On October 4th 2011 at The Computer Room Today, the subject was : The Elisabethan Era ! Each group had a webquest to do in order to find out more about this important period in England's History! Here are the results of our quests : * Shakespeare's Life...
Hi readers, After a trip to London with my class and the 1°L, I come back with loads of unforgettable memories. Some of us also took pictures and I've chosen one of them to illustrate my following work. I've tried to describe the moment when this picture...
Hi readers, In London, I noticed some stuff, concerning several aspects of the city to compare with the one William Morris decribed in 1890 in his utopia News From Nowhere (in which, he imagined the city in the future , about 200 years after) so that...
Hi readers, Last week, we talked about the third part of The Old Man And The Sea : (click on the picture below to read this extract) This passage is really typical of the "frustation stage" which is a stage of difficulty and oppression. The old man discovers...
Hi readers, Oliver Twist tells the story of an orphaned boy as he struggles through his early years wandering through the London streets searching for acceptance. Besides being a novel full of comedy, romance, heart-break, and scandal, Charles Dickens’...
Hi Readers, Once upon a time, in Gulf Stream , a fisherman who doesn't fish a lot since a long time... This opening scene corresponds to "the anticipation stage" Christopher.B describes. Indeed, although the old man (the fisherman) hasn't caught fish...
Hi Readers ! So, I think It's time to talk about another theme , which is "Imaginary Worlds". This theme reminds me of the notion of utopia (nowhere/ no land) , which is actually, an ideal. And when we have an ideal, we try to get close to this ideal,...
Hi readers , Today, I will talk about two descriptions of London in which convey a negative impression. The first is the Arthur Machen's one in his story in 1907 called The Hill of Dreams. Machen has nothing to do with fantastic writers of today. In fact,...
Hi readers , During the last lesson, in order to study the second part in the best conditions , as if we were children. In fact, we asked questions ourselves ; the type of questions many children ask to their parents about childhood stories. If you want...
Hi readers, Today, I will talk about... Ernest Hemingway ! Born in 1899, this american journalist is known to have travelled all around the world. But, he also recieved the Nobel Price of Litterature in 1954. Outdoorsman by nature, he was bold enough...
Hi readers , Today, I will talk about a short story by William Somerset, called "Mabel" . . . At the beginning,The scene takes place at Pagan, in Burma. The characters present are the narrator, George, a friend of George and Mabel. *Basic situation :...
Hi readers, Today, I will talk about the 4th and the 5th parts of the old man and the sea . But first, you have to read the 4th part (so, click on the picture below) The old man managed to catch a big fish. But, after a little time, he saw a shark ,the...
Hi readers To justify by another way the appurtenance of that short story to the Gothic litterature, we decide to study the narrator' senses. In fact, at the beginning of the text he said that his senses “were leaving” him … However it's not exactly real...
Hi readers, today I will intrroduce one of the great comedy plays by William Shakespeare and actually, one that I play this year with my theater class. The play starts with the Induction where a trick is played by a nobleman on the drunkard Christopher...
If Romeo and Juliet had lived, do you think their love story would have ended as David and Harriet? I'm torn between «yes» and «no» because it depends on how strong their love is after many years... «No» , if they had time to start a family and if their...
Hi Readers! Here is a timeline of the 19th century best known by the name of "The Romantic Age" !!! Download « the romantic age » Hope you'll like it !!!! XXXMailisXXX
Hi Readers ! Here is a Timeline of the 18th century. Century of Inteligence, Century of knowledge , Century with "Les Lumières" : Download « 18th century » Hope you'll enjoy it ! XXXMailisXXX
Hi readers ! Here is a timeline of the 17th century, which is to me one of the best century concerning the Literature : Download « 17th century.odt » Hope you'll enjoy it XXXMailisXXX
Hi Blog Readers ! Hope you'll envoy my blog ! I 'm sooooooo EXCTIED to create a blog where I'll share with you my taste of Litterature ! Maïlis
Hi readers, We have to prepare in groups topics about : London in the XIXth century. Here is what we have found about ... The Great Exhibition ( click on the picture below) !!! The Living condions A tour in the city (my group) : See you next week !!!...
Hi readers, Yesterday, we had to do a task ! A sort of Glog concerning the utopia of Thomas More and the one of the farm community which is quite different. Here is the task (click on the picture bellow): XXXMaïlisXXX
