Joseph Carroll
- Synopsis
- Podcast series in which Dr Neema Parvini, author of Shakespeare’s History Plays: Rethinking Historicism and Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory: New Historicism and Cultural Materialism, interviews Shakespeare scholars and literary theorists from around the world in a bid to gain an understanding of current thinking in Shakespeare studies and in literary criticism more generally.
In this edition Parvini talks to Joseph Carroll interviews the founder of a movement known as ‘Literary Darwinism’, Professor Joseph Carroll. Topics include: the resistance of the academic status quo to evolutionary theory; Matthew Arnold and the value of literary study; poststructualism vs. biologically-informed psychology and anthropology in the mainstream public; why is the question of nature and nurture important to us as readers of literature?; graphing Jane Austen and using empirical methods in literary criticism. - Series
- Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Audio
- Year of release
- 2013
- Duration
- 92 mins
Credits
- Contributor
- Joseph Carroll; Neema Parvini
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- literary theory; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Online Availability
Production Company
Distributor
- Name
iTunes U
- Web
- http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/ External site opens in new window
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Joseph Carroll". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av75106 (Accessed 25 Apr 2025)