Correction oral gr. B

 Remarques générales

- La construction, c'est à dire l'organisation des idées, est essentielle, il faut la signaler, l'expliciter, la rendre visible. Ne pas hésiter à abuser du vocabulaire type (firstly, subsequently, it follows that, then, eventually, etc.). De même, bien insister sur votre annonce de plan, sur votre problématique/question, et votre conclusion.

- Si c'est trop court, quelques pistes :

- citez davantage vos documents.

- développez plus certaines de vos idées qui vous paraissent évidentes (this story is dark). 

- évoquez d'autres sources, convoquez vos connaissances (the Sublime, Romanticism, the Apollonian / Dionysian binary, the Gothic tropes, etc...)

- parlez plus lentement, soignez votre débit et votre prononciation.

- si ce n'est déjà le cas, intégrez une troisième partie.

- Pour les documents personnels de votre dossier personnel, privilégiez à tout prix les textes anglophones. C'est essentiel. Pour les documents d'art visuel, c'est un plus.

Idées :

- Perversity : the Imp of the Perverse. Perversity is like the devil on the left shoulders of cartoon characters = a fancy, a thought that is of foreign origin (d'origine étrangère) and that temps the character into his own demise (sa propre destruction).

- Cruelty. Les Contes Cruels, Cruelty is seen as a literary feature. Sometimes, evil is considered as beautiful, fascinating. Paradoxical : 

Ugly as sin. BUT in J. Milton, the devil is magnificent. Romantic writers often followed Milton's tradition.

- Artists as crazy people. Should artists be crazy to make great art? For Romantics, the artist is an intermediate between men and God / Nature / Creation. The artist is also someone that risks living out of civil society. The artist as a fool = the artist must suffer to create beautiful / Madness as a new, more powerful sense that allows incredible art creation / Antonin Artaud, psychedelics, Tomothy Leary. Cursed Artists

INTERVIEW PREP

 

1. What's your favourite document ?

2. Could you define the Gothic genre ?

bien maîtriser les concepts que vous évoquez.

3. Can you think of a poem / a movie / a novel that deals with the idea of [insérer ici une des idées que vous avez développée, par exemple, perversity]

prévoyez une réponse y compris pour les choses que vous n'avez pas pu faire.

4. What's your plan for next year ?

 

Julie :  Is there a relation between Poe's life and his work ?

Daphnée : How did you choose your documents ?

 

Axel : how is your image Gothic ?

Laurine : Why is the eye of the vulture essential ? 

 

Kelcy : Do Poe's characters have a choice ?

Marzougui : Isn't Attack on Titans too violent ?

Alexis : Why is Attack on Titans so popular ?

Raïssa : What is the scariest thing in the short story ?

 

 

QUESTIONS préparation de l'entretien

1. What is your favourite document ?

My favourite document is X, it's my document, I like it because I like the artist.

Ici, il s'agit de profiter d'une question facile pour aborder des points qu'on a pas eu le temps de traiter pendant l'exposé.

In my file, my favourite document is X because XXX. BUT I really hesitated with another one that I positively LOVE. It's X (et vous déroulez). 

2. Is there a relation between Poe's life and his work ?

Ici, la réponse attendue tourne autour de vos connaissances à propos de l'auteur, et de son oeuvre en général.

Having married is 13 year old cousin and lost all the important women in his life, Poe certainly had a certain vision for female characters in his work. He wrote that the "most poetic topic is a young woman, dying." On the other hand, his idea of the perverse doesn't seem to be linked / correlated to his life. 

3. How did you choose your document ?

 First X  / as regards to my question... movie... upset... N. Bates as the perfect guy... HPL : moreover ...

WHAT IF...

• the question you prepared doesn't show up ?

Try and pay attention to questions that could be related. Example : you have a nifty answer for What's your fav. document. But the questions all revolve around the notion of Romanticism. You can try to start with a proper answer, and then, as-a-matter-of-factly, mention that document you really love.

• you're asked an off-topic question ?

Take your time to collect your thoughts, and to give an appropriate question. You can also try and go back to a topic you master. Don't hesitate to talk about elements you learnt about in other classes.

finally, you should take a look at books about general knowledge before the oral. 

Précis de Culture Générale, Ellipses, Collet Francis

• you don't understand the question ?

Don't hesitate to ask for clarifications. You should understand the question perfectly clearly. Rephrase the question to check your understanding.

• you simply don't know the answer ?

Just say it.