NOTES FOR THE 3RD TERM ASSESSMENT

In this post you can find the theory and the information which are neccesary to pass this term.

Virginia Woolf- To the Light house

A study of To The Lighthouse (Virginia Woolf's novel)


 The crisis of the Victorian thought

 Narrative in the 20th century

Vanguardism

The Lost Generation

Magic Realism versus Marvellous Reality

Latin Amercan Literature

NOTES FOR THE 2ND TERM ASSESSMENT

All the theory you need to pass the second term-assessment are given in the following files. Look at them carefully, please.

French Symbolism

British 19th century literature

Renovation of the modern theatre in the 20th century

Kakfa

NOTES FOR THE FIRST TERM-ASSESSMENT

All the theory you need to pass the first term-assessment are given in the following files. Look at them carefully, please.


Edgar Allan Poe

William Shakespeare and Hamlet

European Theatre

Courtly Love, Dolce Stil Nuovo, Renaissance

Greek Tragedy

VIDEOS- optional

VIDEOS    

 In this post you can watch some videos which help you to understand better all literary changes. Enjoy them!

http://en.ver-taal.com/trailer_shakespeareinlove.htm   (Shakespeare in love)

http://en.ver-taal.com/trailer_titanic.htm  (Titanic)

http://en.ver-taal.com/trailer_perfume.htm  (Perfume)

http://en.ver-taal.com/trailer_braveheart.htm  (Braveheart)

http://en.ver-taal.com/trailer_onstrangertides.htm (Pirates of the Caribbean)

http://en.ver-taal.com/trailer_kingsspeech.htm (King's speech)

http://en.ver-taal.com/trailer_themission.htm  (The mission)

http://en.ver-taal.com/trailer_thesixthsense.htm (the sixth sense)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpGyCh46dpU (V.Woolf)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV8ckJgAjj4 (100 years of solitude)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkDpvgncboQ  (love in the time of cholera)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuireoKBiC0 (The Raven)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzaiLGG-7bk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rARN6agiW7o  (Great Gatsby)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4lzJZrTBhw

http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160/videos/edgar-allan-poe-the-detective-story-2080052335#awesm=~oIeNnALaOLwpl2  (the murders in the rue Morgue)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzWML6fNFkI  (el cuervo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e2_Kr2jCRk  (Mrs Dalloway)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbop7eQqk4g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sklnwRqm0SY (big expectations)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49fNKweGelk (Xmas ghost)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrYIMmUTFdo (Xmas Carol narration)

THIRD TERM's ESSAYS

During the third term some topics should be prepared by students. For doing that, they will be able to use the text book and the Net. 
Here some web addresses are provided, but this www is wide enough to find even more.

XIX CENTURY:
http://www.wwnorton.com/college/english/nawest/content/overview/realism.htm

EXISTENTIALISM:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentialism

SURREALISM:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrealism

THE LOST GENERATION:

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/gatsby/

http://www.sparknotes.com/short-stories/barn-burning/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Generation

MAGIC REALISM:

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/cholera/

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/solitude/

*Remember: at the end you should hand in your handwritten essays to your teacher in order to correct them. Don't forget you must study them to pass your assessments.

SECOND TERM ´s ESSAYS

During the second term some topics should be prepared by students. For doing that, they will be able to use the text book and the Net. 
Here some web addresses are provided, but this www is wide enough to find even more.

ROMANTICISM:

http://www.enotes.com/topics/pride-and-prejudice

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/emma/

ROMANTIC POETRY:

http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/keats/

REALISM:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens

BAUDELAIRE - SYMBOLISM:

http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/flowersofevil/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolism_(arts)

EUROPEAN THEATRE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_theatre

*Remember: at the end you should hand in your handwritten essays to your teacher in order to correct them. Don't forget you must study them to pass your assignments.

FIRST TERM's ESSAYS

During the first term some topics should be prepared by students. For doing that, they will be able to use the text book and the Net. 
Here some web addresses are provided, but this www is wide enough to find even more.

GREEK TRAGEDY:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_tragedy

http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/birthoftragedy/section11.rhtml

http://www.sparknotes.com/philosophy/birthoftragedy/terms.html

COURTLY LOVE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtly_love

DOLCE STIL NUOVO:
http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/168115/dolce-stil-nuovo

PETRARCH:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrarch
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/renaissance1/section1.rhtml

BOCCACCIO:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Boccaccio
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/renaissance1/terms.html

ELIZABETHAN THEATRE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Renaissance_theatre
http://www.sparknotes.com/biography/elizabeth/section9.rhtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_theatre

*Remember: at the end you should hand in your handwritten essays to your teacher in order to correct them. Don't forget you must study them to pass your assignments.

TO THE LIGHTHOUSE, a novel written by V. Woolf

In this post you can know more about this novel written by Virginia Woolf. Please, click the link below
to the lighthouse, Virginia Woolf

THE METAMORPHOSIS, a novel written by F. Kafka

In this post you can look for further information about the most important novel written by Kafka. Please, click the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6lLZvUjutSsLUVQX1JvRG51Q3M/edit?usp=sharing

HAMLET, the play written by W. Shakespeare

In this post you can look for a further information about this famous play written by Shakespeare. Just click the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6lLZvUjutSsQTNOdE40MmFHSGc/edit?usp=sharing

MADAME BOVARY, the novel written by G. Flaubert

In this post you can look for more information about this novel, mainly summaries and analysis.
So, click the link below.
Madame Bovary from Gustave FLAUBERT

WORLD LITERATURE. COMPULSERY READINGS

The World Literature subject has got some compulsery readings, that is, you have to read the following literary works in order to pass this subject.

As the exam's texts to get into university can be read in Spanish or in Basque,  you can read those literary works in both languages (as well as in English)

COMPULSERY READINGS.

• SHAKESPEARE's Hamlet
• E. A. POE's Tales.
• FLAUBERT's Madame Bovary.
• KAFKA's  The Metamorphosis.
• NERUDA' 20 poems and a song of dispair. 
• V. WOOLF's To the lighthouse.

Books

WELCOME

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This blog pretends to give you a help, whenever you need, in your study of World Literature.

In doing so, you can find a wide range of activities and interesting information as well as audiovisual material.

At the same time, YOU can find a place where your opinions or, even, doubts can be expressed so... take of advantage of that!

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