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So Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp. 16 - Nine DaysApologies for our tardiness but we're BACK! This episode covers an astounding novel about family, luck, love and the small things that make a huge difference in life - Toni Jordan's Nine Days. This is an extra special one because we spend it in conversation with the AUTHOR HERSELF!! A massive thank you to Toni for joining us and giving us incredible insight into her creative process and her intentions with this book - suffice to say we were a little star struck. 2021-09-1528 min
So Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp. 15 - Station 11As the vaccine roll-out for the current pandemic begins to pick up, we talk about another (fictional yet equally terrifying) plague - the Georgia Flu of Emily St John Mandel's Station 11. This was an incredible novel to work through - especially in the current context - and forced us to reconsider the meaning of civilisation, art, family and memory. Station 11 begs the question...if the world as we knew it were to end, what about it would you most miss? Our answers included coffee, Netflix and the sound of traffic lights - let us know what yours are on...2021-03-1744 minSo Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp.14 - The LieutenantAre you ready to get mad at British colonialism and everything that it stands for? Then this episode is for you! This week, Ella and I delve into Kate Grenville's incredible novel The Lieutenant. We discuss language, cultural understanding, morality and integrity while also getting very passionate about the latest season of The Crown (seriously go binge watch it now if you haven't already). This episode also features the amazing Michelle Xin - tutoring extraordinaire and MVP of the Regional Educational Support Network (RESN) - you can reach them at http://resn.org.au 2021-02-1742 minSo Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp.13 - PersepolisWelcome to 2021!! To kick off the new school year, we are talking rebellion, religion, womanhood and martyrdom with Marjane Satrapi's incomparable graphic novel: Persepolis. This text was an absolute joy to deconstruct over tea and cake so sit down, grab some sweets of your own and follow along. We were joined by the lovely Yanee Liu this week (If you want more of her wonderful insights, she can be contacted for tutoring at yaneeliu21@gmail.com)
Enjoy!! 2021-02-0346 minSo Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp.12 - Stasiland and Never Let Me GoTwo of our favourite texts ever, this comparison looks at how much humans are capable of dissociating from, and connecting with each other in the most unlikely of ways. Whether you're in an alternate reality of modern England or exploring the grey concrete towers of the former German Democratic Republic, it turns out that humans can be terrifyingly ruthless, inspiringly resistant or hopelessly devoted to each other. Intrigued? We thought so - come take a dive into our final pairing for the year with special guest Ben of @the.englishlab and get terrified by how close humanity has come...2020-10-2700 minSo Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp.11 - I am Malala and PrideFrom the hills of Wales to the mountains of Pakistan, this comparative gives us two distinct yet heart-warmingly similar tales of activism, unity and perseverance. Matthew Warchus' Pride will have you marching in the streets and belting 80s rock while I am Malala by Malala Youfsazai gives you new optimism for the capabilities of our young and determined Generation Z. This one had us laughing, crying and vowing to upend the status quo. We hope you enjoy it too. 2020-10-1500 minSo Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp.10 - The Dressmaker and The CrucibleBust out your finest couture and your favourite cauldrons...this week, we are going full witch with a comparative episode of Rosalie Ham's The Dressmaker and Arthur Miller's The Crucible. We get right into small-town suspicion, reputation, herbal tea and the power of the angry/crazy female. This one was a blast to make and we hope you love it just as much. Special thanks to Ben of The English Lab for being our fabulous guest! 2020-09-2149 minSo Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp. 10 - Things Fall ApartWhat does it mean to be colonised? Moreover, what does it mean for a whole way of life to disappear beneath the ideals of foreigners? This week, we try our best to answer these big questions as we talk China Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Yes - the writer in whose company the prison walls fell down. This text is so beautiful and complex - it gave voice to Igbo culture in a time when Western literary canon wrote off all colonised people as obscure and uncivilised and for this, we are eternally grateful. It was our honour to...2020-09-0155 minSo Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp.9 - The Women of TroyGet pumped: It's time to Eu-RIP-ides into some Greek tragedy this week! Assisted by the lovely Laura of @educatinglaura - a powerhouse of knowledge on the subject, we are diving into Euripides' Women of Troy. This is a beautiful, tragic, sometimes gut wrenching read and we can't wait to share it with you. 2020-08-0540 minSo Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp.8 - The Penelopiad and Photograph 51Our first comparative episode, this is a pairing made in heaven. Delve into a brilliant pair of feminist inversions of literary canon where women take centre-stage after centuries of being sidelined. You can probably see why we got excited by this one. It also features the incredible Neha Sharma - ex-VCE student, writing extraordinaire and Atwood superfan - we'll explain why ; ) 2020-07-1948 minSo Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp.7 - All the Light We Cannot SeeHands-down one of the most beautiful and lusciously written books we've ever read, this Pulitzer Prize-Winner had us from page one. We deconstruct whether Nazi soldiers are deserving of forgiveness, debate the meaning of 'entropy' and admit our long-suppressed desire to be old, sassy and French in the 1940s. Hopefully this episode helps you to 'see the light' on how incredible this text really is. 2020-07-1145 minSo Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp.5 - Caged BirdIn light of the horrifying and utterly unacceptable displays of police brutality and white supremacy we have seen over the past week, this episode is a little bit different. We are departing from the VCE syllabus for an exploration of Maya Angelou's 'Caged Bird' which, in our opinion, really encapsulates the division that white privilege and historic oppression create in our society. Black Lives Matter and literature is one of the greatest means we have of understanding the experiences of those who are suffering injustice right now. If you aren't listing to this one on the run, we'd highly...2020-06-0918 minSo Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp.4 - ArielSylvia Plath's Ariel, written just before her untimely death, is a collection of poetry like no other. Her works express the anger, wonder and struggle of being a female artist in a time when repression and dissatisfaction was the norm - and we love her for it. Dive into this incredible work with us as we deconstruct the language, history and intense emotion underpinning it.
Follow us on Instagram @solittletime.podcast !! 2020-06-0543 minSo Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp.3 - Pride and PrejudiceBust out your bonnets and brush up your Collin Firth impersonations, because this episode deconstructs the Regency Period magical masterpiece that is Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice! Featuring insights from the incredible Jan Bailey, press play to learn about snobbery, country mansions and why Disney's Frozen is the Aldi version of Jane and Lizzy. 2020-05-251h 03So Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp.2 - Rear WindowThis week's deep dive is into Alfred Hitchcock's suspenseful masterpiece Rear Window - featuring the first-hand VCE experience of the incredible Ben Harms plus lots of Grace Kelly fan-girling. This film makes not being able to leave the house sound a whole lot more exciting than we thought: maybe we''ll catch a murderer while self isolating too? 2020-05-0457 minSo Little Time: The Lit-Lover's Guide to VCE EnglishEp.1 - The Golden AgeDelve into Joan London's pandemic-themed masterpiece with us as we get overly emotional over polio survivors and war poetry. Yes, we know it feels all too real right now given the current situation. No, we will not let it ruin the book ok? 2020-04-2044 min