Faculty of Letters Department of English THE NORMAN CONQUEST AND THE FRENCH INFLUENCE ON MIDDLE ENGLISH SENTENCE OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION General aspects about the origin of the English language Brief presentation of the Norman Conquest II. ENGLISH‚ FRENCH‚ LATIN - THREE LANGUAGES IN USE Aspects of the social and political transformations occured after the Conquest The roles of each on the three languages in the society of the time III. FRENCH INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH SPELLING AND PRONOUNCIATION
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The ‘Gothic’ elements in Frankenstein One of the first novels to be recognized as a Gothic novel was Horace Walpole ’s Castle of Otranto (1765). This text as well as others such as Matthew Lewis’ The Monk (1796) was seen as being linked with what were traditionally considered Gothic traits: the emphasis on fear and terror‚ the presence of the supernatural‚ the placement of events within a distant time and unfamiliar setting‚ and the use of highly stereotyped characters/villains/fallen hero/ tragic
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Outlining The Castle of Otranto Prompt: Taking The Castle of Otranto as your example‚ outline the main conventions of the Gothic novel‚ and show how your knowledge of these conventions affects your reading of Northanger Abbey. Is Northanger Abbey most accurately described as parody of the Gothic genre‚ or is there a more complicated relationship going on? Answer: Gothic novels purport to revive old stories and beliefs‚ exploring personal and psychical encounters with the taboo (Williams‚ 2000)
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ARCHITECTURE IN MELBOURNE: THE JOURNEY TO MODERNITY The interwar period 1919- 1939 showed some major evolution in the world of architecture within Australia. The influences such as world war one and great depression triggered the need for a new mindset as a way of demonstrating regeneration and positive growth. One side of this was the journey of modernisation which allowed for new trends and styles to be created that no longer payed such homage to the past and tradition‚ but rather moved forward
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Collin Black Gothic Literature Gothic literature has a very distinct style of literature comprising of 10 key elements. Gothic literature has 10 key elements which include setting‚ environment‚ atmosphere‚ protagonists‚ emotions‚ damsels in distress‚ foreboding‚ supernatural‚ decay‚ and drama. Every piece of gothic literature contains all of a majority of these elements. Nathanial Hawthorne’s short stories‚ Dr.Heidegger’s Experiment‚ The Black Veil‚ and Birthmark‚ contain many of these elements
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101 Section 11308 11 December 2012 French‚ often considered the “language of love”‚ began when the Roman Empire was at its peak – in the year 51 B.C. Though English -Germanic in origin‚ a French ethnic group called the Normans have the position of Duke of Normandy and the English Royal Crown (British). Since the French have ruled England for so long‚ it is inevitable that the two languages should mix (Yeager). While French and English seem different‚ they are similar in several
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To what extent do you agree that obsession is a significant element in the gothic writing you have studied? The word obsession means the domination of one’s thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea‚ image or desire. With this in mind‚ both Faustus and Frankenstein show symptoms of monomania in relation to academic obsession. Similarly‚ in ‘The Bloody Chamber’ the characters that experience obsession are also male‚ however they are driven by a different obsession: sexual desire. In the prologue
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The Gothic Style spread rapidly among other countries‚ and Spain‚ was not an exception. During the Romanesque period‚ Spanish artists adopted the French style of building and decorating in order to differ and stand out from the Muslims‚ with whom they shared the Iberian peninsula. During the thirteenth century‚ the identification of French style with Christian conquest encouraged the appearance of the Gothic style in Spain. The Cathedral of Santa Maria in León‚ also known as León Cathedral‚ was
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became more severe‚ in which the person develops a lack of self-control with major inflictions and regrets. A clash between good and evil‚ hero and tyrant is a basic foundation to gothic literature where Robert Louis Stevenson brought the internal battle in the gothic story‚ The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Gothic setting are critical to any story. Stevenson begins with making a dark‚ supernatural tone of the setting of the story. The vivid detail of doubling symbolisms slashes through the
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things that are excessive and extreme. Transgression: To cross lines or break boundaries. Often it deals with people breaking rules or laws. Vampires transgress the boundaries of life and death. Werewolves trangress from man to animal. A lot of gothic literature deals with struggers between binaires. ( when thins can be divided in 2) Civilization vs. Wilderness. Virture vs vice. Light vs darkness. Good vs evil. Order vs chacs. West vs east. Life vs death. Science vs magic. Man vs animal. Known
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