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Tagged With: Literature

Banned books and digital resistance

As Calls to Ban Books Intensify, Digital Librarians Offer Perspective Posted on November 24, 2021 by Caralee Adams Image credit: Roger Nomer | The Joplin Globe From Texas to Virginia to Pennsylvania, there is a growing movement to challenge books in schools that some suggest are inappropriate for students. Concern goes beyond explicit content; it … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_1-1-Production and circulation of knowledge, AMCT°_1-2-Public and individual freedoms, AMCT°_3-1-Power and influence, B1B2-3. Art & Power, LLCE1°_1-3-Utopias and dystopias, LLCET°_1-1-Art and protest | Tags: , , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Banned books and digital resistance

Penguin Modern Classics book-covers

How Penguin’s Modern Classics dared us to judge a book by its cover Jackets from the 1960s editions – Penguin After 60 years of the series celebrating contemporary fiction, have the early jacket designs stood the test of time – and how do you create a cover fit for a classic? by Killian Fox Sun … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: A2B1-6. Creation & Relation to Arts, A2B1-8. Past within Present, AMC1°_1-1-Production and circulation of knowledge, B1B2-3. Art & Power, LLCE1°_1-1-creative and visionary imagination | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Penguin Modern Classics book-covers

Yoda’s super great TIMELINE

Catégories: A2B1-6. Creation & Relation to Arts, B1B2-3. Art & Power, Yoda's Favorites | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Yoda’s super great TIMELINE

Power of words and sounds

The power of words and sounds through radio broadcast https://youtu.be/MdnvJ1uK8hs

Catégories: AMC1°_2-2-Informing and being informed, AMCT°_3-1-Power and influence, B1B2-2. Private Space & Public Space, B1B2-4. Citizenship & Virtual Worlds, B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities | Tags: , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Power of words and sounds

Curiouser and curiouser…

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/may/18/alice-curiouser-and-curiouser-victoria-and-albert-museum-london Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser review – a wonderful tumble down the rabbit hole Take a seat … Blumenthal and McKean’s reimagining of the Mad Hatter’s tea party. Photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA Victoria and Albert Museum, London Inspiring everything from Jefferson Airplane’s White Rabbit to Heston Blumenthal’s mock turtle soup, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland continues to … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: A2B1-6. Creation & Relation to Arts, A2B1-8. Past within Present, AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities, LLCE1°_1-2-Freaks, fairies and fancy worlds, LLCET°_3-1-Exploration and adventure | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Curiouser and curiouser…

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

  JonathanLivingstonSeagull  is an incredible and magnificent story which relates to many of the axes and themes you have to study but it will first and foremost open your eyes and minds to the power of dreams. Listen to the story about the film and soundtrack

Catégories: AMC1°_1-1-Production and circulation of knowledge, AMCT°_1-2-Public and individual freedoms, AMCT°_3-1-Power and influence, AMCT°_3-2-Rivalries and interdependencies, AMCT°_3-3-Common inheritance and diversity, B1B2-1. Identities & Exchanges, B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities, B1B2-7. Diversity & Inclusion, LLCE1°_2-2-Relation between the individual and the group, LLCET°_2-3-Initiation and apprenticeship, LLCET°_3-1-Exploration and adventure, LLCET°_3-3-Migration and exile | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Jonathan Livingston Seagull

The Gothic and the Self

https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-picture-of-dorian-gray-art-ethics-and-the-artist?utm_t

Catégories: A2B1-4. Self-representation & Relation to others, A2B1-8. Past within Present, LLCE1°_1-2-Freaks, fairies and fancy worlds, LLCET°_2-2-Self-representation | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur The Gothic and the Self

Ulysses : The first great traveler.

A radio podcast from France Culture in French about Homer’s Ulysse

Catégories: LLCET°_3-1-Exploration and adventure, LLCET°_3-3-Migration and exile | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Ulysses : The first great traveler.

Banned Books : incredible US standards !

********************* Read the list below, and compare it with the 2018 list on the left and the censorship data. What strikes you ? Top Ten Most Challenged Books for 2017 The ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 354 challenges to library, school and university materials and services in 2017. Of the 416 books challenged or banned … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_1-1-Production and circulation of knowledge, AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, AMCT°_1-2-Public and individual freedoms, AMCT°_3-1-Power and influence, AMCT°_3-3-Common inheritance and diversity, B1B2-3. Art & Power, B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities, LLCET°_1-1-Art and protest, LLCET°_1-2-Polemical art | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Banned Books : incredible US standards !

Mary Shelley and her monstruous creation

Here is the drama version of FRANKENSTEIN in a series of 10 episodes by BBC Learning English. Each episode goes with the transcript and a page of grammar. You can download both the podcast onto your phone or computer, and the pdf file on Grammar + Vocab (on the right grey TAKEAWAYS FRAME) Episode 1: … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, LLCE1°_1-2-Freaks, fairies and fancy worlds, LLCE1°_2-1-Love and friendship, LLCE1°_2-3-Confrontation to difference, LLCET°_2-3-Initiation and apprenticeship, LLCET°_3-1-Exploration and adventure | Tags: , , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Mary Shelley and her monstruous creation