This is post 4 of 4 in the series “Mrs. Dalloway” Comprehensive literary analysis articles delving into the depths of the modernist masterpiece ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ by Virginia Woolf, exploring its innovative narrative structure, themes, and the intricacies of its characters. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf: A Modernist Novel Time on the surface level of Mrs. …
This is post 3 of 4 in the series “Mrs. Dalloway” Comprehensive literary analysis articles delving into the depths of the modernist masterpiece ‘Mrs. Dalloway’ by Virginia Woolf, exploring its innovative narrative structure, themes, and the intricacies of its characters. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf: A Modernist Novel Time on the surface level of Mrs. …
This is post 6 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 The Victorian Period: 1832-1900 …
This is post 6 of 10 in the series “Du Voyage Imaginaire aux Mondes Perdus” Ce thème littéraire, qui connut son heure de gloire entre 1864 (Le Voyage au Centre de la Terre de Jules Verne) et 1933 (Les Horizons Perdus de James Hilton), relève de la tradition modernisée du “voyage fantastique”. Il s’agit de …
This is post 3 of 4 in the series “Death of a Salesman” Comprehensive literary analysis articles delving into the depths of the play Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Death of a Salesman : an extended introduction Family in Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman: Tragedy versus Social Drama Death of …
This is post 3 of 6 in the series “The Great Gatsby” All literary analysis articles about The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Introduction to The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald: from the Lost Prairies to the Realist Jungle The Great Gatsby: characters and characterization The Great Gatsby: the Romantic Quest Structure and …
This is post 6 of 6 in the series “The Great Gatsby” All literary analysis articles about The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Introduction to The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald: from the Lost Prairies to the Realist Jungle The Great Gatsby: characters and characterization The Great Gatsby: the Romantic Quest Structure and …
Introduction Margaret Atwood is a Canadian writer born in 1931, who studied literature in Toronto. In the 1960s, she was a graduate specialist in Harvard and then came back to Canada to teach literature. She was a well-known poet with The Edible Woman (1969), Surfacing (1972), Life before man (1979), The Robber Bride (1993). Margaret …
This is post 5 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 Introduction Realism and Naturalism …
L’autre soir, tranquillement installés dans le canapé au coin du feu, nous dégustions un bon plateau de fromage et prenions connaissance des résultats de cette vie politique actuellement tourmentée, lorsqu’une question d’orthographe pour le moins brûlante a interrompu notre bouchée de Maroilles. Faut-il donc écrire : “1,5 million” ou “1,5 millions” ? “1,9 gramme” ou “1,9 …
This is post 3 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 Definition of Romanticism Romanticism …
Cette année, avec mes classes de Premières, je me suis amusé avec le film V for Vendetta – réalisé par les frères Wachowski et inspiré des personnages créés par Alan Moore et David Lloyd – pour illustrer la notion Seats and Forms of Power. Nous avons abordé la notion sous l’angle pouvoirs/contre-pouvoirs et on s’est …
Ki veu antéré lé langue morthes ? « Je ne suis pas très optimiste, ni pour mes chères langues anciennes, ni pour la française d’ailleurs, ni pour les humanités en général et, pis, guère plus pour l’avenir de notre civilisation. S’il n’y a pas un sursaut, nous allons vers une catastrophe et nous entrons dans …
Let’s face it – English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England nor French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat. We take English for granted, but if we explore …
This is post 3 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 …
Chacun peut-il réussir en fonction de ses mérites personnels, ou, au contraire, la fonction de chacun est-elle déterminée à l’avance ? Pitirim Sorokin (1889-1968) est un sociologue américain qui a défini la mobilité sociale comme “le phénomène du déplacement d’individus dans l’espace social”. Il est le pionnier de la sociologie de la mobilité sociale. I – …
La révolution transforme profondément le monde occidental entraînant une croissance économique jusque là inconnue. La croissance économique peut aussi s’accompagner de développement. I – La croissance économique A – Qu’est-ce que la croissance économique ? La croissance économique est une notion quantitative et économique. C’est un phénomène mesurable dans le temps et dans l’espace (exemple …
This is post 4 of 12 in the series “Inequalities in Great Britain” This series dissects the various facets of inequality, including economic disparity, social divides, and regional imbalances, offering a comprehensive view of contemporary British society. The Poor Law Amendment Act (1834) Victorian philanthropy in 19th century England Electoral inequalities in Victorian England: the …
How human beings presented in Regeneration are different from historical characters? Paradoxically, several characters had real historical existence and yet, there is no difference between those who really existed and those invented: it seems that they are on the same level. The major difference lays in characterization, i.e. the ways in which human beings are …
A hostile nature Use of an adjective of color (yellow) The sun and the light are described as yellow, which is a warm color not normally applied to natural light. p.175, l.2: “fading to yellow“. Yellow not presented as a bright color, paradox. p.128: “yellowing of the light“, “sulfurous“. Attribute of Lucifer, negative connotation. p.199: …
Introduction “A free and wandering tale” about “the acute consciousness of lost honour”. Lord Jim is not a simple book that could be called novel: this is too reductive. From a technical point of view, it is an idealistic image, a Jamesonian novel. Conrad tries to innovate by rejecting Victorian methods of writing and patterns. …
This is post 5 of 6 in the series “The Great Gatsby” All literary analysis articles about The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. Introduction to The Great Gatsby by Francis Scott Fitzgerald: from the Lost Prairies to the Realist Jungle The Great Gatsby: characters and characterization The Great Gatsby: the Romantic Quest Structure and …
This is post 3 of 5 in the series “History of American Literature” History of American Literature Puritanism : a New World Vision An authentically American Literature American Literature: a Declaration of Literary Independence The American Renaissance American Modernism in literature Washington Irving: evolution, nostalgia and imaginary compensation Irving was not under the influence of …
This is post 2 of 5 in the series “History of American Literature” History of American Literature Puritanism : a New World Vision An authentically American Literature American Literature: a Declaration of Literary Independence The American Renaissance American Modernism in literature Writing the territory: the literature of discovery and exploration Started as a vision in …
Je viens de regarder Casino Royale et je le considère assurément comme l’un des meilleurs James Bond sortis depuis ces 10 dernières années. Haut la main. Daniel Craig fait un bien meilleur 007 que Pierce Brosnan et l’action dans le film est bien plus réaliste que dans les précédents opus : finis les sauts en …
Je boycotte les fast-foods. Fini. Terminé. Over. Je viens de voir SuperSize Me et cela confirme mes craintes : les suceurs de sang capitalistes veulent notre peau. En fait, je crois qu’il l’ont toujours voulu : moins il y a d’invités et plus il y a de gâteau. En même temps, ils ont besoin de …