viernes, 4 de diciembre de 2009

UNIT 4- JUST FOR FUN

JUST FOR FUN: pronunciation of Shakespeare's actors : proper Elizabethan accents

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UNIT 4 - THE GLOBE THEATRE


William Shakespeare's theatre was called The Globe.


This is a picture of the theatre now:







And this is a picture of the theatre in Shakespeare's times:




You can find some more information about theatre and actors if you click here. and here

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UNIT 4 - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE



You may find several biographies of William Shakespeare: Here you have one.

Internet Shakespeare HERE

Shakespeare Festival, Clemson University HERE

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UNIT 5- MACBETH

MACBETH (BBC animated version)
PART 1

PART 2


PART 3


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UNIT 5 - MACBETH

Act 1, scenes i, ii and iii:


Act , scene Banquet scene


Watch Act 5, scene 5:

UNIT 5 - MACBETH

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies. Below you can find several interesting links:

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UNIT 5- JULIUS CAESAR

Julius Caesar, some history.

PART 1


PART 2


PART 3


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UNIT 5- JULIUS CAESAR

In Act 3, scene ii Julius Caesar is killed.



Here you can watch Mark Antony's speech, Act 3, scene ii.

UNIT 5 - JULIUS CAESAR



Some interesting links:

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UNIT 5- VENERABLE BEDE


Venerable Bede is called the "Father of English History". He was born in Northumbria in 673 and died in 735.

Among his literary production we can find works related to poetry, history, chronology, religion, to mention a few. As an theologian he wrote the Ecclesiastical History a source essential for the understanding of the Anglo-Saxons and the Christianisation of Britain.

Bede's biblical commentaries – in which he interpreted the Bible mainly as an allegory, he applied criticism and tried to solve discrepancies – were extremely popular in the early medieval period, being copied and spread widely across the monasteries of Europe. In 1899, Bede was made a Doctor of the Church by Leo XIII, a position of theological significance. Actually he is the only native of Great Britain to achieve this title.

He wrote the Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People (731). Hence he gained the title "The Father of English History".

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UNIT 5- PLUTARCH


Plutarch of Chaeronea (46-c.122) was an influential Greek philosopher and author well known for his biographies, essays and moralias. Among his main works we can find Parallel Lives or Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans.

You can find more about Plutarch in the Encyclopaedia Britannica.





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NB: see how the source has to be cited (at the botom of the page):
Plutarch. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved December 04, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/465201/Plutarch

UNIT 5- GREEK THEATRE

Theatre of Dionysus and mask


GREEK THEATRE

"Ancient Greek theatre has been fascinating millions of people. Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes and others, have been the teachers of morality, nobleness, courage and patriotism across the centuries".More...

And if you're intrested in the topic, you cannot miss this site.


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ESSAYS


If you want to read more about essays or if you want to have a detailed report of what was discussed in class, you cannot miss this site: LITWEB- The Norton Introduction to Literature Website.I hope you find it useful

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jueves, 3 de diciembre de 2009

APA Citation Style

There are several ways to cite a source (MLA, Turabian, Chicago). Here you have APA Citation Style
Author(s). (Date). Title of Book/ "Title of Article"/ Title of Periodical/ Volume. Pages. Place of Publication. Publisher.



Journal or Magazine Article
Wilcox, R. V. (1991). "Shifting roles and synthetic women in Star Trek: The Next Generation". Studies in Popular Culture, 13(2), 53-65.
Journal or Magazine Article
Dubeck, L. (1990). "Science fiction aids science teaching." Physics Teacher, 28, 316-318.
Newspaper Article
Di Rado, A. (1995, March 15). "Trekking through college: Classes explore modern society using the world of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times, p. A3.
Article from an Internet Database
Mershon, D. H. (1998, November-December). "Star Trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds." American Scientist, 86, 585. Retrieved July 29, 1999, from Expanded Academic ASAP database.
Book
Okuda, M., & Okuda, D. (1993). Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future. New York: Book Pocket Books
Article or Chapter
James, N. E. (1988). "Two sides of paradise: The Eden myth according to Kirk and Spock." In D. Palumbo (Ed.), Spectrum of the fantastic (pp. 219-223). Westport, CT: Greenwood.
Encyclopedia Article
Sturgeon, T. (1995). Science fiction. In The encyclopedia Americana (Vol. 24, pp. 390-392). Danbury, CT: Grolier.
Website
Lynch, T. (1996). DS9 trials and tribble-ations review. Retrieved October 8, 2008, from Psi Phi: Bradley's Science Fiction Club Web site: http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/ 503r.html

Notes

  • Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author, interfiling books, articles, etc.

  • Use only the initials of the authors' first (and middle) names.

  • If no author is given, start with the title and then the date.

  • If you are using a typewriter that cannot produce italics, then use underlining instead.

  • Magazine articles: include the month (and day) as shown under Newspapers.

  • Websites: if the date the page was created is not given, use (n.d.).

    adapted from: http://essayinfo.com/citations/index.php

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Paragraph structure

Watch the following video. Remember the structure of paragraphs we discussed in class. Try to keep your paragraphs well organized.




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