

3 years ago

01.07 Game of Thrones Jon 1/Ch.5 Re-Read from an Academic, Literary Perspective

Did I say Cat One and Dany One were a pair? Well, Jon One and Dany One are a pair! Believe that Jon and Dany are destined to be Westeros' new power couple? Well, the links are established beginning in this very chapter. Dig in to find out what a feast in Winterfell has to do with Daenerys Targaryen. And if that's not enough to entice you inside, how about a heaping helping of Dante, Joyce and Socrates, fathers and sons, plus a side of the age-old problem of appearing and being seasoned with a soupcon of Stoicism? And oh, yeah, the Lannister brood enter the frame. Get in! Get Lit!