# Rhetoric and the Life of Literature

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Professor Belinda Jack
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Literature and writing, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/series/rhetoric-and-life-literature)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Narrative, the way a tale is told, is less straightforward than we might suppose. Austen handled irony brilliantly and systematically exploited new ways of narrating, including free indirect discourse. This lecture explores why Austen's way of narrating are so compelling.

## Lectures

1. [Jane Austen, 'Persuasion': Irony and the Mysterious Vagaries of Narrative](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-rhetoric-and-life-literature/6ff52fc36d26) (YouTube)
2. [Charles Dickens, 'Hard Times' and Hyperbole](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-rhetoric-and-life-literature/20f198768f90) (YouTube)
3. [Shakespeare's Sonnets and the Use of Personification](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-rhetoric-and-life-literature/4be3382cd2c3) (YouTube)
4. [Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' and Poetic Technique](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-rhetoric-and-life-literature/624be57f6c01) (YouTube)
5. [The Poetry of Robert Frost, The Power and Intrigue of Simile](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/series-rhetoric-and-life-literature/b53a1f28f885) (YouTube)