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Teachers Talk Texts

Teachers Talk Texts

By: Clare Mackie
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 Each episode, host Clare Mackie discusses a different text from the VCE English text list with a passionate and knowledgeable teacher. The conversation is more than just a plot summary and character profile, rather, teachers discuss textual interpretation, authorial intent, views and values - the complex and deeply interesting aspects of studying literature.© 2024 Teachers Talk Texts Art Literary History & Criticism
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  • Teachers Talk Born a Crime

    Teachers Talk Born a Crime
    Aug 13 2023

    In this episode, Clare speaks with Sonia Murr about Trevor Noah's memoir, 'Born A Crime'. The text is a wild ride, careering from absolutely hilarious to gut-wrenchingly heart-breaking in the turn of a page, and it provides a unique vantage point to interrogate the impacts of apartheid in South Africa. Sonia's reflections and insights into the novel are thoughtful and considered, especially around political correctness and engaging with this text meaningfully in a classroom.

    If you are interested in reading more of Sonia's insights, she is the author of the VATE teaching notes, available for download here: https://www.vate.org.au/shop/inside-stories/born-crime-vate-inside-stories-2023-pdf


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  • Teachers Talk Things Fall Apart

    Teachers Talk Things Fall Apart
    Jul 10 2023

    In this episode, Clare speaks with Philip Thiel about Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed novel, 'Things Fall Apart'. Together, they discuss the importance of understanding a post-colonial lens as a means of exploring this text, and how Achebe invites his reader into this narrative through his decision to write the novel in English. Further, this conversation centres on the significance of gender, and not just masculinity, but femininity too, and how Achebe interrogates these constructs in his depiction of traditional Igbo society.

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  • Teachers Talk Much Ado About Nothing #2

    Teachers Talk Much Ado About Nothing #2
    Apr 10 2023

    Kat from BEAR Learn returns in this episode, flipping the script and putting Clare in the hot seat to answer questions about Much Ado About Nothing. Having recently authored analysis of 50 key quotations from the play in collaboration with BEAR Learn, this conversation dips into some of the key ideas and concerns of Shakespeare, and how students can streamline their study by honing in on high utility quotations that can do heavy lifting in analysis. The conversation gives a little taste of what the analysis includes, and students (or teachers!) can click on the links below if they are interested in more. But more than that, this conversation explores why Much Ado is still so relevant for today's audience, in how it interrogates the power dynamics of gender, of marriage, and more broadly, of status in society.

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