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ROMEO AND JULIET : VARIOUS VERSIONS
The death scene in the ballet by Prokofiev [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt8Z8uQFV14[/youtube] At the theatre At school
OVER THE RAINBOW
Poster of The Wizard of Oz – 1939, by Victor Fleming. The book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was written in 1900 by L. Frank Baum. Fiche de préparation au visionnage du film = wizard_of_oz2 Over the Rainbow, by Judy Garland [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSZxmZmBfnU[/youtube] Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, music by H. Harlen Somewhere over the rainbow Way … Continuer la lecture
THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA
A tale by Hans Christian Andersen (1835) (illustration d’Edmund Dulac) L’histoire en anglais (très similaire à celle lue en classe) [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waw0U9tKpW0[/youtube] Pour lire le conte en français : http://www.iletaitunehistoire.com/genres/contes-legendes/lire/la-princesse-au-petit-pois-biblidcon_021
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the famous detective Sherlock Holmes (with Dr Watson) who appeared for the first time in A Study in Scarlet in 1887. Holmes investigated crimes thanks to his deductions and precise reasoning. But Conan Doyle was also interested in spiritism. He thought that the fairies on this photo were real!
MOBY DICK
Moby Dick was written by the American author Herman Melville. It was published in 1851. It is a very famous book and there are many adaptations of it (films, comic strips etc.) It is considered as one of the best books in world literature. It tells the story of Ishmael (the narrator) and his voyage … Continuer la lecture
RAY BRADBURY
Ray Bradbury died on Wednesday, at the age of 81. He was a prolific American writer, famous for his science fiction – fantasy stories. His most famous books are The Martian Chronicles and Fahrenheint 451. J’ai découvert les Chroniques Martiennes au collège et j’en garde un souvenir émerveillé; une initiation idéale à la littérature … Continuer la lecture
READING
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AT THE GLOBE THEATRE
Many plays by William Shakespeare were played at the Globe Theatre in London, on the south bank of the river Thames. This theatre was built in 1599. It burnt down in 1613. It was rebuilt, but then it was destroyed by the Puritans in 1644. It was built again in 1996, and you can now … Continuer la lecture
OF MICE AND MEN
°2 Of Mice and Men (Des souris et des hommes) is a novella (a short novel) which was published in 1937. It was written by John Steinbeck, who also wrote The Grapes of Wrath (Les raisins de la colère). It tells the tragic and moving story of two migrants during the Great Depression in California. … Continuer la lecture
