LELE - Terminale L - Anglais - Problématiques

Topic outline

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  Littérature anglaise en classe de Terminale L

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  Breakfast at Tiffany's, by Truman Capote

  Travel, initiation stories, exile
  Voyage, parcours initiatique, exil

  • To what extent does this novella (short novel) emphasize that wandering [l'errance] is about:

    • a statement against conventions,
    • a chosen way of life,
    • an answer to personal anguish.

  • Document(s) portant sur la réception

  • 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' with Holly Golightly URL
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  The Zoo Story, Edward Albee

  Meeting the Other, Love and Friendship
  La rencontre avec l'autre, l'amour, l'amitié
  

  • To what extent does absurdist drama make Jerry's predicament, which is representative of today's loneliness and isolation in society, more forceful?

    Interpreting Chinese-box-effects and mise en abîme:

    • The feeling of imprisonment,
    • OR the freedom of Jerry as an unconventional character in fiction.
  • Document(s) portant sur la réception

  • Playwright Edward Albee, Who Changed And Challenged Audiences, Dies At 88 URL
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  The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger

  The writer's 'I' and the eye of the writer
  Jeu de l'écrivain et jeu de l'écriture

  • The voice and point of view of a prototypical teenager, as the hero-narrator of a text.

    • To what extent can we identify with a hero-narrator who is having a nervous breakdown, and whose perceptions are impaired?
    • To what extent is Holden Caulfield so iconic as a teenager?

  • Document(s) portant sur la réception

  • Archetypes, Stereotypes, and the Imitation of Life URL
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  Satire

  The writer/artist in his/her time
  L'écrivain dans son siècle
  

  • To what extent does satire and its common stylistic devices make the message it conveys more forceful?

  • The Great Dictator - final speech Page
  • Mapple Store - The Simpsons Page
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  Detection novels - Mystery novels

  Characters: from evolution to metamorphosis
  Le Personnage, ses figures et ses avatars

  • • To what extent are characters always flat in detective novels?
    • To what extent is the reader captivated by or involved in the story and its characters, if characters are so flat?
  • A study in scarlet - the crime scene Page

    Source: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/244/244-h/244-h.htm

  • A study in pink - BBC adatpation - script File PDF document

    source: http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/scripts/Sherlock-A-Study-in-Pink-final-shooting-script.pdf

  • Document(s) portant sur la réception

  • The enduring popularity of Sherlock Holmes File

    Source: edited from a document found on NPR.

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  The Gothic

  The World of make-believe - Imagination - Imaginary Worlds
  L'imaginaire

  • • Given the characterestics of gothic fiction, how is it that we are fascinated?
    • Why do we distance ourselves from horror in gothic fiction?
    • How does "delightful horror" operate on the reader?
  • Document(s) portant sur la réception

  • Elements of the Gothic Novel URL