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Surbiton English Lit
Anthony Sebastian
45 episodes
3 days ago
A podcast series for students and book lovers, exploring some of literature’s most enduring texts.
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A podcast series for students and book lovers, exploring some of literature’s most enduring texts.
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Surbiton English Lit
English Clinic: IGCSE LIT P1 - To Kill a Mockingbird

A short clinic on how to approach the IGCSE LIT P1 section on To Kill a Mockingbird. Advice on revision, planning and writing.

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2 years ago
31 minutes 36 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
English Language exam technique from Bee Huntley - who sat the iGCSE herself this year.
In this episode I interview Bee Huntley, a veteran of the English Dept, with over 22 years in teaching. This year she sat the January series of English Language exams as a way of sharing with the department and the students her experience of revising, practising and actually sitting a real exam. This episode is packed with valuable revision lessons for students of all subjects, but especially those sitting English Language.
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3 years ago
9 minutes 46 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
Of Mice and Men: Cruelty and Unhappiness
Mr Allan and Mr Sebastian discuss the theme of cruelty in Of Mice and Men, and discuss which characters can lay claim to being the unhappiest on the ranch.
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3 years ago
16 minutes 32 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
An Inspector Calls - A Close Look at the Inspector

In this episode, we take a close look at the character of the Inspector in Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'. An ominous figure appearing half way through Act 1 and disappearing half way through Act 3, Priestley allows us to observe the Birling family before, during and after they encounter the Inspector.

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4 years ago
2 minutes 20 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
An Inspector Calls - Priestley's Politics

In this episode, we take a close look at Priestley's political views and messages. Written in 1945 and set in 1912, Priestley explores the length and breadth of the political spectrum in the first half of the 20th century.

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4 years ago
3 minutes 28 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
An Inspector Calls - A Close Look at Power and Status

In this episode, we take a close look at the theme of Power and Status in Priestley's drawing room political drama.

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4 years ago
4 minutes 24 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
An Inspector Calls - A Close Look at Sheila

In this episode, we take a close look at the character of Sheila in Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'.

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4 years ago
2 minutes 47 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
An Inspector Calls - Generational Divide

A close look at the generational divide present in Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'.

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4 years ago
3 minutes 59 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
An Inspector Calls - Social Responsibility

A close look at the central message of social responsibility and how the importance of it is conveyed in Priestley's Post-War masterpiece.

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4 years ago
4 minutes 5 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
An Inspector Calls - Three Major Divisions

In this episode, we take a sideways look at Priestley's Post-War sociopolitical drama, refracting it through three analytical lenses.

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4 years ago
5 minutes 25 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
An Inspector Calls - explore the significance of the generational gap.
In this episode, we take a look at the generational gap present in Priestley’s Post-War political drama and explore Priestley’s message to his audience of the danger of the fixed mindsets of the older generation.
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4 years ago
4 minutes 2 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
An Inspector Calls - what is the importance of the Inspector?
A close look at the significance of this mysterious figure in Priestley’s powerful sociopolitical masterpiece.
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4 years ago
3 minutes 28 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
An Inspector Calls - How does Priestley explore the theme of Blame?
Three of our best students unpick the intricacies of who’s to blame for the death of Eva Smith and how to characters respond to that blame in Priestley’s Post War drawing room drama. NOTE: this was recorded remotely during lockdown.
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4 years ago
4 minutes 7 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
Memory and childhood in Never Let Me Go part 1

Jade and Grace discuss the themes of memory and childhood in part 1 of the novel. 

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4 years ago
15 minutes 47 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
Science in part 1 of Never Let Me Go

Poppy and Ava discuss how the theme of science is significant in the first part of the novel. 

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4 years ago
12 minutes 48 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
An Inspector Calls - How does Priestley explore the theme of Power and Status?
An incisive exploration of the theme of Power and Status in Priestley’s mid-20th century sociopolitical drama.
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4 years ago
4 minutes 43 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
An Inspector Calls - Explore the significance of Sheila
What makes Shelia a compelling character? Two of our expert students explore the significance of this character in Priestley’s didactic drawing room drama.
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4 years ago
5 minutes 13 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
To Kill a Mockingbird - the final chapters
Ms Rusholme gives a deep dive into the final chapters of Harper Lee’s Southern Gothic Bildungsroman on justice and injustice in 1930s America.
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4 years ago
41 minutes 36 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
To Kill A Mockingbird - A Southern Gothic Novel
Ms Gladwyn explores the genre of the Southern Gothic in regards to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird
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4 years ago
10 minutes 12 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
Social Class in Gothic Literature
Ms Gladwyn explores the topic of social class in Gothic Literature, a rigid class structure, the impact of rapid urbanisation and how Darwin’s views upset the Victorian apple cart.
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4 years ago
9 minutes 11 seconds

Surbiton English Lit
A podcast series for students and book lovers, exploring some of literature’s most enduring texts.