Mme Dalloway de Virginia Woolf explore la dynamique superficielle du temps dans la vie de Mme Dalloway.

Time on the surface level of Mrs. Dalloway

This is post 2 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. …

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Le livre Mme Dalloway de Virginia Woolf est sur une table.

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf: A Modernist Novel

This is post 1 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. …

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Une peinture de personnages du Vicaire de Wakefield rassemblés dans une pièce.

Characters and characterization in The Vicar of Wakefield

This is post 1 of 2 in the series “The Vicar of Wakefield” All literary analysis articles about the classic novel “The Vicar of Wakefield” by Oliver Goldsmith. Characters and characterization in The Vicar of Wakefield Structure and Plot in The Vicar of Wakefield Characters are a finished product. Characterization is the technique of production …

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Un collage de femmes et d'hommes côte à côte, représentant le progrès et la diversité de la civilisation britannique aux XIXe et XXe siècles.

British Civilisation and Literature: 19th and 20th centuries

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 …

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Un dessin animé parodique mettant en scène deux hommes jouant au croquet dans le style de Tristram Shandy.

To what extent is Tristram Shandy a parody?

At the beginning of a novel, a writer has to call up a world of his. It’s the “willing suspension of disbelief’ (Samuel Coleridge), which only happens if the situation is credible. It means that the reader accepts the story without always questioning the facts related, but he’s expected to take things seriously. The opening …

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An English Romanticism painting of a landscape with trees and hills. William Turner, Dawn in the Valleys of Devon.

English Romanticism (1798-1832)

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 …

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The Handmaid's Tale: Chapter 41 analysis photo, Offred, June, Nick

The Handmaid’s Tale: Chapter 41 analysis

I WISH THIS story were different. I wish it were more civilized. I wish it showed me in a better light, if not happier, then at least more active, less hesitant, less distracted by trivia. I wish it had more shape. I wish it were about love, or about sudden realizations important to one’s life, …

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The Handmaid's Tale: Chapter 25 analysis, red and white tulips in a garden

The Handmaid’s Tale: Chapter 25 analysis

That was in May. Spring has now been undergone. The tulips have had their moment and are done, shedding their petals one by one, like teeth. One day I came upon Serena Joy, kneeling on a cushion in the garden, her cane beside her on the grass. She was snipping off the seed pods with …

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Analysis of The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood photo

The Handmaid’s Tale: incipit analysis

We slept in what had once been the gymnasium. The floor was of varnished wood, with stripes and circles painted on it, for the games that were formerly played there; the hoops for the basketball nets were still in place, though the nets were gone. A balcony ran around the room, for the spectators, and …

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Death of a Salesman: Tragedy versus Social Drama photo

Death of a Salesman: Tragedy versus Social Drama

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 …

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Death of a Salesman: the play's structure, a memory play photo

Death of a Salesman: the play’s structure, a memory play

This is post 4 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 …

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The Great Gatsby: characters and characterization photo

The Great Gatsby: characters and characterization

This is post 2 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 …

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The Great Gatsby : the Romantic Quest photo

The Great Gatsby: the Romantic Quest

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 …

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The Great Gatsby: an American novel photo

The Great Gatsby: an American novel

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 …

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19th century literary movements : Realism and Naturalism photo

19th Century Literary Movements : Realism and Naturalism

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 …

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Télécharger vos fichiers torrents automatiquement avec Flexget photo

Télécharger vos fichiers torrent automatiquement avec FlexGet et Transmission

Aujourd’hui, nouvelle étape dans l’automatisation de nos téléchargements : au lieu d’uploader un fichier .torrent ou magnet sous Transmission, nous allons installer FlexgGet qui va nous permettre de surveiller un flux RSS pour télécharger automatiquement les fichiers bittorrent. Une fois le fichier graine téléchargé, Transmission se chargera de télécharger les fichiers immédiatement. Tout sera donc …

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Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, an oil painting composed in 1818 by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich

The 19th Century : Romanticism in Art and Literature

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 …

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Séries TV: la scène délaisse le conteneur MP4 et passe au MKV photo

Séries TV: la scène délaisse le conteneur MP4 et passe au MKV

Quatre ans après le passage du codec XviD au codec x264, voici que la “scene” change de nouveau les règles du jeu : les fichiers SD et HD seront maintenant en .MKV (Matroska) et non plus en .MP4 pour les séries TV. Depuis le 10 avril 2016, les nouvelles règles sont entrées en vigueur : …

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The Gothic and the Fantastic photo

The Gothic and the Fantastic

This is post 2 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 Gothic and the …

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Hellfest 2013 : day 2 photo 3

Hellfest 2013 : day 2

Allez, deuxième journée du Hellfest 2013. Réveil plutôt difficile : plein soleil sur la tente, cela explose un peu les yeux de bon matin! Mais bon, visiblement je ne suis pas le seul à avoir les yeux bouffis : mes voisins aussi. On discute des groupes que l’on a vu la journée précédente et des …

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The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die photo

The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die

The Prodigy est un groupe britannique de musique électronique formé par Liam Howlett (compositeur/claviers), Keith Flint (danseur/chanteur) et Maxim Reality (MC/chanteur, Keith Palmer de son vrai nom). Aux côtés de Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers et The Crystal Method, ils font partie des pionniers de la dance électronique ou « big beat » dans les …

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Séries TV: la scène plébiscite le x264 au détriment du XviD photo

Séries TV: la scène plébiscite le x264 au détriment du XviD

Il y a quelques semaines, la “scene” s’est réunie pour discuter des standards des releases et a décidé d’abandonner le format XviD (.avi) au profit du format x264 (.mp4) pour les releases en SD (Simple Definition). Analyse de la situation. Pourquoi ce changement ? La raison invoquée dans le document intitulé The SD x264 TV …

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black-mirror

Black Mirror saison 1

Black Mirror est une série dystopique créée par Charlie Brooker. Chaque épisode est ancré dans une réalité différente, avec des personnages différents mais tous traitent de la manière dont nous vivons aujourd’hui et la manière dont nous pourrions vivre dans 10 minutes si nous étions vraiment maladroits… La série est un thriller et les épisodes …

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Paramore - The Only Exception photo

Paramore – The Only Exception

Une petite note de douceur dans cet automne glacial avec le groupe Paramore, un groupe pop-punk américain formé en 2004 et originaire de Franklin au Tennessee. Le groupe a hésité entre plusieurs noms puis ont adopté “Paramour”, mot d’origine française qui signifie “secret lover” en anglais. Ils ont juste modifié l’orthographe en “Paramore”. Voici The …

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Obama song : Will.I.Am - Yes We Can photo

Will.I.Am – Yes We Can (Obama song)

Pas de politique ici mais par contre je trouve cette chanson, Yes We Can par Will.I.Am, plutôt pas mal : It was a creed written into the founding documentsthat declared the destiny of a nation.Yes we can.It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as theyblazed a trail toward freedom.Yes we can. Yes we can.It was …

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Ozzy Osbourne photo

Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and television personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which period he adopted the nickname “Prince of Darkness”. Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 due …

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Black Sabbath photo

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath Black Sabbath were an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They are often cited as pioneers of heavy metal music. The band helped define the genre with releases such as Black Sabbath (1970), Paranoid (1970), and Master …

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Repression and Censorship photo

Organized Crime: Repression and Censorship

This is post 5 of 5 in the series “Prohibition and Organized Crime” This series delves into the historical context of Prohibition in the United States (1920-1933), its impact on society, and how it catalyzed the rise and establishment of organized crime. Organized Crime in America Evolution of Organized Crime Organized Crime : Expression and …

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The Glorious Revolution of 1688

The Glorious Revolution of 1688

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 …

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Inequality and Gender photo

Inequality and Gender

This is post 10 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 …

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The Welfare State : an end to poverty and inequality ? photo

The Welfare State: an end to poverty and inequality ?

This is post 7 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 …

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Introduction to Regeneration by Pat Barker photo

Introduction to Regeneration by Pat Barker

Regeneration has to do with World War One (WW1) and it is visible right from its cover. The novelist, Pat Barker is one of the first women writers who have written about the Great War. Pat Barker is a university-trained historian and this is confirmed by the presence of very reliable sources in the “Author’s …

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World War One poetry : a problematic issue photo

World War One poetry: a problematic issue

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. …

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Richard III : the ambiguity of Richard's evil photo

Richard III: the ambiguity of Richard’s evil

This is post 2 of 2 in the series “Richard III” Comprehensive literary analysis articles delving into the depths of the tragedy Richard III by William Shakespeare. Richard III : Order and Disorder, the Elizabethan problem Richard III: the ambiguity of Richard’s evil I. The Vice The Vice was the favourite character in medieval morality …

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Introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream photo

Background of A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Introduction The characters are set in a given space and time. Shakespeare draws his material from a large body of social background, historical facts and myth: let us see the Greek background, the May festivities, and the fairies and spirits. I – Greek background The play is set in early Greece, in Athens. It is …

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Extended introduction to

Death of a Salesman : an extended introduction

This is post 1 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 …

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Structure and Narration in The Great Gatsby

This is post 4 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 …

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American Modernism in literature photo

American Modernism in literature

This is post 5 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 Defining the (literary) self and the nation: representative figures As an aesthetic phenomenon, Modernism …

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Declaration of Literary Independence photo

American Literature: a Declaration of Literary Independence

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 …

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Top 50 phrases you'd like to say to your hierarchy photo

Top 50 phrases you’d like to say to your hierarchy

1. I can see your point, but I still think you’re full of shit. 2. I don’t know what your problem is, but I’ll bet it’s hard to pronounce. 3. How about never? Is never good for you? 4. I see you’ve set aside this special time to humiliate yourself in public. 5. I’m really …

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Top 20 oxymorons in 2005

Here’s the top 20 most popular oxymorons that you could hear or read in 2005, quite a prostitution of language if you ask me… 20. Government Organization 19. Alone Together 18. Personal Computer 17. Silent Scream 16. Living Dead 15. Same Difference 14. Taped Live 13. Plastic Glasses 12. Tight Slacks 11. Peace Force 10. …

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