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Here are the excerpts from the short story that we've just chosen :   pp. 90-91 ("During the whole of a dull..." / "...eye-like windows.") pp. 94-95 ("Upon my entrance..." / "...simple humanity.") pp. 96-97 ("He admitted..." / "...be seen by me no more.") pp. 97-98 ("I shall ever bear..." / "...inappropriate splendour.") pp. 102-103 ("At the request of Usher..." / "...upper portion of the house.") pp. 108-109 ("As if in the superhuman..." / "...the House of Usher.") HOMEWORK : for Friday Feb. 9th 1. Read The Tell-Tale Heart , from page 228 (beginning) to 230 ("...stimulates the soldier into courage.") 2. Write down what's different and similar as compared to The Fall of the House of Usher . 3. Draw an illustration of what you read and understood.

 passager : le narrateur parle du tableau sur le tunnel / caveau pp. 90-91 "During the whole..." "...eye-like windows." pp. 91-92 : "Although as boys..." "...both the family and the family mansion." pp.92-93 : "I have said that..." "... in the sullen waters of the tarn." pp. 93-94 : "Noticing these things..." "...and pervaded all." pp. 98 : "One of the phantasmagorical..." "...his lofty reason upon her throne." pp.108-109 : "As if in the superhuman..." "...HOUSE OF USHER."    HOMEWORK : - Read from p.228 to p. 230 ("...stimulates the soldier into courage." - what's different/what's similar as compared with The Fall of the House of Usher ? (2-3 lines) - draw an illustration about what you've just read.            

  Today we finished studying the Fall of the House of Usher. We talked about the imaginary book that the narrator read to Roderick to calm him down, the Mad Trist.  This story within the story (like a Matrioshka) is set in the Middle Ages, reinforcing the Gothic element of the short story. Coincidently, the Mad Trist parallels what happens in the "real plot" : the storm outside is replicated in the adventures of Ethelred, and the noises of the dragon mimics the sound of Madeline getting out of her vault. Some words hinted at the Gothic nature of the end : oppressed terror In the end, Madeline falls on her brother and kills him. Dying this way means they're finally together in death (the double is reunited, Roderick is no longer alone). Likewise, the end is the triumph of the Dyonisian side, culminating in a storm, by night, in death and fright and destruction and chaos. The two Houses fall. The narrator escaped the "intricate labyrinth" of the hou...

Northanger Abbey, Jane Austen, 1803 Summary  This story is about a woman who wants to see an Abbey. When she comes to it, there's no alarm. Just after that, the rain makes her come to the Abbey. It's also a parody. Gothic elements Gothic windows, scenes of horror, Awful foreboding of misery to herself   The Mysteries of Udolpho , Ann Radcliffe , 1794 Summary this is a story about a Emily. she tells us her feelings about a castle. Gothic elements  Gothic greatness, melancholy awe, silent, lonely and sublime, ancient and dreary.  p.105, "the antique volume..." -> The narrator is reading a book about someone called Lancelot to Roderick, and he describes us what is in the book. The 1st paragraph presents the Mad Trist, one of Usher's favourite books, and the narrator is going to read it . § n°2 : the narrator sums up the passage he's just reading. § n°3 : it's a passage from the book ; the hero Ethelred breaks stuff with his mace. § n°4 : the narrator read...

   Homework : 1. read your short text 2. sum it up in 2 short sentences 3. Give out 3 elements belonging to the Gothic genre example : The Castle of Otranto Summary : The excerpt evokes a female character who tries to escape a villain called Manfred. To do that, she goes through an underground passageway, filled with horrible noises. Gothic elements : "subterraneous," "intricate," "labyrinth of darkness"    Today we finished studying the Fall of the House of Usher. We talked about the imaginary book that the narrator read to Roderick to calm him down, the Mad Trist.  This story within the story (like a Matrioshka) is set in the Middle Ages, reinforcing the Gothic element of the short story. Coincidently, the Mad Trist parallels what happens in the "real plot" : the storm outside is replicated in the adventures of Ethelred, and the noises of the dragon mimics the sound of Madeline getting out of her vault. Some words hinted at the Gothi...