L’avantage des vacances d’été, c’est que l’on retrouve des gens que l’on n’a pas vu le reste de l’année – ou même depuis plusieurs années. C’est l’occasion de faire le point, de demander comment vont les enfants, de savoir qui fait quoi. On éprouve finalement le besoin de combler le vide entre le moment où …
This is post 3 of 11 in the series “From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877)” From the Puritan settlements to the American Civil War (1787-1877) Introduction to Puritanism and Expansionism Antebellum South Life in the Plantations USA: North and South O’Sullivan’s Manifest Destiny The social context of America in the early …
I – La société : ses normes et ses valeurs A – Liens entre valeurs et normes Les sociétés connaissent une pluralité de valeurs. Le système de valeurs est lié aux normes et ces normes sont indispensables au bon fonctionnement de la société. La cohérence entre les normes et le système de valeurs n’est pas …
This is post 4 of 6 in the series “Literary Movements” The 18th Century: the Age of Enlightenment The Gothic and the Fantastic The 19th Century : Romanticism in Art and Literature English Romanticism (1798-1832) 19th Century Literary Movements : Realism and Naturalism British Civilisation and Literature: 19th and 20th centuries English Romanticism began in …
Real Humans est une série suédoise qui a été diffusée il y a quelques semaines sur ARTE. De son vrai nom Äkta Människor (“les véritables humains”), elle se situe dans une Suède contemporaine alternative où l’usage des androïdes devient de plus en plus prépondérant. Ces robots humanoïdes (appelés hubots pour “human robots”) ont investi nos …
Voici The Hollow Crown, une série historique produite par Sam Mendes pour BBC 2. Elle adapte les quatre pièces de la seconde tetralogie historique de William Shakespeare, “the Henriad” : Richard II, Henry IV parts 1 et 2, et Henry V. Richard II King Richard finds himself having to try and settle a dispute between …
This is post 5 of 5 in the series “From the Reformation to the birth of the American nation (1534-1776)” From the Reformation to the birth of the American nation (1534-1776) The Reformation in the British Isles English Expansionism The Glorious Revolution of 1688 The American colonies : Religion and Politics USA: Birth of a …
This is post 1 of 5 in the series “From the Reformation to the birth of the American nation (1534-1776)” From the Reformation to the birth of the American nation (1534-1776) The Reformation in the British Isles English Expansionism The Glorious Revolution of 1688 The American colonies : Religion and Politics USA: Birth of a …
This is post 2 of 6 in the series “Scotland's Road to Independence” Explore the intricate weave of Scottish politics and devolution from historical struggles for autonomy to the modern debates on independence, dive deep into Scotland’s quest for self-governance. Scotland: the State, the Nation, Home Rule, and Devolution The Act of Union of 1707 …
Introduction War poetry is not a school of poetry in itself but it played a tremendous part since it inspired a new birth of inspiration. It was a totally new experience: nothing like that before in poetry, no war like WW1 before. War had already been a subject for poetry but never with such feelings. …
I – Characters and structure Multiplicity of lines. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is remarkable for the many levels of its text. The play is different from Romeo and Juliet or the Taming of the Shrew (which have one main plot) because of the various levels of plots and characters. There are 4 levels: Theseus and …