Teachers Talk Station Eleven 2

Clare is joined by Sue Hatton in this conversation today, focusing on Emily St John Mandel's Station Eleven.  Sue's perspective on the novel is unique, and she provides some interesting observations and reflections about dystopia as a genre, which builds an interpretation of the text, a valuable concept for students to understand for their own writing. Particularly, Sue connects the characterisation of the characters, and their tendency to fade in and out of the narrative, to a broader allusion to religion and the construct of a saviour. This episode is definitely worth a listen if you are studying Station Eleven!