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The victorian age is characterized as practical and materialistic, most of the writers exalt a purely ideal life. It is an idealistic age where the great ideals like truth, justice, love, brotherhood are emphasized by poets, essayists and novelists of the age, Literature of this age tends to come closer to daily life which reflects its practical problems and interests. It becomes a powerful instrument for human progress and the post modernism features advanced science and information technology/cybernetics, it proposes a radical change in the social order. There cannot be one or objective reality. Some characteristics of the modernist literature are Realistic embodiment of social meanings, Sense of spiritual loneliness, Sense of frustration,Two World Wars' effects on Humanity. The post.modernism emphasis dreams, drug use, paranoia, no heroes but heroic acts, honesty, constancy and kindness.

1. Seven Pillars of Wisdom and Scapegoats of the Empire. 2. In Seven Pillars of Wisdom we can read about the personal war experience of the writter and in the Scapegoats of the Empire talks about the experience of the writter in the war and when he was prisoner. Both books were written round 1900-1960 when the period of Modernist Literature was trendy. Some THEMATICS CHARACTERICS of the modernist literature are Realistic embodiment of social meanings, Sense of spiritual loneliness, Sense of frustration,Two World Wars' effects on Humanity , in those books we can found those thematics. 3. I think they are a good example of the modernist literature, because they are pessimistic, urban and negative, for example here we have few lines about “Scapegoats of the Empire”: When I arrived in Australia, I found that the grossest misrepresentations had been made by those primarily responsible for the manner of the warfare which "staggered humanity," and that they had succeeded in li

Answer the following questions on your blog. 01. Which 2 readings did you select from the list? I chose The legend of The Sleepy Hollow , by Irving, W and Heart of Darkness, by Conrad Joseph 02. Using these readings, compare (3 examples) and contrast (3 examples) the works with the ppt presentations on Victorian Literature and Culture given in class. Comparissions and Contrasts: 1. Literature of this age tends to come closer to daily life which reflects its practical problems and interests. It becomes a powerful instrument for human progress. Example of Comparission: “In this by-place of nature there abode, in a remote period of American history, that is to say, some thirty years since, a worthy wight of the name of Ichabod Crane,….” Ex. of Contrast: And farther west on the upper reaches the place of the monstrous town was still marked ominously on the sky, a brooding gloom in sunshine, a lurid glare under the stars. "And this also," said Marlow suddenly, "has been one

1. Define and explain, The Great Vowel Shift. It was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in the south of England between 1450 and 1750. 2. Name 5 dialects of Modern English. -Cameroon English, -Australian English,-Guyanese English,-Jamaican English,-Canadian English. 3. One of the problems with Early Modern English was a lack of uniformity in spelling. Which 2 people (1-English, 1-American) helped establish standardized spelling? Early Modern English lacked uniformity in spelling, but Samuel Johnson's dictionary, published in 1755 in England, was influential in establishing a standard form of spelling. Noah Webster did the same in America, publishing his dictionary in 1828; see American and British English spelling differences. 4. How many countries in the world have given Modern English official status? The Sovereign states that have given to Modern English official status are: 56 aprox. 5. The most recent statistics show that approximately

1. Approximately when was Middle English spoken? Middle English was spoken between the late 11th century up to appriximately the 16 century. 2. What were the major factors which led to the development and the spread of Middle English? The diversity of forms in written Middle English may signify neither greater variety of spoken forms of English than could be found in pre-Conquest England, nor a faithful representation of contemporary spoken English.This diversity suggests the gradual end of the role of Wessex as a focal point and trend-setter for scribal activity, and the emergence of more distinct local scribal styles and written dialects, and a general pattern of transition of activity over the centuries that follow. 3. Match the following Old English words with their Anglo-Norman equivalent: A. Pig = Pork B. Cow = Beef C. Wood = Forest D. Sheep = Mutton E. House = Mansion F. Worthy = Honourable G. Bold = Courageous 4- Compare & contrast the structure of nouns, pronouns and verbs

A lucky girl. She was born in a private hospital, with all the atention that somebody would wish… But she had some problems as everybody have it. She had dislexia, her sister was very jealous at her and her brother left the house too many years ago. However, she had a lucky parents, her mother was business manager and her father a teacher. One day she decided to travel abroad Chile and live alone in Europe, earning her own money and meeting new people. Years later she decided and wanted to study English language but not for be a teacher forever…

4. What are some of the fears these highly successful writers have about writing? - M. Atwood says that the most difficult issue is beginning to write and convincing herself it is going forward. -J. Grisham thinks that the most difficult part of writing is laying out the whole book and when he has to face the final dateline. - I. McEwan says that for him is to catch the reader´s interest otherwise his writing would be a failure. - P.Auster fears life itself saying that life is unexpected. - S.Rushdie says that the hardest part is having complete control on a given situation, he needs to keep calm to create a new book otherwise he can´t do what he is suppossed to be doing. 5. What are some of the difficulties they have when they are writing? Some say to be calm in order to write in the right way, others to work against a final dateline, others facing boredom when writing a novel. 6. What are some of the positive aspects to writing? Some of them are that it helps you to overcome your own

When I was child I had the prettiest doll in my life..Her name was Catalina and she was dressed my clothes and my panties all day long. It was weird, because she didn't have neither my height no my weigh of course. Well when I was alone in my house I played all day with her and I tought that she talked to me like an imaginary friend !! That's a crazy thing, don't you think??. That was when I was round 5 years old, then it didn't happen anymore, because my mom gave me a plush bear, it's name is North Pole, I still keep it, and I sleep with him everynight jaja... But nowadays not only I sleep with my bear everynight, I think it's very boring, but also I do others interesting things as ...teaching english in a school, as learning to drive a car, as going to the church, to the university and meeting a lot of people there, etc, etc. Well, you know, I'm an interesting and busy woman now than before, when I used to play with bears and dolls because NOW I don't

1-Between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century. 2-Angles, Saxon, Jutes and Frisians 3-For example, senġan "to singe" is [sendʒɑn] < /senjɑn/ < *sangjan and bryċġ "bridge" is [bryddʒ] < /bryjj/ < *bruggjō < *bruɣjō For example, hring "ring" is [hriŋɡ]; [ŋ] did not occur alone word-finally in Old English as it does in Modern English. 3-Similar sound, similar written and similar phonemes. 4-49 5-Beowulf 7- Between the 8th and the early 11th century 8- Scandinavia and Northern Germany. 9- Grendel, grendel’s mother and the dragon 10- Beowulf finally slays the dragon, but is mortally wounded. He is buried in a tumulus by the sea. 11- It’s unknown 12- Beowulf (1999 film) • Beowulf & Grendel (2005 film) • Beowulf (2007 film).