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twinkling           étincellant skittering          bouger rapidement (petites bêtes) sycamore          a tree that will be found mostly in the US willow               saule pleureur leaf-juncture    jonction (feuilles)      foothill            au pied de la colline recumbent        quelque chose qui gît au sol carrying                porter, transporter split-wedge tracks        empreintes de biche spreadpads          empreintes de chien  

 QUESTIONS préparation de l'entretien 1. What is your favourite document ? My favourite document is X, it's my document, I like it because I like the artist. Ici, il s'agit de profiter d'une question facile pour aborder des points qu'on a pas eu le temps de traiter pendant l'exposé. In my file, my favourite document is X because XXX. BUT I really hesitated with another one that I positively LOVE. It's X ( et vous déroulez).   2. Is there a relation between Poe's life and his work ? Ici, la réponse attendue tourne autour de vos connaissances à propos de l'auteur, et de son oeuvre en général. Having married is 13 year old cousin and lost all the important women in his life, Poe certainly had a certain vision for female characters in his work. He wrote that the "most poetic topic is a young woman, dying." On the other hand, his idea of the perverse doesn't seem to be linked / correlated to his life.   3. How did you choose your document...

  1st SECTION our impressions about the first paragraph... it's a description of nature. it speaks about spring as green, and winter as white. it seems easier than E.A. Poe. lost & confused / vocab is difficult, will I understand the rest of the story? The very first paragraph is a depiction of a solitary place in Steinbeck's favourite playground : the state of California. Here, we are introduced to a little "sandy bank" of the Salinas River. The words used by Steinbeck are vivid, almost poetical : the water "twinkles" and the foothills are "golden." It gives that  incipit  a lyrical twist ( =touch )/ This  incipit  has a lyrical twist to it. Steinbeck describes the scene the way a painter would, using light and colours to convey (= transmettre ) a feeling of harmony and tranquility to the reader. Everything is still and quiet. Everything is where it should be.

  Intro Today we started reading the first paragraph. Here are a few words that we didn't understand at first : mottled                 twinkling juncture               ' coons sycamore              narrow spreadpads         slopes               split-wedge        willow We used online image tools to visualize some of the words that described trees.  This first paragraph describes the setting in a very poetic way, using the lexical field of nature. There's a painting-like quality in the description. Everything is still and quiet, and there is no human presence, save for the dogs from the ranches.  HOMEWORK : for Tue.  6th Ap. = read from p.1 to p. 18 (first section). Charaterization ? '

 Lien vers les grilles LLCR Term    1. Prepare your docs 1.1. one excerpt from FHU 1.2 one literary text (from the Gothic texts or the modern texts)  5 minutes for 1.1 and 1.2 1.3 one illustration (choose your own) 5 min    2. What is your question ? (in case you don't know, try and explore this year's themes : imagination and encounters). 5 to 10 min    3. How is your answer organized / structured (it's your outline, from 2 to 3 parts ideally). 10 to 15 min  intro une amorce la question le plan Attention ! il faut soigner son expression, c'est le moment où l'on commence à être noté, il faut faire bonne première impression. Le développement des exemples, des citations, des descriptions d'image. On part de ce qui est évident, et on finit par une analyse en profondeur. on évoque régulièrement la question, le(s) thème(s) de l'année, à mesure qu'on arrive à la réponse. on explique bien quand on passe d'une partie à l'autre. on n'oublie pas de g...

   1. Prepare your docs 1.1. one excerpt from FHU 1.2 one literary text (from the Gothic texts or the modern texts)  5 minutes for 1.1 and 1.2 1.3 one illustration (choose your own) 5 min    2. What is your question ? (in case you don't know, try and explore this year's themes : imagination and encounters). 5 to 10 min    3. How is your answer organized / structured (it's your outline, from 2 to 3 parts ideally). 10 to 15 min    

The Hellbound Heart , Clive Barker, 1986 Summary : a man called Frank tries to solve a puzzle box made by someone named Lemarchand. This puzzle is a complex music box, and it is compared to Chinese puzzles found in Hong-Kong. It's got a "perverse logic" to it.   Characterization :  Frank is described as being curious, persevering and looking for answers. He's also intelligent, and a bit of a traveller. Coincidentally, he will be one of the villains of the story. The fact that it's a third person narrative certainly helps : by identifying with him, we'll understand his objectives later on. The other character is the box : it's personified with human attributes (it's got "logic" and it has two distinct origins). It also works as a link, as a reference point with Poe and the Gothic literature : it's said to be "perverse" and "sublime." Finally, it contains "wonders" inside (with its mirror surfaces), and is laby...

The Mist , Stephen King, 1985 Characterization in King's story is helped by the fact that the story begins with mundane, everyday life events. Unlike Poe or Lovecraft, this first person narrative doesn't begin with horror directly (in media res), but takes its time, and builds up over many pages, exploring family life and contemporary problems. It certainly helps readerse to identify with the likeable protagonists (here, the narrator is married to Stef and has a kid named Billy). This story exemplifies the power of identification and of suspending action. As Hitchcock would have it ( would say ), take your time before the big kill. Illustrates 2 ways of starting a horror plot, in media res or family, ordinary life. other tricks of King : spoiling the reader and delving into the head of his characters, free indirect speech Strangers , Dean Koontz, 1986 In this introduction, Koontz first mentions a character with his name as the first words of the novel. This character is present...

   The Tell-Tale Heart : 2nd and final part 1. What literary devices does Poe use to maximize narrative tension in the first paragraph of the second part ? Poe stresses the feelings and the inner life of his character through simple means ( des moyens simples ) : he uses short sentences, and repeats a few words numerous times ( louder is repeated six times, quiet twice). Details of the murder are given in that paragraph, this is a pivotal point ( point central ) in the story. 2. In the second paragraph, how does Poe show his character is mad ? He starts the paragraph by addressing the reader and saying "if you still think me mad;" he says that he's not mad because of his wise precautions, which paradoxically consists in dismembering the corpse of the loveable old man. Impact on the reader : fear / disgust / and fascination Poe initially had more success in France than in the USA ; we can wonder if his gruesome description hasn't influenced later movements such as...

 The Tell-Tale Heart : 2nd and final part 1. What literary devices does Poe use to maximize narrative tension in the first paragraph of the second part ? he uses shorter sentences, that feel faster and harder than before (" I scarcely breathed "). He also repeats entire expressions (" louder and louder ", "q uicker and quicker ") and highlights tension with exclamation marks (6 in the paragraph). Along with direct questions aimed at the reader, these elements create tension and confusion. The writing becomes the very fabric ( le tissu même ) of the character. In this paragraph, the narrator kills the old man for good, who screams as he dies. 2. In the second paragraph, how does Poe show his character is mad ? Poe shows his character is mad when he explicitely says he's not, and lingers on ( s'attarde ) gory details of the dismemberment of the old man. It influenced the gore movement in cinema through the fascination of the Grand Guignol theatre i...

 Gothic Movies The Woman in Black The movie features a few strong, striking scenes, like the screams in the marsh. But one scene shocked viewers in 1989, it's the infamous bedroom scene. The movie consists in a slow build up, and then the climax kicks in, taking the viewer by surprise. Gothic elements are numerous too : the movie's dark, suspenseful atmosphere certainly hearkens back to ( rappelle ) classic Gothic literature. Eel Marsh House itself is a Gothic case in point : there are ruins and a cemetary outside, and the whole property is surrounded by water (like in FHU), reinforcing the isolation of the protagonist. Likewise, there's a family curse that is going to destroy the protagonist, who can't do anything to stop it. He has a tragic Fate.   Relic  A lot of striking scenes dot ( parsèment ) the movie, just like when the lights go out, or the impressively graphic bathroom scene, or the thing under the bed. In the second part, what was a rather ordinary house bec...