LINGUE

- THOMAS  HARDY (1840 – 1928) - Hardy, who lived until the First World War, was as much a modern as a Victorian writer; his pessimism about man and his refusal to adopt a religious faith he really didn’t share mark him as a post – V [...]

LAURENCE STERNE Laurence Sterne, the author of Tristram Shandy, was born in Ireland in 1713.He became famous when, at the age of 47, he published the first part of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy,a strange novel which mirrors the perso [...]

Le Roman de Renard: Le roman de Renard est un recueil composé par auteurs différents, qui sont pour la plupart anonymes, on pense de XII°, XIII° siècles. Le protagoniste c’ est un goupil, Renard, qui fait toujours des taquineries aux au [...]

Ancient Egypt: Religion and Mythology Religion was the most important part of an Egyptian's existence. In an Egyptian's eyes the life around him, from the annual inundation of the Nile that spelled hunger or plenty for the whole nation, the sic [...]

JANE AUSTEN The 'Novel of Manners' Jane Austen contributed to what has been called as the NOVEL OF MANNERS, a kind of fiction focused on everyday routine life and events. Her novels are based on the premise that there is a vital relat [...]

EARLY VICTORIAN POETRY Like the Victorian novel, Victorian poetry can be divided in 2 main phases, an early and a late period. In the first  (from the accession of Queen Victoria to about 1850) emerged two poets: Alfred Tennyson (that was a [...]

LASERS Lasers (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) are devices which amplify light and produce beams of light which are very intense, directional, and pure in colour. They can be sol [...]

L'ESPRIT DES LOIS Montesquieu ESSAI (saggio): oeuvre où là l'auteur reflechit sur des thèmes differentes concrenant l'homme et la vie. Typologie d'écriture qui se rapporte à la prose mais ce n'est pas un roman [...]

 Metaphysical poetry General features The Metaphysical poets were a group of writers of the 17th century, whose leader was John Donne, that reflected the crisis of their age through a new way of writing. The phrase “Metaphysical poetry”, [...]

PAMELA: the summary Pamela is a chamber maid to a kind lady but, when her employer dies, she is pursued by her son. As a consequence she experiences many misadventures. Her new master separates her from her friends, imprisions her and the openl [...]

The Great Exhibition mystery A mother and her daughter arrived in Paris from Marseilles, where they had disembarked from India. They reached their hotel, which was one of the most famous hotels in Paris, and they had booked two single roo [...]

Moderato Cantabile Par Marguerite Duras Anne Desbaresdes Elle est le personnage principal. Elle appartient à l’haute bourgeoisie. Elle a les cheveux blonds et elle met souvent ses mains dans ses cheveux. Son passé est fra [...]

DEUTSCHLAND NACH DEM ZWEITEN WELTKRIEG VON 1952 BIS 1961 1952/’53: DDR→ die schlimmsten Jahre BRD→ Wirtschaftswunder 1953: Ost Berlin→ friedlicher Arbeiteraufstand 1954: [...]

ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AUTHOR: Charles Lutwidge Dogson, a.k.a. Lewis Carrol (1832-1898), was very shy, probably also because of his stammer. That’s the reason why he felt at his ease only with children, as, for instance, Al [...]

Charles Dickens 1812-1870 Charles Dickens was born at Portsmouth. When Charles was ten the family moved to London and there he was given regular schooling until his father was sent to prison for debt. Charles was forced to go to work in a [...]

George Orwell Background GEORGE ORWELL WAS THE PEN NAME of the English author, Eric Arthur Blair. Orwell was educated in England at Eton College. After service with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma from 1922 to 1927, he retur [...]

LES RÉGIONS DE LA FRANCE NORD Nord-pas-de-Calais Préfecture de région : LILLE Région formée des départements du Nord et du Pas-de-Calais Principales villes : Lille, Roubaix, Valenciennes, Dunkerque, Calais, Arras [...]

Le Roman Le genre qui domine le XIX siècle est le roman. ORIGINE Naturellement les origines du roman doivent être recherchèes avant le XIX siècle. Déja à la fin du XIX siècle la "Nouv [...]

Accordo del participio Accordo col soggetto Accordo col C. oggetto Niente accordo Participio passato senza ausiliario L'aube venue Il couchait dans des fermes isolées [...]

CRITICA VERSO LA SOCIETA’ IN DICKENS, WILDE E JOYCE DICKENS BELONGS TO THE II^ GENERATION OF VICTORIAN NOVELISTS ; LIKE THEM, HE IS CONSCIOUS OF HYPOCRISY OF THEIR OWN TIME AND HE CRITICIZES ALL THE ASPECTS OF SOCIETY. HIS NOVELS MIRROR TH [...]