Mari Tiirik, i-2 Oscar Wilde "The Picture of Dorian Gray" Basil Hallward is a taciturn and solitary artist, who finds his perfect motif in a young boy called Dorian Gray, who is the model for his oil painted masterpiece. Due to the fact that Dorian is very handsome, actually even heavenly beautiful young man, a friend of Basil, a cynical aristocrat Lord Henry Wotton (Harry) finds great intrest in Dorian. Lord Henry Wotton wants to buy the picture, and moreover, he wants to meet the boy in the picture himself. Unfortunately, Dorian is an innocent and a pure child, this is why Hallward doesn't find the idea of these two men meeting, because he is afraid that Dorian won't find his relationship with Basil intesting and exciting anymore. Basil fell in love with Dorian while painting his picture. Basil also treated him good, kept his self- esteem and spirit up by saying all the great things about him, of how good he looks and how much ...
Literature of the 14th century The highpoint of medieval literature, the best writer of late medieval lived then. William Langland 1332-1376 the last important poet of alliterative verse. His masterpiece "The Vision of Piers Ploughman" how important working hard is, the labour of peasants is the base of the welfare of the people. A passionate protest against social injustice. A time when peasants were slowly rising against their feudal lords. Descriptions of different social classes. Religious mysticism. Two great principles: 1) all men are equal before God; 2) honest labour is dignified. It is a dream allegory. A young maiden named Youth, Greed is an old witch. The greatest writer of this period and the whole of medieval times Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?-1400): · The father of English poetry · The creator of English versification · The first poet to use various metres · Laid the foundation of the new literary English ...
History of English literature Periods: 1. Anglo-saxon or early literature (499 - 1066) 2. Second or Norman or late Medieval period (1066 - 13/14 century) 3. Renaissance or Modern period (13-14 century present) Anglo-Saxon period · All of the literature had its roots in folklore · Texts were orally transmitted, the anglosaxons had no written language · Two types of singers: 1) scop (attached to the royal court, wrote poetry and songs, performed them); 2) gleeman (travelled, mostly sang other peoples' songs, not their own songs; performers of scop songs) · The oldest known song Widsith (The Far Traveller/Wonderer); tells of a gleeman who travels in Europe, of his love of noble deeds, speaks of the shortness of life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widsith · The other known song Deor's Lament. Can be called the first English lyrics, about 40 lines. Talks about a scop who is not happy w...
Mis on kirjandusteadus? Filoloogia haru, mis uurib sõnakunsti, otsib seaduspärasusi ning püüab olla objektiivne, selgitab mingeid nähtusi, omab terminoloogiat; kirjandusteaduses kasutatakse keelt teatud viisil ja termineid teatud tähenduses; Humanitaarteadustes tõestatatakse uurimisel oma tulemusi teisiti kui nt loodusteadustes. Samuti on küsitav tulemuste kontrollitavus. Kirjandusuurimus on loomu poolest osalt kauduurimus, neid nähtusi, mida uurimus tõeliselt puudutab, ei saa enamasti vahetult kontrollida ega mõõta. Mis on kirjandus? üks võimalus kirjandust määratleda on lähtuda eristusest fiktsionaalne (kirjandus) mittefiktsionaalne (muu), ent paraku ei ole kirjanduse defineerimine nii hõlbus. Kitsas kirjanduse mõiste "ilukirjandus" mõiste seotud väärtushinnangutega, kirjandusele omistatud kõrgema staatusega ühiskonnas; Mida peetakse kirjanduseks, sõltub kontekstist, mida antud kogukonnas peetakse kirjanduseks Laiem kirjanduse mõ...
1.Lexicology as a science L. studies the voc of lg as a system. Word-learning, lexis-logos. The task of L is to establish the general features of modern Engl voc. Theoretical L. gives a complete picture of voc. Practical value lies in using and appretiating the lg more conciously. There is diachronic (historical) L that studies origin and development; syncronic studies voc at a given historical period. There are general L (studies words disregarding particular features of any particular lg); special L (studies specific features of a separate lg, there is Engl that bases on general L); contrastive (compares vocabularys in different languages). 2. Connection of L with other linguistic disciplines a) the word performes a certain grammatical function (nt, he always misses the class, how many misses are there; the girl powders her nose, soliders face powder)In speech words are combined according to grammatical rules. The plural of nouns m...
10 fakti W. Shakespeare´i elu kohta ja 10 teost Faktid: 1) William sündis 1564. aastal Stratford-upon-Avonis, Inglismaa Tudori perioodil. Ta oli üks kaheksast lapsest, kes sündis John Shakespeare'ile, hästitehtud kinnaste tegija ja nahktöötleja, ning tema naine Mary Arden, rikka perekonna pärija. 2) Ta kirjutas 38 näidendit ja 154 sonetti. 3) Üldiselt on Shakespeare kirjutanud kolme tüüpi mängud: tragöödia, komöödia ja ajalugu. 4) Shakespeare'i peetakse maailma suurimaks näitekirjanikuks. 5) Shakespeare on tõenäoliselt saanud klassikalise Ladina hariduse Stratfordi King's New School'is. 6) Ta abiellus Anne Hathaway'iga, kui ta oli ainult 18. 7) Shakespeare näitles paljudes enda kirjutatud näitemängudes. 8) Kunagi ei osanud Shakespear oma nime õigesti kirjutada, sageli kirjutas oma nime "Willm Shakp'ina". 9) Shakespeare oli kõige tsiteerituim autor Samuel Johnsoni varajases "In...
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