The Reader and the Writer

With this episode, Shari begins a new podcast series: The Art & Beauty of Storytelling in Jonah. Join her in exploring the old biblical story of Jonah from a literary  point-of-view; uncovering greater treasures tucked within this story so masterfully written.

Notes: 

Intro and Exit Music: The Story of One Life by Aleksey Chistilin

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In this episode, Shari finishes the first of  the Beauty & the Arts, Narnia Series, with a discussion of the climax moment in Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe. She also talks about how C.S. Lewis uses contrasts to make his big ideas come better alive to readers.

You can find a Discussion Guide for LWW at stjohnlutheran.org; Under the Resources Tab.

In this third episode in the Beauty & the Arts' Narnia series, Shari discusses food and eating in Narnia, and what other meanings they might contain beyond - but not excluding - the act of eating, itself. 

Resources used in this podcast:

• Companion to Narnia by Paul Ford


• How to Read Like a Professor by Thomas Foster

Questions to ask when examining a food scene in a story (novel, short story, play, etc):

1. Who all is sharing in the meal together?


2. What is the meal being shared? 


3. Where are they eating?


4.  What else is happening at this meal besides eating?


5. What else is being consumed besides the actual food? What else is being shared? What details within the scene make you think this?


6. Finally, what other stories sound similar to this one, and how might putting the two side by side help you discover something new or make new meaning come to bear?

On this episode, Shari dives into the wardrobe... from Edmund's point-of-view

To have Shari send you a Discussion Guide for LWW, email her at: [email protected]

In this episode, Shari will discuss the difference between allegory and fantasy, and why C.S. Lewis was so adamant that the Narnia Chronicles were one and not the other. She will also talk about Lewis' love for fairy story and why this was his chosen form in writing the Chronicles of Narnia.

Resources used in this episode:

• Companion to Narnia, by Paul Ford


• C.S. Lewis Companion and Guide, by Walter Hooper


• Of Other Worlds, Essays and Stories, by C. S. Lewis


• Letters to Children, by C.S. Lewis; edited by Lyle W. Dorsett and Marjorie Lamp Mead

In this brief episode, Shari will give an overview of what listeners can expect when tuning into Beauty & the Arts.