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oriented European exiles who made their homes in America, and both possessed a compelling gift for language. However, Humbert Humbert has an obsession that differentiates himself from Nabokov; he is a pedophile. As a young boy, Humbert embarks on a short-lived relationship with Annabel Leigh, a “nymphet”. Ever since, he has become obsessed with the type of girls that Annabel represents. In order to camouflage his inappropriate/sexual feelings towards young girls, he marries adult women. This is also

afterwards mix those arts.” * Though the arts need to be clearly separated, if the movies have to be compared to one form of art it would be to the short story or the lyric poem. In fact, LINDSAY says that “The photoplay is as far from the stage on the one hand as it is from the novel on the other. Its nearest analogy in literature is, perhaps, the short story, or the lyric poem. The key-words of the stage are passion and character; of the photoplay, splendor and speed.” * Moreover, LINDSAY adds that

author : un auteur ; a writer : un écrivain ▪ a reader : un lecteur/ une lectrice ▪ a masterpiece : un chef-d'œuvre ▪ the characters : les personnages ▪ the story : l'histoire. ▪ the plot : l'intrigue. ▪ a literary genre : un genre littéraire ▪ a novel : un roman. ▪ a short story : une nouvelle.. ▪ a detective story : un roman policier ▪ a thriller : un roman à suspens ▪ a fairy tale : un conte de fées ▪ poetry : la poésie ; a poem : un poème 2) Le théâtre ▪ drama :

twentieth-century painting. Contemporary and realist painters, they have been put side by side, as much as pulled apart. Though Hopper himself hated the comparison, we will attempt to analyse in the following paper what unites and divides those artists. After a short presentation of both painters, we will examine their subject matters, their techniques and methods of painting, as well as the meaning of their work of art. Before analysing and juxtaposing the work of Norman Rockwell and Edward Hopper, let’s introduce

she's upset She's going off about something that you said Cause she doesn't get your humor like I do. I'm in the room, it's a typical Tuesday night I'm listening to the kind of music she doesn't like And she'll never know your story like I do. But she wears shorts kirts, I wear T-shirts She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers Dreaming about the day when you wake up And find what you're looking for has been here the whole time If you could see that I'm the one who understand you Been

countries will be severely short of water and half the people on earth will not have access to clean supplies. Adapted from the BBC Wednesday, 15 March 2000 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/677547.stm D.R. 1 – General comprehension (6 points) ᕡ Identify the document and explain your choice. (1 pt) २ an extract from an encyclopaedia २ a report from a newspaper or magazine २ an article from the internet ᕢ Where does the story take place? (2 pts) ᕣ The story is about: (you may

advertising to the Internet, which so far has produced sparse original reporting considering the volume of websites, choosing instead to cherry-pick from newspapers without compensating them. Also, Internet sites have decided that their audiences want shorter, splashier articles, not lengthy, detailed ones that often force governments and corporations to correct errant ways of dealing with the public. Papers are disappearing into bankruptcy on a regular basis. Those that remain are struggling to find

Jonathan Livingston Seagull Part 1 The story starts on a sunny day, a cloud of seagulls flying around a fishing boat. But far out theirs is one seagull on his own, it’s Jonathan Livingston. He is practicing his flying skills, because that’s what he loves best. Other gulls use their wings just to eat, but Jonathan loves flying and is therefore rejected by his group. He tries to spend a few days like a normal gull to please his parents, but he quickly wants to continue learning skills. Picking up

A Short History of Irish Literature Ireland, though a relatively small country, has made a huge contribution to the world of literature. Irish novelists, poets and dramatists have Ireland's oldest literary traditions, however, are found in the Irish language, referred to simply as "Irish". Indeed, Irish has the third oldest literature in Europe (after Greek and Latin) and the most significant body of written literature (both ancient and recent) of any Celtic language. Irish literature is rooted

Civilisation et Culture The end of the British Empire. The Commonwealth, the 60s. How the English view themselves. Some popular English writers. Compétences Compréhension orale The Oregon trail Compréhension écrite The Landlady (a short story) Expression orale Présentation d’un dessin humoristique Les sons [i] et [i:], [ð] et [θ] Prononciation des mots difficiles Méthodologie Traduction d’un passage Lexique : les vétements, le suspense Expression écrite Continuer une histoire