Three Tales

Context B ram Stoker was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1847. The son of a civil servant, Stoker was a sickly child. Stoker’s mother, a charity worker and writer, spent a good deal of time entertaining her son with fantastic tales. Stoker went on to study math at Trinity College and graduated in 1867, at which time he joined the Irish civil service. He also worked as a freelance journalist and drama critic, which enabled him to meet the legendary stage actor Henry Irving. The two men became lifelong

                    Geoffrey  Chaucer      “The  Prologue”    The  Canterbury  Tales  (1380)                                      “The  Miller’s  Prologue”    The  Canterbury  Tales  (1380)       The  Renaissance   Pico  della  Mirandola    Oration  on  the  Dignity  of  Man  (1486)

manages us little by little towards a sort of den in which she invites us. The place is equipped such a house, but walls are in rock, and swigs them made by honey. The camera shows us places, we can see a trophy of fish hung on the wall, a portrait of three bears and television where we can observe a broadcast on bees. Then, the camera turns and shows a big bear sat on an armchair who iswatching television by pushing growls. Then, the image shoots to another bear who is doing the dishes by humming.

avec sa femme Beryl Korot. Les œuvres marquantes de cette période sont principalement des compositions pour des ensembles musicaux, les séries Counterpoint pour différents instruments, et deux importants opéras multimédia25, The Cave (1990) et Three Tales (2002), qui sont respectivement le fruit de ses réflexions sur l'Ancien Testament partagé par les religions monothéistes et sur les avancées technologiques au XXe siècle. Le Lincoln Center à New York a présenté une importante rétrospective de

black all arround me. Was I dead ? --- 4 Here are a couple of different story forms : The fable : a story or a poem, with a morale at the end of it. Hero stories : where they conquer the evil forces and save the world from certain doom. Tales involving some sort of maybe magic power. Something that happens everyday might happen to someone without warning ( caught up in a fight, arrested by the police, running away, abuse) “A person goes overseas and has an extra-ordinary experience.”

THE UNICORN IN THE GARDEN INTRODUCTION This text is a story written by James THURBER in 1940 and taken from the collection Fables for our time. It is entitled The unicorn in the garden. SUMMARY There are three characters in the story: a man, his wife and a unicorn. None of them is named. The story begins as follows: one morning, a man who was having breakfast while his wife was still in bed upstairs beheld a unicorn eating the roses in the garden. COMMENTARY First we will focus

The Age of Realism and Naturalism The three strong advocates of 19th century American realism • William Dean Howells (critic)豪威尔斯 • Henry James 詹姆斯 • Mark Twain 马克• 吐温 Background • The Civil War marked a deterioration of American moral values. • Increasing industrialization and mechanization produced extremes of wealth and poverty. • The romantic view of man in the New World began to lose its hold on the imagination of the people. • By the 1870s New England

course (in computing) – suivre des cours (en informatique) To take an exam – passer un examen To pass an exam – réussir un examen A competitive exam – un concours A degree- une licence A graduate – un diplômé e-learning – la formation en ligne The Three Rs – les matières fondamentales 1 CHILDREN’S LITERATURE A. Categories of Children’s literature 1. Early childhood books Board books – livres pour bébés Picture books – livres d’images Concept books – livres pour apprendre à compter et à lire Pattern

play, given always to the most expert and popular actors, were the humorous interruptions, called lazzi, which often had nothing to do with the play itself. It might be clever pantomimic acting, acrobatic feats, juggling, or wrestling. For example, three characters meet at a cook shop, where they hear of an accident which has befallen the wife of one of them. While they express their dismay at the affliction, they fall to eating greedily from a huge dish of macaroni; and as they eat, tears stream down

de côté, pour se lancer dans une carrière cinématographique. Durant cette période, il joue un jeune journaliste dans le thriller Edison, directement sorti en DVD en 2005. Il apparait également dans les films Alpha Dog, Black Snake Moan, Southland Tales du réalisateur Richard Kelly et prête sa voix au jeune Roi Arthur dans le film d'animation Shrek le troisième, sorti en mai 2007. Timberlake continue de travailler avec d'autres artistes. Après Where Is The Love ?, il collabore une seconde fois avec