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fév.28

The Tale of the Three Brothers - Ree

dans la catégorie The Gothic

A few words about the author and the animation director

The Tale of the Three Brothers is a short animated film included in the movie: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1. This short film is a team work because the scenario has been written by J.K. Rowling in her book, but the three minute animated sequence has been directed by Ben Hibon.

Joane Rowling (her author name is J.K. Rowling) is an English author. She was born in 1965, and is mainly known for the Harry Potter book series, which were published from 1997 to 2007.  She is not known as a gothic author, as the Harry Potter books belong to the fantasy genre. However, this tale, included in the last Harry Potter book and presented as an old tale told by wizards to their children, can be considered as a gothic story.

Ben Hibon is a Swiss animation director who was born in 1977. He created sequences for video games and horror movies before directing the animated short film The Tale of The Three Brothers in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1. He might soon be directing Pan, a dark contemporary version of the story of Peter Pan. As Ben Hibon directed only one short film which belongs to the gothic genre, he can’t be considered as a gothic artist.

     

The plot

This short film is about three wizards who avoid death by making a bridge over a deep river which was too dangerous to cross. Death feels cheated and pretends to congratulate the three brothers on their magic by giving them presents: the most powerful wand ever made, a stone which can recall others from death, and a cloak which makes anything invisible.  Two of the brothers are driven mad by the power of their gifts, thus permitting Death to take them. The third brother is a humble man. He keeps on the cloak until he is very old so that death can’t find him, and then takes it off and accepts his death peacefully.

What makes it a gothic short film ?

-The setting: the short film starts with a voice-off saying: “There were once three brothers who were traveling along a lonely, winding road at twilight.” This sentence describes a gothic setting: a lonely, remote and dark place, where mysterious things can happen. The setting seems alive, as the voice-off says: “winding road “. Moreover, the colours of the movie are only black, white, and golden, and the set and the characters are like shadows made of cut paper. These elements give an impression of mystery and dark magic which are features of the gothic genre.

-Characters: the character which belongs the most clearly to the gothic genre is the allegory of death. Indeed, in addition to his ghoulish nature, this character is represented as an oddly-shaped skeleton with a ripped cloak and a hood. Because of this cloak, the spectator can’t see his body entirely, thus giving an impression of mystery. This character is cunning and devilish, and he represents the evil in the gothic stories.

The three brothers are travelling on a road they don’t know, and they are brought face to face with an evil and threatening character. They are easily deceived by Death because of their gullibility. They are like Isabella in The Castle of Otranto and lots of gothic characters: confronted with danger and evil in a place they don’t know.

-General mood: the presence of the allegory of death makes the atmosphere ghoulish, in addition to the successive deaths of the three brothers. Furthermore, the first brother has his throat ripped by another wizard and the second brother hangs himself: these are violent events, which make the atmosphere dreadful.

-Growing sense of terror: the spectator knows that Death wants to take the three brothers and that he will succeed because he is very powerful. In this way, each death is like a countdown until the younger brother’s death, that the spectator likes because he is humble and kind. The spectator dreads this character’s death, which seems to get closer at any minute, thus making the atmosphere more and more nerve-racking. However, at the end, the spectator understands that the cloak of invisibility enables the third brother to hide from Death, and he feels relieved when he greets Death “as an old friend.”

-Recurrent themes: First, the atmosphere of suspense is given by the threat that is lingering over the third brother and whether he will be killed or not. Also, supernatural events happen. Indeed, even though the use of wands and magic is normal because the rest of the movie is set in a magical world, the appearance of Death is inexplicable and mysterious. We can also note that the first brother is “drunk with the power of the wand” and the second brother is “driven mad with hopeless longing”, which are high and overwrought emotions. Then, the three brothers (even though they are not women) are threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical character. Moreover, the crows which are flying in the sky during the film are a metonymy of horror and death. Finally, we can notice several words which belong to the vocabulary of the gothic: “magical”, “hopeless”, “sad”, “lonely”, “dangerous” “angry”, “death”.

Place of the imaginary

In this short film, the imaginary has a very important place. Indeed, above all, the story takes place in an imaginary world where people have wands and magical powers. Besides, the appearance of the allegory of death, with a hood and a cloak, belongs to the imaginary. Likewise, the gifts that the three brothers receive belong to the imaginary. Indeed, the “wand more powerful than any in existence” is an imaginary object, which can’t exist in the real world. Then, the stone which has the power to recall others from Death is something lots of people would dream about, but that is only real in their imagination. Finally, the cloak of invisibility may be created by scientists in a few centuries, but for now it only belongs to the imaginary…

fév.27

Gothic novel presentation - Murasaki

dans la catégorie The Gothic

The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794)




A few words about the author :



Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823), was an English author and pioneer of the gothic novel. Her works were really popular at her time and the readers were mostly aristocrats young women. She included a romantic sensibility in scenes of terror and suspense, that’s what makes her novels stand out in the genre of the gothic .
She wrote The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne (1789), A Sicilian Romance (1790), The Romance of the Forest (1791), The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) and The Italian (1797). Years after her death, in 1833, her husband published some of her poems and Gaston de Blondville, an historical romance.

Summary of the plot :

The story is about Emily St. Aubert, a young French woman. At the beginning of the novel, her mother dies. With her father, with who she shares a love for nature, she goes on a journey in which they meet Valancourt, a man who also loves nature. Emily and him quickly fall in love, but when her father dies, she has to go to live with her aunt, who is getting married with an Italian nobleman. After that, they move to Venise and the husband decides to confine Emily and his wife at his castle called Udolpho. But after a few adventures, Emily is finally reunited with her lover.

A presentation of a few characters :

Emily St-Aubert : Almost the entire novel is written from her point of view. It’s a beautiful girl who loves books, nature, poetry and music. She is courageous, obedient, vertuous, resourceful, sensitive, and self-reliant.

Mr. St-Aubert : It’s Emily’s father. He dies early in the novel, during their travel. He warns Emily on his death bed to not become a victim of her feelings but to acquire command over her emotions. His relationship with the Marchioness de Villeroi is one of the main mysteries of the story.

Valancourt : He is the younger brother of the Count Duvarney. He falls in love with Emily. He is a beautiful and enthusiastic young man with a noble character.

Mrs. Cheron (Montoni) : She is the sister of the dad of Emily. She is selfish and only think about the material aspect of life and of his appearance. She is cold to Emily at the beginning, but near her death, when Emily aids and comforts her, her character softens gradually.

Montoni : He is the villain of the story and the second husband of Mrs.Cheron. He is a cruel man towards his wife and Emily.

What makes this story gothic ?

Supernatural inexplicable events : During her stay at Udolpho, many bizarre and seemingly supernatural occurrences frighten Emily.

Emotion / Women in distress : in the story, there is a moment about a black veil and the reader doesn’t know what is behind it. At this moment, the reader isn’t afraid because of the description Emily does about what she sees, but by her reaction : she faints.

Women threatened by a powerful, impulsive, tyrannical male : At the beginning, Montoni wants to marry Emily with one of his friend. Of course, Emily doesn’t love him. After, he confines Emily and her aunt in his castle.

The imaginary

The imaginary insn’t really present in the novel because of the religious beliefs of the author, which prohibit her to encourage superstition. Indeed, the surnatural events are all explained at the end of the novel.
But even if there isn’t a lot of imaginary in the book, it’s present, like we can see with this quotes : «imaginary fears», «imaginary terrors», «imaginary evils».
The imaginary is also present with the black veil mystery because the reader doesn’t know what there is behind it, so he has to use his imagination because even Emily doesn’t reveal what there is behind. Indeed, we only learn that there is «no picture».

fév.24

The raven - Anouk DUBUC

dans la catégorie The Gothic

A few words about the author Edgar Allan Poe:

Edgar Allan Poe was born January 19 1809, he was a poet, a novelist, a playwright, a critical art and an American editor. He was a key person in the American romanticism. Most of his books belong to science fiction or fantastic genre. He was considered has the detective novel creator. His first novel was The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket has been a failure, then came January 1845 and Poe published the Raven that was an immediate success. Poe's wife died two years after the success of the Raven he then considered to remarry but died at the age of 40 in Baltimore.

 

A short summary of the Raven's plot:

 

The narrator was taking a nap trying to forget Lenore's dead.  Suddenly the door knocked which scared him. He tried to calm down convincing himself it was just a visitor and nothing else. He apologized not to hear the door. He opened the door but nobody was there. He tried to call Lenore his “beloved” but no one answered. Coming back to his room he heard noises coming from his window so he decided to open it. A majestic raven came out of his it.

 

Why can we say this is a gothic story?

 

-       The setting: the scene takes place in narrator's room, the night is quite lugubrious, it's December time.

 

-       Narrator's description: The narrator seems to be a caring person, fearful and curious. He’s also sad because his love died recently. Since he has a Pallas's bust we can suppose he is interested in the mythology. There is no physical description of the narrator.

 

-       Story ambiance: the narrator immediately sets the ambiance by telling us this is a lugubrious December night. We can also feel he is scared as his wife just died and this might lead us thinking of a ghost story at first.

 

-       Evolution of the terror: There is a growing feeling of terror when he hesitated to open the door. He thought Lenore was coming back from the dead. When he came back to his room the feeling of terror was growing up. His fright suddenly vanished when he opened the window and noticed the sound was just a raven trying to get in his place. The terror’s mood turned progressively into an angry mood because of the raven keeping on saying “never again” the narrator thought the bird was a demon.

 

-       The notion of imaginary in the book The imaginary in this story have an important place although the way it is written makes it completely credible. We have in the one hand the raven talking and repeating “not anymore” and on the other hand the narrator who thinks he heard his wife returning from the dead. With these things we can see that imaginary is the pillar of the story.

fév.22

Gothic novel presentation - Océane.

dans la catégorie The Gothic

Gothic novel : Pauline, by Alexandre Dumas. 

  • The author : Alexandre Dumas.

Alexandre Dumas was a French writer, born in 1802, and died in 1870. He is close to the romantic author, and he turned to theater.

This author wrote historical dramas, like Henry III and his court, (in 1829). He also writes historical novels, like the trilogy The Three Musketeers (in 1844), or The Queen Margot (in 1845).However, Pauline, is his first novel, and his first gothic novel, published in 1838.


  • Summary :

This novel is about the meeting between Alexandre Dumas, character and narrator of the book, and his old friend Alfred de Nerval. The latter tells him the fascinating story of Pauline, who died a year earlier. She went through many adventures with Alfred de Nerval.



  • What makes this story gothic ?

The setting, atmosphere, and feelings.

The action takes place in different places, all scary: abbey, vault, secret passage, secret doors, ruin, cemetery, old building, dark corridors... A mysterious and frightening atmosphere surrounds these places.

The scenes are nightmarish. We feel the unease and anxiety of the young woman. We perceive her concerns, doubts, interrogations, her discomfort, anxiety, and fear … All these places are, more or less, a summary of the different places where the action takes place in all gothic novels, with recurrent feelings such as fear, distress, doubts and anxieties.., and a mysterious and frightening atmosphere specific to the gothic genre.

The characters.




Pauline : Before her meeting with the count, Pauline Meulien is a girl a bit naive, but intelligent. She has everything for her: young, rich, and beautiful.

However, her personnality is changing rapidly through her adventures: she becomes more subjective, with a different view on the world. She becomes mature. Finally, she becomes very realistic with her life experiences.


Alfred de Nerval : is a young aristocrat, aged twenty years old. He knows how to fight with sword as a gun, ride a horse .. It's a brave person, he knows how to keep his calm.Alfred is the confidant and protector of Pauline. Beside, his only reason for living is Pauline. The latter will unveil her story because it sees it as his "brother". But, Alfred has stronger feelings
The characters of Gothic novels are often derived from stereotypes:young women persecuted, like the character of Pauline, a man torn between Reason and Passion, like the character of Alfred.They are put in recurring situations: identity theft, persecution, murder ... like the characters of the Gothic novel, Pauline.

Alexandre Dumas associated in Pauline all the ingredients of the Gothic novel, with a romantic trend : storm in the sea, shipwreck, moonlit night that reveals the shadows, an abbey in ruins, joined to an abandoned castle, with dark underground corridors, the killing of innocent people, the kidnapping of an innocent woman, a poor lover who becomes a hero with a heart noble and faithful ...

However, it is important to note that this is a book that is influenced by the Romantic movement, it is not only a Gothic book. He is close to the black novel.

  • Immaginery :

Imagination : Who is created by the imagination, which only exists in the imagination. ex : Imaginary fears.

Writing allows to the author to express his thoughts, his world. His imagination coming to life.

Gothic gives a considerable place for imagination, the suggestion, the supernatural, the superstition, the magic, anxiety, strangeness and fear. It allows to articulate and highlight, generally, our fears and anxieties, with recurring themes such as death, women persecuted or in danger, secrets and mysteries, inexplicable events in frightening places, dark and empty. The themes are present in Pauline.

This literary genre allows us to imagine things like people, monsters, or stories that have happened, because the facts are not rational.

In Pauline, the facts are inexplicable: we imagine why and how the elements elapsed. For example, Pauline arrived, suddenly, in a vault.She does not remember.

The places are secret and fascinating; we wonder and imagine what they hide. For example, the abbey ruins, or secret passages are an inspiration, a nostalgic and fantasy world to explore.
This imagination is created by a certain misunderstanding of the facts, then it stimulates the history.

fév.18

Gothic novel presentation - Sara Toffoletti 1L2

dans la catégorie The Gothic

A NEW PERIOD !

Clara Reeve (1729- 1807) is known by her gothic novel. She is the Thomas Reeve's, english minister, daughter. He initiate her to literature, very young. Her fisrt original book was the Champion of virtue, published in 1777, when she had 50 years old. In the second edition it's named the old english Baron .It's a rewrite of the castle of Otranto, by Walpole. It was a success. She write the two Mentors,too, in 1783. The novelist was in Gothic period (1790 - 1830). She has an unpretentious style. She is  an exclusively romantic writer. Reeve had a strong influence. The author isn't a film maker.

Summary

Résultat de recherche d'images pour "the olde english baron" This is the first illustration gived by the 1777 edition

The story is about Sir Philip Harclay, who returned, from his travels, to England, his native country. He had served the glorious King Henry the Fifth. The main character discovered that his friend, Arthur Lord Lovel was ded. He met Edmund who will help Philip. The Lovel's castle and domain was stole by someone else. Something strange appear, in this castel and disclose some secrets. After a series of surprising revelations and frenetic events, the crim of the usurper and the heir legitimacy are finally discovered. The story is resolves with a battle. This a novel wich evoke the antic and modern romance.

It can be interesting to wonder what makes this story gothic ?

Gothic elements include in the novel:

There are a lot of important character :

-There are Edmund Twyford, who is a farmer but similar at Arthur Lord Lovel. He is moving and sincere.

-Arthur Lord Level is the Richard Lord Lovel's son and, Harclay's firend.

-Sir Walter Lovel is one of the castle hair.

-The Baon Fitz Owen live in the castle. He is Richard Wenlock's father.

-The main character is a christian soldier honnorable. Philip make an investigation, to know more about the family who live in his friend's castle. So an atmosphere of suspense is created. Harclay wants to know why the castle is not gives at the heir, Sir Walter Lovel. That provokes a curiosity from the reader. In fact, there are a growing sense of suspense with castle's mistery. We want to know what's happened after the Arthur Lord Lovel death !!

1.Setting in a castle. The action takes place in an old castle occupied by Arthur's spirit and Fitz-Owen's family. It's haunsted. This domain contains secrets. We can find the horro-gothic with ghost.

2. An atmosphere of mystery and suspense.This effect is pervaded by a threatening feeling, a fear enhanced by the unknown. This atmosphere is advanced when Harclay see only a glimpse of something. The plot itself is built around a mystery, a disappearance, and some other inexplicable event. People disappear or show up dead inexplicable. Events supernatural appear, Arthur Lord Lovel's and Lady Lovel's ghost came in the castel. People are terrified by uncommon noises and strange apparition. That explain why Sir Walter Lovel, the heir, sold the castle of his ancestor and leave England. I probably could react like Walter. The gossip said that he was perturbed every night. The reader have shiver. We can see lugubrious scene. The goal of the dark and mysterious setting is to create a sense of unease and foreboding, contributing to create a particolar atmosphere.

3. An old prophecy is connected with the castle and its inhabitants (either former or present). The prophecy is confusing. "What could it mean? The both ghost give benediction at Edmund Twyford. The both ghost want to give a message but what is it ? And Twyford is phisicly similar at Arthur Lord Lovel.

4. Omens, portents, visions. Philip have a disturbing dream vision, or some phenomenon may be seen as a portent of coming events. During his sleep, many strange and incoherent dreams arose to his imagination. He thought he received a message from his friend Lord Lovel, to come to him at the castle. Arthur is ded but in this dream, he said that he control wich person could enter in his domain. Lord Lovel ask to Sir Philip to safe his castle. Sir Harclay was not afraid, he wants to help his firend ! We are admirating, because at his place, I certainly run away. When Philip Harclay went in the domain, he discovered Arthur's armor covered with blood. After an invisible hand led him on a place to prepare a fight. BUT ! It was a dream.

5. Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events. Edmund is victim of supernaturel moments. One time he is in the obscurity because the wind blew out his lamp. He felt disagreeable sensation. He implored divine assistance. He saw a brillant light in front of him. There are a presence of divine. The lector want to understand. We can find a caracteristic of gothic element, irrationel.

6. Emotion. The narration can be highly sentimental, and the characters are often overcome by anger, sorrow, surprise, and especially, terror. Crying and emotional speeches are frequent for Edmund. He is apprehensive. There are some emotional moments. For example when Edmund give his liberty at Philip to serve him. There are a lot of chevalry vertu too.

7. Two sides. There are Fitz-Owen which is the evil incarnation and Edmund or Harclay wich are in the good side.

There are an evolution in the Philip's investigation because he met new character and understand the situation.

At the end we understand that Twyford is the last heir of Arthur Lord Lovel, and that Sir Walter Lovel went away because he wanted to find his son in Palestine. Finally this is a good end !

The is an antique story with the medieval aspect and modern with the fiction.

This is a rewrite of the castle of Otranto, so it have a gothic influence.

We can find the gothic genre with the unconventionnal story.

So the recurrent themes are : mystery, darkness, supernatural, castel, piety, loyalty, nobility, cooperation.

The place of immaginary

Sir Harclay is invaded by fantastic images. The imaginary is omnipresent. This is the plot of this gothic novel. In fact, Reeve had been engaged. She tansfomed ancestry gothic with the immaginary integration. She stimulate the story. The myth of gothic ancestry was useful for Clara Reeve because it's adaptable. There are an intrusion of fiction elements interesting because that create a mix of styles. This is a mix between historical and psycholoical vison. The old English Baron is based on imaginary society, because the conflict came from supernatural events. The fiction create an excessive show of emotion, like Edmund show it. There are a clear opposition. This is like a « literature customisation ». That encouraging the reader to believe in myth in most others aspects. The author can give a personnal touch.

VIDEO : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2rV9_lkwf8

fév.18

Gothic novel presentation - Sara Toffoletti 1L2

A NEW PERIOD !

Clara Reeve (1729- 1807) is known by her gothic novel. She is the Thomas Reeve's, english minister, daughter. He initiate her to literature, very young. Her fisrt original book was the Champion of virtue, published in 1777, when she had 50 years old. In the second edition it's named the old english Baron .It's a rewrite of the castle of Otranto, by Walpole. It was a success. She write the two Mentors,too, in 1783. The novelist was in Gothic period (1790 - 1830). She has an unpretentious style. She is  an exclusively romantic writer. Reeve had a strong influence. The author isn't a film maker.


Summary

Résultat de recherche d'images pour "the olde english baron" This is the first illustration gived by the 1777 edition

The story is about Sir Philip Harclay, who returned, from his travels, to England, his native country. He had served the glorious King Henry the Fifth. The main character discovered that his friend, Arthur Lord Lovel was ded. He met Edmund who will help Philip. The Lovel's castle and domain was stole by someone else. Something strange appear, in this castel and disclose some secrets. After a series of surprising revelations and frenetic events, the crim of the usurper and the heir legitimacy are finally discovered. The story is resolves with a battle. This a novel wich evoke the antic and modern romance.

It can be interesting to wonder what makes this story gothic ?


Gothic elements include in the novel:

There are a lot of important character :

-There are Edmund Twyford, who is a farmer but similar at Arthur Lord Lovel. He is moving and sincere.

-Arthur Lord Level is the Richard Lord Lovel's son and, Harclay's firend.

-Sir Walter Lovel is one of the castle hair.

-The Baon Fitz Owen live in the castle. He is Richard Wenlock's father.

-The main character is a christian soldier honnorable. Philip make an investigation, to know more about the family who live in his friend's castle. So an atmosphere of suspense is created. Harclay wants to know why the castle is not gives at the heir, Sir Walter Lovel. That provokes a curiosity from the reader. In fact, there are a growing sense of suspense with castle's mistery. We want to know what's happened after the Arthur Lord Lovel death !!


1.Setting in a castle. The action takes place in an old castle occupied by Arthur's spirit and Fitz-Owen's family. It's haunsted. This domain contains secrets. We can find the horro-gothic with ghost.

2. An atmosphere of mystery and suspense.This effect is pervaded by a threatening feeling, a fear enhanced by the unknown. This atmosphere is advanced when Harclay see only a glimpse of something. The plot itself is built around a mystery, a disappearance, and some other inexplicable event. People disappear or show up dead inexplicable. Events supernatural appear, Arthur Lord Lovel's and Lady Lovel's ghost came in the castel. People are terrified by uncommon noises and strange apparition. That explain why Sir Walter Lovel, the heir, sold the castle of his ancestor and leave England. I probably could react like Walter. The gossip said that he was perturbed every night. The reader have shiver. We can see lugubrious scene. The goal of the dark and mysterious setting is to create a sense of unease and foreboding, contributing to create a particolar atmosphere.

3. An old prophecy is connected with the castle and its inhabitants (either former or present). The prophecy is confusing. "What could it mean? The both ghost give benediction at Edmund Twyford. The both ghost want to give a message but what is it ? And Twyford is phisicly similar at Arthur Lord Lovel.

4. Omens, portents, visions. Philip have a disturbing dream vision, or some phenomenon may be seen as a portent of coming events. During his sleep, many strange and incoherent dreams arose to his imagination. He thought he received a message from his friend Lord Lovel, to come to him at the castle. Arthur is ded but in this dream, he said that he control wich person could enter in his domain. Lord Lovel ask to Sir Philip to safe his castle. Sir Harclay was not afraid, he wants to help his firend ! We are admirating, because at his place, I certainly run away. When Philip Harclay went in the domain, he discovered Arthur's armor covered with blood. After an invisible hand led him on a place to prepare a fight. BUT ! It was a dream.

5. Supernatural or otherwise inexplicable events. Edmund is victim of supernaturel moments. One time he is in the obscurity because the wind blew out his lamp. He felt disagreeable sensation. He implored divine assistance. He saw a brillant light in front of him. There are a presence of divine. The lector want to understand. We can find a caracteristic of gothic element, irrationel.

6. Emotion. The narration can be highly sentimental, and the characters are often overcome by anger, sorrow, surprise, and especially, terror. Crying and emotional speeches are frequent for Edmund. He is apprehensive. There are some emotional moments. For example when Edmund give his liberty at Philip to serve him. There are a lot of chevalry vertu too.

7. Two sides. There are Fitz-Owen which is the evil incarnation and Edmund or Harclay wich are in the good side.

There are an evolution in the Philip's investigation because he met new character and understand the situation.

At the end we understand that Twyford is the last heir of Arthur Lord Lovel, and that Sir Walter Lovel went away because he wanted to find his son in Palestine. Finally this is a good end !

The is an antique story with the medieval aspect and modern with the fiction.

This is a rewrite of the castle of Otranto, so it have a gothic influence.

We can find the gothic genre with the unconventionnal story.

So the recurrent themes are : mystery, darkness, supernatural, castel, piety, loyalty, nobility, cooperation.

The place of immaginary

fév.16

The Lengths Tobbacco Industries Will Go To

dans la catégorie John Oliver's Late Night Show

John Oliver is back for a new season. Check out this great piece:

fév.14

Infography on gothic literature

dans la catégorie The Gothic

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Gothic novels: The villain is a murderous tyrant

fév.14

The gothic genre: your presentation

dans la catégorie The Gothic

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fév.13

How to post an article on this blog!

dans la catégorie IT tutorials

1/ Login with the username and password given to you beforehand at the following address

2/ Click on NOUVEAU BILLET

Remember to fill your post's title, its category, and it's state of publication (on the right-hand side)

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- Copy / Paste in the CONTENT (the simplest way)

- Upload your picture in the SELECTEUR DE MEDIAS icon in the content section.

If you want your picture to become a weblink, select your image in the content and click on LIEN, then, you just have to paste your link.

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On youtube (or other website), get the embed code in the 'share' section (Partager/ intégrer)

At the bottom of CONTENT, notice the SOURCE button. You must paste your embed code in that tab.

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Your article is finished, make sure you chose the right category.

Click on VALIDATION XHTML at the bottom of the page (compulsory if you included a video)

Then, click on ENREGISTRER

You may access the website to view the result. If you need to modify your article, do so, but be aware that videos will disappear, so you must start the video manipulation again.

GOOD LUCK!

fév.13

Expressions to debate and Host a TV show - terminales!

dans la catégorie Debating

Here are 2 documents to study for the final task!

1/ Expressions to debate: (Click on the image)

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2/ Hosting a TV show:

presenting_a_tv_show.odt

Complete this document with the help of the first.

fév.12

How to write a dialogue

dans la catégorie Review the essentials

Here is a methodology on writing dialogues:

CAN_YOU_WRITE_A_DIALOGUE.pdf

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fév.11

australia's national park

dans la catégorie Australia

AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL PARKS

have you ever visited a national park ?

Kakadu is a national park in australia . The landscape is beautiful .kakadu's landscapes change dramatically from one end of the park to the other

example : in kakadu has many  water falls and  little mountain

kakadu has 2 000 plant species. Kakadu has beenhome to aboriginal people for more than50 000 yers .

The rangers do a lot of work to protect these rare and facinting species . In kakadu has a beautiful animal.

Kakadu is the oldest park in australia the national park is almost 20 000 square kilometre .

TIPS FOR TOURISTS

  • you should not approach the crocodiles

  • do not enter the water , keep away from the water's edge

  • do not clean fisch near the water's edge , remove all waste

kakadu has a activities . Example : camping. Kkadu last year they delivered 1  155 free activities.the camping activities :go camping for a different perspective 

We can take the photos

 

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fév.10

What time is it? Play the game!

dans la catégorie Cinquième

Play the game and write your score in a comment!

fév.10

What time is it? Lesson

dans la catégorie Cinquième

fév.10

Kakadu national Park

dans la catégorie Australia

Have you ever visited Kakadu ? It's wonderful !

It's located in the north of Australia.

You can do activities : swimming, rock art …

Do you like animals? So, In Kakadu you can see the most dangerous or the funniest animals such as : snakes, quolls, turtles …

With more than 2 000 plants species, Kakadu is bursting with life.

The landscapes is very nice ! There are Coast and tidal flats.

Wetland making them a crucial sanctuary for birdlife. It's extraordinary!

There where about 200 aboriginals languages in Australia, at the time of Europeen contact.

Tips for tourists

you should use binocular to get closer look.Do not approach,disturb or feed wildlife.

See you!


didi et Minisarthounette

fév.10

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

dans la catégorie Australia

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

                                                                                

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park is the most beautiful and funniest park in Australia. It is located in the north of Australia.

Uluru-Kata Tjuta is very beautiful because Uluru is a red rock and there are fascinating trees and flowers. You can see Mulga, Desert oak, Striped mintbush, Bloodwood, Honey grevilla, …

There are a lot of amazing activities. You should do birdwatching, bushwalking, …

There are the funniest animals. You can see lizards, beautiful birds, snakes, amazing centipedes, … and have you ever seen kangaroos ?

But you mustn't climb dizzy Uluru.

                                                   

Ilo27 et Cigana78

fév.10

Kakadu National Park

dans la catégorie Australia

Kakadu is a park, it's located in North of Australia.

In this park they have crocodiles, quolls, brolga, Leichardt's grass hoppers, platback turtles and more!

The most dangerous is the crocodile

Have you ever touched a crocodile ?

It's great for tourism, you can swim and watch rock art and boat cruise.

The record of Kakadu is archeological and it's a great place because it's kept.

It's fantastic !

Kakadu's landscape change dramatically from one and

of the park to the other. The landscape is fantastic. It's the most special.

For plants, they have a Pandanus, Speargrots, kapok bush and Darwin woollybutt.

It's the most beautiful.

The history of Kakadu is great !

Aboriginals have painted on the rocks a long time.

For the visit, you should take photos because it's exciting

WARNING with crocodiles, they are dangerous !

-Igloo

fév.10

Discover Booderee

dans la catégorie Australia

Booderee is located at Jervis Bay on the South coast of New South Wales.

It is a beautiful and natural park.It is also a great place with a beautiful natural landscape.You can visit beaches and botanic gardens.

It has a record of the most differents natives plants.There are 460.

You can see the softest and whitest sand.Have you ever touched a spider?

Because there are a lot of natives animals and birds.You should camp in the campground.

Booderee was an Aboriginal community.         

                                                     

Yoann.

fév.10

Discover Uluru

dans la catégorie Australia

Uluru is a huge rock slabs, it's located in the northern territory . The rocks are orange, with the blue sky, they create a beautiful landscape. It's amazing. Uluru's ground up to six kilometers ! It's dizzy !

There are over 400 different plants found at Uluru. It's the biggest floral park. Many animals are culturally important often ancestral creatures . There are lizards and snakes too !

At Uluru you can do birdwatching and bushwalking but the sunrise and sunset are the best things to watch ! You should absolutely go in the cultural center, to collect more information.

Have you ever seen an aboriginal people ? I think no … They have a traditional life, and they live in a small cottage

(Last tips for the tourists : Please don't climb on the rock).


didier et gerthrude

fév.10

Booderee National Park

dans la catégorie Australia


Booderee National Park is located at Jervis Bay, on the New South Wales.

In Booderee Park the landscape is mostly made of forests, in these forests there are a lot of gorgeous animals, most of them are native animals you sould see this ! There are also amazing white beaches.

In the park, you can see 200 species of birds ! And over 30 species of mamals including species of bath, reptiles, amphibians and fish.

There are a lot of activities to discover on Park. You can do Bird Watching, Diving, Fishing and Boating, have you ever watched wales ?? Well, if you don't you really sould se that in the park. The plants in the park are stunning ! The Milky Way and the Aurora Australis are the coolest thing I have ever seen. Booderee in the Dhurga language of the region means “bay of Plenty”.

The name was choosen by the Wreck Bay community. Original people are still tied to their culture. In 2010 the Wreck Bay community made Australian history taking out an internationnal award.

Raymond et Hugette.

fév.10

Uluru

dans la catégorie Australia

                                  Have you ever visited Uluru?

         Uluru is located in central Australia, in Anago land, in the desert.   

         Uluru is the most beautiful rock in Australia. It's the biggest and largest rock. Uluru is the most magic experience.

        There are a lot of different animals, lizards, snakes and mala. The vegetation is the most beautiful, there are a mulga, a striped mintbush, a sturt's desert rose...

        There are a big mountains, flowers and dry tree. uluru is red but, it sometimes is pink. The people whe live near Uluru speak the pitjantjitjira and the yankunytjatjara.

        You should bring water beacause Uluru is in the desert, and you should take a photo because Uluru is very nice. You can bring a chair to sit and admire the most incredible        landscape.  

            

     Maurice et Viviane                                                                                                                                                   

fév.10

The Norfolk park

dans la catégorie Australia

Have you ever visited Norfolk ?

Norfolk is very beautiful, it's located in the Pacific ocean. Norfolk is very isolated. You can can see diverse plants.You can see extraordinary animals like birds,parrots and butterflies.

The lanscape is the most amazing,the beaches are stunning.The plants are very interesting and the forest is for the most adventurous.In Norfolk,you can do birdwatching,walks,tours and go to events.Norfolk has 200 natives plants, there is the magnificent Norfolk island pine, it is the biggest plant of the island. In Norfolk, people live in houses.

The island has an history,the European came in 1788. The captain James Cook has settled on the island.

James Cook has a monument on the island.

You should'nt have to bring food, there are place to eat. And before you go,you should bring your camera to visit the magnificent Island of Norfolk.

Captain james cook monument

A norfolk parrot

The Norfolk Island pine  

                                                                                                  

                                                                                                                                      AllerPaul