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Tagged With: Literature

From Real Life to Fiction : the example of GoT

Game of Thrones did not only came out of a writer’s imagination. It is also rooted in Real History. The CHARACTERS and EVENTS that were inspired by real historical figures and events. Here is a focus on THE WAR OF THE ROSES episode ************ GoT has also had an impact on the Real World The … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: A2B1-8. Past within Present, B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities, B1B2-8. Territory & Memory, LLCE1°_1-2-Freaks, fairies and fancy worlds | Tags: , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur From Real Life to Fiction : the example of GoT

Conversation with Star Trek’s Captain Kirk

Point of view of a famous sci-fi actor and writer on what the future holds for us  

Catégories: A2B1-7. Saving the Planet & Designing our Futures, AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, AMCT°_2-1-Frontier and space, B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, LLCE1°_1-3-Utopias and dystopias, LLCET°_3-1-Exploration and adventure | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Conversation with Star Trek’s Captain Kirk

Is AI the Future of Man ?

CO. This very interesting transcript of a conversation (video included) with Jaron Lanier will help you understand better why AI has always fascinated Man.   CE. The following article will give you arguments on issues related to Eternal Life and the Survival of the Species :            

Catégories: AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, B1B2-1. Identities & Exchanges, B1B2-4. Citizenship & Virtual Worlds, B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, LLCE1°_1-3-Utopias and dystopias, LLCET°_2-3-Initiation and apprenticeship | Tags: , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Is AI the Future of Man ?

Robert Burns : the making of a national figure

University of Glasgow introduces you to the life, works and global celebrity of Robert Burns

Catégories: AMC1°_2-1-Being heard, AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, B1B2-3. Art & Power, LLCE1°_2-1-Love and friendship, LLCET°_2-1-Expressing emotions, LLCET°_2-2-Self-representation | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Robert Burns : the making of a national figure

Literary works and authors linked to utopia and dystopia

Don’t forget you can find many movie adaptations of these masterpieces !   Jonathan Swift ‘s Gulliver’s Travels Mary Shelley’s Frankestein Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World William Golding’s Lord of the Flies George Orwell and his 1984 novel Isaac Asimov Ray Bradbury Aldous Huxley

Catégories: AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, LLCE1°_1-1-creative and visionary imagination, LLCE1°_1-3-Utopias and dystopias, LLCET°_2-3-Initiation and apprenticeship | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Literary works and authors linked to utopia and dystopia

Science or Fiction ?

Top 25 sci-fi films of all times Wikipedia article on Science-Fiction genre

Catégories: LLCE1°_1-3-Utopias and dystopias | Tags: , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Science or Fiction ?

Poetry

« Poetry is the voice of spirit and imagination and all that is potential, as well as of the healing benevolence that used to be the privilege of the gods » Ted Hughes You don’t ‘explain’ Poetry – You cannot make mistakes when you study a poem ! Listen to the voice of the poet and analyse … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Poetry

Ted Hughes’s Biography

On Wikipedia: in English : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Hughes in French : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Hughes On Poetry’s Archive: https://poetryarchive.org/poet/ted-hughes/ On the BBC: this article was written in 2009 when the BBC launched a survey to elect Britain’s favourite Poet

Catégories: AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, LLCET°_2-1-Expressing emotions, LLCET°_2-2-Self-representation, LLCET°_2-3-Initiation and apprenticeship | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Ted Hughes’s Biography

Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus

Background information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein Listen to the book http://www.gutenberg.org/files/20038/20038-index.html Read the book online http://www.literature.org/authors/shelley-mary/frankenstein/ http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41445/41445-h/41445-h.htm   http://www.frankensteinfilms.com/

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°_2-3-Confrontation to difference | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus

The Thought-Fox

Poem read by author   THE THOUGHT-FOX I imagine this midnight moment’s forest: Something else is alive Beside the clock’s loneliness And this blank page where my fingers move. Through the window I see no star: Something more near Though deeper within darkness Is entering the loneliness: Cold, delicately as the dark snow, A fox’s … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_2-3-Representing the world and oneself, B1B2-3. Art & Power, LLCET°_2-1-Expressing emotions, LLCET°_2-3-Initiation and apprenticeship, LLCET°_3-1-Exploration and adventure, Oral et Grand Oral | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur The Thought-Fox