The Affluent Society : poverty rediscovered?
Post-war Britain is characterised by Butskellism, a hybrid word formed from the Conservative (Butler) and Labour (Gaitskell) Chancellors of the Exchequer.
Année : 2007
The Welfare State: an end to poverty and inequality ?
Wartime hardships, national solidarity and the acceptance of an increased role for the State led to the need for durable change in social and health policies.
The Beveridge Report: a Revolution?
It had been thought William Beveridge would just tidy up the existing schemes but in fact, he came up with a brand-new scheme.
More electoral inequalities : the Road to Female Suffrage
Explore the road to female suffrage in Britain, from Victorian gender roles and legal reforms to suffragists, the WSPU, and voting rights.
Ante Bellum, Inter Bella : Legislation and the Depression
Explore interwar Britain through Liberal reforms, unemployment, the Depression, poverty surveys, regional divides, and the harsh means test.
Electoral inequalities in Victorian England: the Road to Male Suffrage
Eventually, after a long struggle (The Peterloo Massacre in 1819), the First Reform Act was passed in 1832, which resulted in an extension of male suffrage.
Victorian philanthropy in 19th century England
Charity was widespread during the 19th century though the actual amount distributed is difficult to estimate.
The Poor Law Amendment Act (1834)
The aim was to dissuade all but the very hopeless from seeking assistance since poverty was the fault of the individual and should be punished.
Scotland: the State, the Nation, Home Rule, and Devolution
Define Scotland’s state, nation, Home Rule and devolution, from imagined communities to the Scotland Act and electoral systems.
The Scottish Parliament
Explore the Scottish Parliament, from Labour’s devolution reforms and the Scotland Act to tuition fees, public opinion, and independence debates.
The rise of the Scottish National Party (SNP)
Trace the rise of the Scottish National Party, from early nationalism and Home Rule movements to political breakthroughs and devolution debates.
Scottish Home Rule
Explore Scottish Home Rule from Victorian autonomy debates to Irish Home Rule, nationalist organisations, and the creation of the SNP in 1934.
The Act of Union of 1707
Explore the Act of Union of 1707, from Darien and succession crises to the Treaty of Union, Scotland’s institutions, and Great Britain’s creation.
Don Álvaro o la Fuerza del Sino por el Duque de Rivas
Don Álvaro, un indiano rico y misterioso que vive en Sevilla, tiene un romance con doña Leonor, hija del Marqués de Calatrava.
Doña Inés (Historia de Amor) por José Martínez Ruiz [Azorín]
José Martínez Ruiz ( Azorín) nació en Monóvar (Alicante) en 1873. Su padre era abogado y fue alcalde del pueblo.
A transformed vision of time in Regeneration
Analyse how Pat Barker transforms time in Regeneration through trauma, memory, hallucination, flashback, repetition and shell shock.
Landscape and mindscape in Regeneration: Burns, trauma and nature
Analyse landscape and mindscape in Pat Barker’s Regeneration through Burns, trauma, focalisation, hostile nature and the return of war memory.
Historical figures and fictional characters in Regeneration
Analyse how Pat Barker blends real historical figures and fictional characters in Regeneration to explore war trauma, memory, class and moral conflict.
First dialogue between Rivers and Sassoon in Regeneration
Analyse the first dialogue between Rivers and Sassoon in Pat Barker’s Regeneration: sanity, protest, duty, therapy and moral conflict.
The plot in Regeneration by Pat Barker: transformation, trauma and return
Analyse the plot of Pat Barker’s Regeneration through Sassoon, Rivers, Prior, trauma, Craiglockhart and the moral problem of return.
The setting in Regeneration by Pat Barker: Craiglockhart as a second battlefield
Analyse the setting in Pat Barker’s Regeneration: Craiglockhart, the home front, darkness, nature, war trauma and symbolic spaces.
English Literature: Periods, Authors, Works and Study Guide
Explore English literature through its major periods, authors, genres and works, from Beowulf to Shakespeare, Romanticism and modern war writing.
Introduction to Regeneration by Pat Barker: war trauma, history and fiction
Introduction to Pat Barker’s Regeneration: historical fiction, Craiglockhart, shell shock, Rivers, Sassoon, Owen and the trauma of World War One.
War Poet: Wilfred Owen, Poetry and the Pity of War
Study Wilfred Owen’s war poetry, biography, influences, shell shock, Craiglockhart, Sassoon, realism, irony and the famous “pity of war”.
Edward Thomas: nature, England and the quiet poetry of war
Edward Thomas turned English landscape, memory and doubt into haunting war poetry. Discover his life, themes, poems and quiet modern voice.
Rupert Brooke: idealism, patriotism and the myth of the war poet
Rupert Brooke, English war poet of 1914, became famous for The Soldier, patriotic idealism and the myth of beautiful youth sacrificed in WWI.
World War One poetry: why war poetry became a literary problem
World War One poetry changed English literature by moving from patriotic idealism to pity, trauma, irony and disillusionment.
Richard III : Order and Disorder, the Elizabethan problem
It is very often an issue in Shakespeare’s plays. It deals with order and degree: each thing in the Universe has a place in a scale of things.
Richard III: the ambiguity of Richard’s evil
Richard generates a special relation between word and deed. He tells the audience what he is going to do, then does it, and finally recalls what he did.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream : a comedy
Explore A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a comedy through love, disorder, fairy magic, mistaken identity, theatrical play, and restoration.
Structure in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream is remarkable for the many levels of its text: Theseus and Hippolyta, the young lovers, the mechanicals, and the fairies.
Background of A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Shakespeare draws his material from a large body of social background, historical facts and myth: Greek background, May festivities, fairies and spirits.
Introduction to A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Discover A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Shakespeare’s comic world of love, illusion, fairies, theatre, transformation, and festive disorder.
The Dramatic Quality in Macbeth: Violence, Prophecy and Stage Tension
Analyse the dramatic quality of Macbeth through prophecy, violence, dramatic irony, stage action, rhythm, disorder and Shakespearean tragedy.
Political Questions in Macbeth: Kingship, Tyranny and Legitimacy
Analyse political questions in Macbeth: kingship, tyranny, legitimacy, rebellion, prophecy, violence and Shakespeare’s vision of power.
Introduction to Macbeth: Plot, Characters, Themes and Tragedy
A clear introduction to Macbeth: plot summary, characters, ambition, evil, witchcraft, guilt, kingship and Shakespearean tragedy.
Lord Jim: how is Conrad’s first-hand experience of seamanship perceptible throughout the Patna episode ?
Conrad was a sailor and gave us a flavour of seamanship: read ch1-20, there are segments that should not be missed.
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad : « A free and wandering tale »
Explore Lord Jim as a free and wandering tale, from narrative frames and moral failure to honour, guilt, colonial spaces, and Conrad’s irony.
Relatives in « Cider With Rosie » by Laurie Lee
Laurie Lee belongs to a large family, due to his father’s two marriages. There are 8 members in the family and Laurie is one of the youngest.
The Short Story and the Novel
Compare the short story and the novel through structure, character, plot, unity, scale, narrative focus, reader effect, and literary form.
Glossary of film terms
Angle: the position of the camera in order to show a certain scene. A camera may be placed straight on to a scene, at a side, high or low angle.
Organisation d’une séance d’Anglais dans une classe polyhandicapée
Introduction Me destinant au métier d’enseignant, c’est en toute confiance que j’ai choisi ce module de préprofessionnalisation. Le Collège de …
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Étude d’une comptine anglaise à l’école primaire : « Here we go round the Mulberry Bush »
Enseigner une comptine au primaire pour développer l’apprentissage d’une langue vivante étrangère et améliorer la réussite des élèves en collège et en lycée
Pédagogie
Tous nos articles consacrés à la pédagogie, l’entrée dans l’enseignement et nos conseils pour le baccalauréat.
Edgar Poe : une Descente dans le Mäelstrom
L’action se situe au sommet d’une montagne, le Helseggen, sur la côte de Norvège dans la province de Nortland. Le panorama est effroyablement désolé…
Edgar Poe : Metzengerstein
Une époque lointaine, moyenâgeuse (châteaux) dans une région centrale de la Hongrie aux mœurs si étranges que l’on croit à la métempsycose.
Électre : tragédie et originalité du drame giralducien
Analysez Électre de Giraudoux : tragédie, mythe antique, ironie moderne, originalité dramatique, justice, vérité et tension politique.
Death of a Salesman : an extended introduction
In Death of a Salesman, the spectator is plunged into the main character’s head. There is no linear onward progression but uninterrupted dramatic tension.