American L_it!
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Is the Novel Relevant to a Modern Audience?
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of Season 2 Mr. Fernando and Coach Bart discuss the ending of the novel and the final major essay for the quarter. Through the us...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Huck, Jim and the Satire of American Race Relations
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Coach Bart and Mr. Fernando discuss the relationship between Huck and Jim as the central force of the narratives satire of American r...
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Introductions
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, Coach Bart and Mr. Fernando begin the discussion of the always-controversial The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain ...
Born a Crime - Part III - Who You were Actually Born to Be
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our final episode talking about Trevor Noah's Born a Crime, Coach Bart and Mr. Fernando discuss the final part of the novel in relation to the Majo...
Born a Crime - Part II - Identity Shaped by Others
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 2, Coach Bart and Mr. Fernando delve into the world around Trevor as a formative influence on his adolescence. As Trevor moves through high...
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: From DADES to Blades
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As a wrap-up of season one of American L_it! Mr. Fernando and Coach Bart identify the elements of the Major DADES Essay to help you put together a str...
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: Dial Up "Long Deserved Peace"
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the final novel-centric episode, Mr. Fernando and Coach Bart dive deep into chapters 19-22 of DADES, focusing, as always on Ontology, Empathy, and ...
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: Ready to Retire
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Looking at DADES Chapters 16-19, Mr. Fernando and Coach Bart look at the climax of the novel and focus on the elements of Ontology, Empathy, and Entro...
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: The Plot (literally) thickens
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our discussion of Chapters 10-15 of DADES, Coach Bart and Mr. Fernando discuss the continual forward momentum of the narrative toward the eventuali...
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: Enter the Entropy
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, focused on chapters 3-9 of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Coach Bart and Mr. Fernando provide a brief review of the prev...
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep: Androids and Ontology
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we begin our discussion of Philip K. Dick's 1968 Science Fiction classic Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? As a multi-episode seri...