God of War

« In what extent was culture part of the creation or maintenance of the British Empire ? » Imperial propaganda was extensively broadcast through cultural means. Public interest in the colonies and imperial expansion date back from 1867 onwards . This seems a bit surprising since imperial matters never played any important role in British elections . The thread examined in the following essay is an attempt to show how culture in its various forms asserted Englishness as an hegemonic identity

AN OVERVIEW OF ENGLISH LITERATURE I – FROM THE MIDDLE AGES TO THE ELIZABETHAN ERA I-1 – THE MIDDLE AGES Beowulf is supposedly the oldest literary work in the English-speaking world. It is an anonymous work of which only a manuscript remains. It is an epic, a long narrative poem celebrating the great deeds of the hero in a ceremonious style. It was written between the 8th and 11th centuries in Old English. The story is set in Scandinavia, in the Anglo-Saxon world. The eponymous hero travels

Video game and violence Similar to other forms of media, video games have been the subject of debate and censorship. Such criticism often stems from the inclusion of controversial material such as graphic violence, sexual themes, drug use, nudity, profanity, criminal behavior or other provocative and offensive content. Video games have also been studied for links to addiction and violent behavior. Some studies have found that video games do not contribute to these problems, while others

National Book Award. He also wrote eight other novels and two collections of short stories. He served in the US Army during World War II which transpires in the book because the main characters always reminds their past as American soldiers. He died in 1992. 2/ Sam Mendes He is English and he is married to Kate Winslet. He made American Beauty. He adapted the novel Revolutionary Road into a film in 2008. 3/ Quick summary of the story April Wheeler is a beautiful woman, married to Franck Wheeler

THE STUDY OF IMAGERY IN ARNOLD WESKER’S DRAMA Presented by Ndèye Khary SENE Introduction The British literature in the 20th century is marked by a wave of anti-conformist writers who adopt a different style in their writings. In effect, after the two world wars, many illusions disappear and the literary field is where people’s concerns are much illustrated. Among others, drama is a literary genre that underlines many trends in relation to the period and people’s concerns. It is in this

OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE Chapter 1: From the first colony (1607) to the declaration of independance (1776) → historical background of the United States of America Chapter 2: The creation of the american federation – the Constitution of the USA (1789) Chapter 3: Federal government vs State government Chapter 4: The federal Congress and the president of the USA → voting in the USA Chapter 5: The judiciary in the USA from the federal Suprem Court down to the State local juridiction Chapter

(1653–1659)[modifier] Article détaillé : Protectorate. À proprement parler, le gouvernement entre 1653 et 1659 est appelé le Protectorate et prit la forme d’une dictature d’Oliver Cromwell (puis de son fils Richard à sa mort), en tant que "Lord Protector of the Commonwealth" Lord Protecteur de la République. Entrée en scène de Cromwell Alors que les chefs de l'armée parlementaire suivent avec réticence l'évolution des événements, un obscur député, Oliver Cromwell, sort de l'anonymat et prend un ascendant

The apartment terrorists.  Morning.  [13]  The curtain rises in silence. Dora and Annenkou are on the scene, motionless. We hear the sound of the door one time. Annenkov makes a gesture to stop Dora seems to want to talk. The bell rang twice, in quick succession.  Annenkov  That's him.  He leaves. Dora is waiting, always moving. Nenkov year-Stepan he holds back with the shoulders.  Annenkov  It's him! That Stepan.  [14]  DORA, she goes to Stepan and takes her hand. 

Literature as Windows to World Cultures Latino Literature in America Bridget Kevane MODERN SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Paul Brians Literature as Windows to World Cultures GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut • London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brians, Paul. Modern South Asian Literature in English / by Paul Brians. p. cm. — (Literature as windows to world cultures) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–313–32011–X (alk. paper) 1. Indic

contemporains, considèrent le renouveau actuel de la 1 Imam Muhammed Shirazi, War, Peace and Non-Violence, an Islamic Perspective, (trans. A Ibn Adam et Z. Olyabek), London : Fountain Books, 2001, p. 5. 2 Le pape Jean Paul II disait de la guerre qu’elle était « toujours une défaite pour l’humanité ». Cité par D. Francis, Rethinking War and Peace, London et Ann Arbor MI : Pluto Press, 2004, p. 78. 3 P. Schmitt-Leukel (ed.), War and Peace in World Religions, Gerald Weisfeld Lectures 2003, London : SCM