Fictions and realities


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lundi 26 octobre 2020
par Me Esse

Unforgettable Highlanders

Why are Scottish warriors still seen as heroes ?

samedi 15 août 2020
par Me Esse

Dracula and the late 19th century Victorian society

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a Gothic novel written in the time of Victorian England. ... The Victorian era is a transitional period saturated with old doctrines and a new lifestyle filled with technology. These created the predispositions for fears and anxieties among the Victorians. (...)
mercredi 28 mars 2018
par MmesS

Gothic novels and film adaptations

A web search about gothic stories : find information about the gothic genre, several myths related to some gothic stories, and different adapted versions of Dracula’s story, gothic stories and vampire stories. Then prepare an oral account : you will present a story, its author, its gothic (...)
jeudi 30 mars 2017
par MmesS

Dickens and Victorian Times

Read this extract from Oliver Twist : The evening arrived ; the boys took their places. The master, in his cook’s uniform, stationed himself at the copper ; his pauper assistants ranged themselves behind him ; the gruel was served out ; and a long grace was said over the short commons. The (...)