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     Commentary correction preliminary remarks This passage from section 2 introduces several important points : The mysterious origin of Lennie, George's frustration, Candy's presentation, and the aftermath ( consequence ) of the interview with the boss. 1. How is characterization exemplified here ? Lennie + George = conflict. Solved mostly through dialogues .  Candy + old dog = Candy. They are consubstantial.  2. Is tragedy used here ? George = shooting, hell x 2. Tempts Destiny / predestination. Lennie as cards reader (very good questions = Sphynx + Oedipus), asking the three question : where I come from ? Who am I ? (and in section 3, Where am I going ?). Oedipus thinks he's mastered the riddle (enigma), but he's yet to learn about his real past, self and future, just like George. Fear + awe (Artistotle). Candy = will lose the dog. Anticipation : we don't have Carlson's reaction to the dog first, but its relationship with the old man. Unity = plac...

 Section 4 p.85 "Lennie leaned toward..." p. 86 "...under their hand." the project / dream will never be done. 1. Here, Lennie is the one who evokes the dream, coming back to it. His innocence echoes Crook's experience : Crooks "brutally" says the dream is but an illusion, that's it's all in the "head", not in the "hand." Once more, the text highlights the significance of the hand (Curley's glove full of vaseline, Curley's hand crushed by Lennie's paw, Crooks' pink palm, etc.). 2. Lennie keeps coming back to the dream, and speaks about the "Land", and the "promises" made by George. His vision features milk and cream and fat. It's quite reminiscent of the biblical Promised Land, the land of milk and honey. It can also make us think about the American dream and the conquest of the West, in a personal, almost mystical way. To this heavenly dream, Crooks opposes the blunt reality of the ra...

 Gr. A : Section 3 From p. 70 ("Candy joined the attack with joy...") to p. 72 ("...he said miserably.") 1. Choreography a. Lennie thinks about the dream, and smiles. b. Curley thinks L is laughing at him. c. C punches L twice in the face. L. starts bleeding, and doesn't defend himself. d. George asks Lennie to defend himself. L. tries to, but C. keeps attacking him. e. G. orders L. to attack C.  f. L. crushes C.'s hand. g. G. orders L. to stop several times, and slaps him in the face. h. L. lets go of C.'s hand. 2. Lennie is presented as an animal. His hands turn to "paws" as soon as he starts defending himself. George orders him around the way he would with an attack dog ("I said, get him."). Curley too is compared to an attack dog, a "terrier." This vicious fight is quick and dangerous. In the end, Curley is described like a fish, "flopping on a line." 3. Lennie can't do anything by himself : he needs George...

  Section 1  p. 15 "Lennie spoke..." to p. 16 "...not the same if I tell it."   In this excerpt, George tells Lennie a story, this is about what they'll do, their dream. Lennie is excited, he knows the story very well, but wants G. to tell it anyway. What makes them different is that they're together ( I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you ). The novel starts by the entrance of the two men, disturbing natural peace. The story has "rhythm" and it's been "repeated many times before." It's "deep," and George has an audience in Lennie. It sounds like theatre, where George has a role to play, like a second narrator, or a modern day aede (Greek storyteller). It also feels like this dream is a bedtime story ; Lennie behaves like a child, and George as his guardian. Finally, this dream feels like a ritual.       Section 2     from p. 36 ("Lennie still stared...") to p. 37 ("....

  Remarques générales - La construction, c'est à dire l'organisation des idées, est essentielle, il faut la signaler, l'expliciter, la rendre visible. Ne pas hésiter à abuser du vocabulaire type (firstly, subsequently, it follows that, then, eventually, etc.). De même, bien insister sur votre annonce de plan, sur votre problématique/question, et votre conclusion. - Si c'est trop court, quelques pistes : - citez davantage vos documents. - développez plus certaines de vos idées qui vous paraissent évidentes ( this story is dark ).  - évoquez d'autres sources, convoquez vos connaissances ( the Sublime, Romanticism, the Apollonian / Dionysian binary, the Gothic tropes, etc... ) - parlez plus lentement, soignez votre débit et votre prononciation. - si ce n'est déjà le cas, intégrez une troisième partie. Idées : - Perversity : the Imp of the Perverse . Perversity is like the devil on the left shoulders of cartoon characters = a fancy, a thought that is of forei...

  Bonjour à vous ! Voici comme promis le travail du jour : https://forms.gle/5yGgvT8LGZmxm6wE7 Il est à terminer pour  demain , 23h59 pleeease. Autre chose, nous recommencerons vraisemblablement les cours avec les groupes B. Pour info, je vais vous demander d'avoir lu la section 5 pour la deuxième séance de la semaine prochaine (soit  mercredi , soit  vendredi , en fonction de votre classe). Cela fait un peu juste, mais je serai particulièrement bien coiffé ces jours-là, en compensation. Pour les deux groupes A, vous bénéficierez d'une semaine supplémentaire pour lire cette section, mais attention !  J'en profite pour vous remercier de votre travail sérieux et attentif. Cordialement, f.simon

  Chères et chers élèves, bonjour ! Le quiz pour la 3ème section de  Of Mice and Men   est en ligne ; pour cette semaine, vous devrez lire la section 4.  Un questionnaire à propos de cette quatrième section  sera disponible d'ici à  jeudi , et je souhaite que ces deux quiz soient complétés d'ici à  vendredi , 23h59.  D'autre part,  voici un second entraînement à la traduction . La correction du premier entraînement est  en ligne  !  Merci pour votre attention et bon courage ! Très cordialement, f.simon PS= si vous ne disposez toujours pas du livre,  voici un exemplaire pour vous .

  Chères et chers élèves,  comme promis, et histoire de ne pas perdre la main, voici votre travail pour cette première semaine.  Il vous faudra lire la seconde section de  Of Mice and Men .  Vous trouverez ici  le passage concerné si vous n'avez pas le livre. Pour tester vos connaissances (et justifier votre travail),  voici un second quiz  reprenant les principes du précédent. Cette fois, vous organiserez votre temps comme bon vous semble, vous devrez juste avoir fait votre travail d'ici à lundi 26 avril (jour de la rentrée), 23h59. Attention toutefois, un autre travail (similaire) vous sera donné lundi prochain (19 avril). De même, je ne noterai pas le quiz, à part s'il n'est pas fait. Merci à vous, et bon courage!  Très cordialement, f.simon

Chères et chers élèves, bonjour ! Voici le programme. Nous allons commencer la lecture de  Of Mice and Men  de John Steinbeck. Tous les groupes n'en sont pas tout à fait au même point, donc notre premier objectif est de se mettre tous d'équerre. Vous devrez donc d'ici à  jeudi  lire la première section du livre (son premier "chapitre" si vous préférez), qui va de la page 1 à 18.  Voici un quiz court  à propos de cette lecture, quiz que vous devrez compléter d'ici à  jeudi , 23h59. Le quiz ne sera noté que si vous ne le complétez pas ( et ce sera un zéro ...). Pour celles et ceux qui voudraient prendre de l'avance, je demanderai  vendredi  de lire la section 2 (p.19 à 42) pour la deuxième semaine des vacances (notre ministre a parlé de vacances apprenantes ;), et la section 3 (p. 43 à 75) pour la deuxième semaine des vacances. A chaque fois, des questionnaires vous seront proposés, dans les mêmes conditions. Enfin, je donne aux plus volontaire...

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...