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Literature at Yale University

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Hello good people here is a link to a video which is part of an online course at Yale University, one of the top Unis in the US. The course contains about 25 videos which are all recordings of the contemporary literature unit that students follow in the...

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My Fair Lady/Pygmalion

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Hello there ! Here is a Youtube thing that was started a year ago, called "accent tag". It was asking English speakers to pronounce a list of words in order to map out all the accents in the world, in every English speaking country. There are a few about...

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My Fair Lady/Pygmalion

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Here is a subtitled version of the film, in case you need it:

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American Anti hero

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Alice In Wonderland: the White Knight

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The extract we have seen starts at 2'00 and finishes at 5'29. YD

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British Humour: Wit and Limericks

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Following our lesson today, here are a few websites of interest: Limerick generator Examples of Limericks (with a good, simple description of its form in the introduction) Oscar Wilde Quotes: a good example of British Wit More Oscar Wilde Quotes Choose...

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The Red Room Scene

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Here is the opening of the film, with the Red room scene:

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Gothic

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Here are a few examples of Gothic aesthetics used in various forms... Can you see the link between all of them?

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A good little holiday read: Ray Carver: "Why, Honey?"

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• Read the short story "Why Honey?" - Vocab: find the words that mean p.97: "a violent reaction"; "things that are left"; "small explosive devices" p.98 "someone looking after a shop's objects"; "put your amrs around someone"; "part of a ticket or form";...

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Like A Boomerang

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Like A Boomerang Jack was accustomed to say all had started with a boomerang. For few weeks the Australian young boy had besought his mother to buy a boomerang. However she had always refused, giving the cost price as a reason. Eventually, on a sunny...

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