The fifth Child by Doris Lessing-1998 Extract 1 In this novel there are two main characters: Harriet and David. The scene takes place in the 60s at an office party (place where the two persons met ). Harriet is a person who's solidly built. She works...
The fifth Child by Doris Lessing- 1998 Extract 2 The scene takes place in the dinning-room and t he characters are: Harriet and David / Dorothy and Alice. They are talking about Ben while Harriet is giving Ben bottle. The main issue in this scene is the...
The fifth child by Doris Lessing Extract 3 In this extract, Harriet after introducing Ben in a special institute ( North of England ), she decides finally to visit him, see his "new life". * Firstly, we are in an atmosphere a little oppressive when is...
London : the biography by Peter Ackroyd, 2000 Click on the link: Text The text that I'm going to present you was written in 2000 by Peter Ackroyd: an English biographer, novelist and critic. In reality, this text is a biography about the city of London...
ÉMILE VERHAEREN (1855-1916) (Recueil : Les soirs) « Londres » Et ce Londres de fonte et de bronze, mon âme, Où des plaques de fer claquent sous des hangars, Où des voiles s'en vont, sans Notre-Dame Pour étoile, s'en vont, là-bas, vers les hasards. Gares...
Arthur MACHEN, The Hill of Dreams ( 1907 ) It's the story of a young man who dreams of a better life, he comes from a poor family in Ireland. He decides to emigrate and come in London. Maybe he comes because it's an artist / politique reasons / to have...
Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea (1952) Part One I suppose this novel is about a fisherman who likes the marine world, the sea. I think that maybe the old man speaks of his personals experiences, maybe the problems to meet in sea with the big...
Written by Mrs Ricard in From the Renaissance to the Elizabethan Age on October 9th 2011 at 10:24 AM Today, we learnt a about the Elizabethan Era : each group had a webquest to do in order to find out more about this important period in England's History....
England in the 60s and 70s England in the 60s and 70s (link) Swinging London “Swinging London” is a term used to describe the fashion and cultural scene that flourished in London, in the 1960s. In English, the wave of the Swinging London which is a real...
A Special Article !!! Here a specific document about: the Gothic Literature (link) Then, here a document with the link to short story of Poe !! Short Story (link)
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan P oe Here you can find a video about The Tell-Tale Heart : it's a Trailer. Indeed, the book was adpated into a movie. As you can see, this Trailer is pretty intriguing and frustrating... So, Watch it !! = http://www...
Written by Edgar Allan Poe " The Tell-Tale Heart " is a short story which was published for the first time in 1843. Plot Summary: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tell-Tale_Heart short story (link)
The balcony scene Cyrano de Bergerac: Act III, scene 7 ( click on the link )
The 17th century ( Click on the link ! )
The 18th century ( Click on the link ! )
Travels & Returns Travels Here are some literary work where a Initiatory journey takes place:
The Romantic Age ( click on the link )
Romeo and Juliet (Suite) Here: -a questionnaire about the balcony scene -a part of play about the balcony scene ( Act II, Scene II, Capulet's orchard )
The 20th century ( click on the link ! )
Problématique : ( 2nd dossier ) “Rewriting - Pastiche – Parody : How do literary works echo one another? »”
The Old man and the sea - Trailer A site with plenty of information and details about the novel ! Click on the link = http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oldman/
Problématique ( 1er Dossier ) "Love between two people a necessary confontation with the outside word ?"
