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Related: literature11 Lessons That 'Jane Eyre' Can Teach Every 21st Century Woman About How To Live Well Charlotte Brontë's "Jane Eyre" was published on this day in 1847. While I'm a very big fan of most Victorian literature, "Jane Eyre" made an impression on me that other novels formerly hadn't. "Jane Eyre" is not just a gothic romance novel. It's a bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story. 20 Poets on the Meaning of Poetry We’ve been thinking about poet Meena Alexander’s incredible address to the Yale Political Union, in which she refers to Shelley’s 1821 essay, A Defence of Poetry. The English poet’s work famously stated, “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” Alexander concludes: “The poem is an invention that exists in spite of history… In a time of violence, the task of poetry is in some way to reconcile us to our world and to allow us a measure of tenderness and grace with which to exist… Poetry’s task is to reconcile us to the world — not to accept it at face value or to assent to things that are wrong, but to reconcile one in a larger sense, to return us in love, the province of the imagination, to the scope of our mortal lives.” Other poets have attempted to interpret “what is deeply felt and is essentially unsayable.”
Agrégation d'Anglais, Capes d'Anglais, AgreGang Discussion - Overview Why not share your thoughts, ideas, notes, links and useful information with other teachers and students preparing the French competitive examinations (concours): Agrégation interne, externe, CAPES d'anglais and PLP2 lettres-anglais? Subscribe to AgreGang We are currently a group of over 500 souls who communicate regularly via e-mail and give each other a bit of moral support when required. Below you will find the who what why and how AgreGang charter which doubles as a mini FAQ. What’s Wrong With MOOCs, and Why Aren’t They Changing the Game in Education? Image: courosa/Flickr As technology advances, we have more access to information. One technology, Massive Open Online Courses (better known as MOOCs) is beginning to change the way we look at education. These online courses are free and filled with information on just about anything you want to learn — from project management skills to learning a new language. And because MOOCs are free, access is open to anyone with a computer. Just as learners have open access to MOOCs, instructors from schools and universities to a variety of education providers, and practically anyone with a skill to share can host a MOOC.
BookPage Celebrating Dickens at 200 Well Read Column by Robert Weibezahl > Arts & Culture / Literature ENT Gallery: Bringing Text to Life King Philip Regional School District Bringing Text to Life OVERVIEW The title of this unit "Bringing Text to Life" reminds us that understanding and communicating a literary text is a creative process. "Bringing text to life" emphasizes the distinction between speaking and communicating , between reading and reading for meaning, and between writing and writing for discovery. Poetry Editor & Poetry: 10 Ways to Read a Poem 1. Get comfy and enjoy your first reading. Relax into the experience without trying to analyze anything. NATE We know there's a lot of information to take in while learning about NATE. That's why we've made it easier for you to quickly access just the information you need – whenever you need it. Training Resources help you choose the right course, find training locations and learn about continuing education. NATE Study Materials help you get ready for test day. HVACR Resources give you quick access to trade publications and news and events that affect your profession. NATE Forms and Documents provide all official applications and handbooks to take or administer testing and training, including information on Veteran’s Assistance and Americans With Disabilities, as well as the NATE Logo request form.
The Obsessively Detailed Map of American Literature's Most Epic Road Trips The above map is the result of a painstaking and admittedly quixotic effort to catalog the country as it has been described in the American road-tripping literature. It includes every place-name reference in 12 books about cross-country travel, from Mark Twain’s Roughing It (1872) to Cheryl Strayed’s Wild (2012), and maps the authors’ routes on top of one another. You can track an individual writer’s descriptions of the landscape as they traveled across it, or you can zoom in to see how different authors have written about the same place at different times.