Benjamin Britworth's Narrative Mind

By Ben Britworth

Fiction works and other unusual thoughts from award-winning writer, filmmaker and designer, Benjamin Britworth.... more

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The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.

Benjamin Britworth's Narrative Mind episodes:

August 30, 2020 S1 E12 - Story - Chomp by Benjamin Britworth
All that anger starts to bite....
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9min
August 16, 2020 S1 E11 - Simple Story Techniques - How to Hook a Reader - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
In this episode I look at how Donna Tartt hooks a reader through the prologue of her book 'The Secret History'. The prologue (or opening) is arguably the most important part of a book, as a strong opening will entice a reader and get them to read on, while a bad opening will end with them putting the book down instead.
CITED:
Lodge, David. The Art of Fiction. London: Viking Penguin, 1993. p5
Tartt, Donna. The Secret History. London: Viking Penguin, 1993.
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5min
August 02, 2020 S1 E10 - Story - Gunner by Benjamin Britworth
Waiting for the war to begin, one soldier thinks upon their fellows...
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4min
July 19, 2020 S1 E9 - Simple Story Techniques - The Art of Description in Washington Irving's Sleepy Hollow
This episode looks at how Washington Irving plays with language and description within his short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
CITED:
Irving, Washington. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories. New York: Penguin Classics, 2014.
Ronen, Ruth. "Description, Narrative and Representation." Narrative 5, no. 3 (1997): 274-86.
Valentine T. Bill. Chekhov: The Silent Voice of Freedom. Philosophical Library (1987)
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5min
July 05, 2020 S1 E8 - Story - Acolyte by Benjamin Britworth
A moment of reflection in an uncomfortable world...
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5min
June 21, 2020 S1 E7 - Simple Story Techniques - How to Appreciate all Fiction - Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice
This episode details my belief that all works of art hold some value when regarded through a varied critical eye. This is in contrast to engaging in a narrow view of thinking that art is either 'good' or 'bad'.
CITED:
Austin, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. London: White's Books, 2010.
King, Stephen. On Writing. London: Hodder, 2012.
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3min
June 14, 2020 S1 E6 - Story - Lagoona Deep by Benjamin Britworth
What happens when you just can't stop digging...
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12min
May 31, 2020 S1 E5 - Simple Story Techniques - For the Love of an Antihero - Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange
In this episode I look at the elusive archetype of the antihero. I specifically look at Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange; a story where the antihero is king. Burgess deliberately plays around with the character type, showing just how morally ambiguous antiheroes can be.
CITED:
Burgess, Anthony. A Clockwork Orange. London: William Heinemann, 2012.
Brombert, Victor. In Praise of Antiheroes. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1999.
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4min
May 17, 2020 S1 E4 - Story - The Death Chamber by Benjamin Britworth
An encounter in the irradiated wastelands of a world that was once not so dissimilar from our own...
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18min
May 03, 2020 S1 E3 - Deep Analysis - Fear as Language in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds
In this episode I look at the opening chapter of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and how he uses fear as a narrative tool in the construction of the scene. Beware, this episode is a tough'un... really, I mean it!
CITED: Ben Walters, Debating Inglourious Basterds, Film Quarterly, Vol. 63, No. 2 (Winter 2009), pp. 19-22 Paul L. Gower, Psychology of Fear, Nova Biomedical; UK ed. edition (9 Oct. 2003) Mary Wrenn (2013) Fear and Institutions, Journal of Economic Issues, 47:2, 383-390 Doherty, Thomas. Cinéaste, vol. 35, no. 1, 2009, pp. 59–61. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41690858. Accessed 23 Apr. 2020. Žižek, Slavoj. “Looking Awry.” October, vol. 50, 1989, pp. 31–55. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/778856. Accessed 23 Apr. 2020.
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11min

FAQs about Benjamin Britworth's Narrative Mind:

How many episodes does Benjamin Britworth's Narrative Mind have?

The podcast currently has 22 episodes available.