emmattt Posté(e) le 14 mai 2016 Signaler Share Posté(e) le 14 mai 2016 Bonjour, voici ma notion de littérature anglaise sur "Le 'je' et le 'jeu' de l'écrivain". Quelqu'un pourrait-il m'aider à corriger mes fautes et m'indiquer si mes propos semblent pertinents ? Merci beaucoup d'avance ! THE “I” AND THE “EYE” OF THE WRITER Intro : My presentation will deal with the theme The « I » and the « I » of the writer. This theme includes several genres of writing such as the autobiography or the diary and allow the readers to understand better the writers. We may wonder : How can the writers reveal autobiographical elements thanks to their works ? To answer this question I have chosen to talk about an extract from More tales of the city by Armistead Maupin, an extract from Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding and the preface of Boy by Roald Dahl which is my personal document. Development : The first document I have chosen is a text named Letter to Mama taken from the novel More tales of the city written by Armistead Maupin in 1980. This book doesn't totally tells the own story of Maupin but there are several elements from his own live. Maupin said : “I have always been all the characters one way or another.” which proved that he is personally involved in his fictional stories. Indeed in this extract Letter to Mama we can notice several autobiographical elements. Firstly, as Armistead Maupin, Michael the narrator is gay and discovered his parent's involvement in an anti-gay group. To feel better, Michael tells them the truth because it was necessary for him to do his coming out. We can imagine that one day, as Michael, Maupin also had to tell his homosexuality to his parents. Moreover, Armistead Maupin and Michael the narrator of the story leaved the East Coast of the USA to live in San Francisco a city which don't pay attention to Michael's sexual preference. In this extract Maupin uses his characters to convey messages about “tolerance”, “self-acceptance” or “the virtue of exile”. I will now move on to my second document which is an extract from the Bridget Jones's diary by Helen Fielding. The novel published in 1996 tells the story of a single thirty something woman who lives in London and works in publishing company. Bridget tells her everyday life in her diary. The extract mixes typical elements of a diary and conversation between characters. In this extract Bridget's mother wants Bridget go to a party so as she could meet Mr Darcy : a rich and successful lawyer. The mother of Bridget wants to rule her life. She wants Bridget to marry Mr Darcy. This extract is a diary so it reveals Bridget's point of view. But this extract also reveals the point of view of the writer. Indeed Helen Fielding describes a world that she knows well. It's not a true story but it's probably base on actual experiences. To bounce back on these two extracts with autobiographical elements I can now talk about another type of work : the autobiography. In Boy: Tales of Childhood written by Roald Dahl in 1984, the writer tells the story of his own early days, from his birth in Wales to his years at boarding school in England. But Roald Dahl said in the preface of his book that it is not a normal autobiography because according to him an autobiography “is usually full of all sorts of boring details” whereas according to him it is not the case of his book. Conclusion: To sum up, I think these 3 extracts reveal autobiographical elements about their writer in different ways. In the extracts from More tales of the city and Bridget Jones's diary, the authors reveal autobiographical elements thanks to their characters. Whereas, Roald Dahl probably reveals his own life in a more direct way because he wrote his own autobiography and didn't relate the life of a fictional character. Lien vers le commentaire Partager sur d’autres sites More sharing options...
E-Bahut Jean B Posté(e) le 14 mai 2016 E-Bahut Signaler Share Posté(e) le 14 mai 2016 Bonjour, il y a une heure, emmattt a dit : Bonjour, voici ma notion de littérature anglaise sur "Le 'je' et le 'jeu' de l'écrivain". Quelqu'un pourrait-il m'aider à corriger mes fautes et m'indiquer si mes propos semblent pertinents ? Merci beaucoup d'avance ! THE “I” AND THE “EYE” OF THE WRITER Intro : My presentation will deal with the theme The « I » and the « I » of the writer. ??? This theme includes several genres of writing such as the autobiography or the diary and allows the readers to understand better the writers. We may wonder : How can the writers reveal autobiographical elements thanks to their works? To answer this question I have chosen to talk about an extract from More tales of the city by Armistead Maupin, an extract from Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding and the preface of Boy by Roald Dahl which is my personal document. Development : The first document I have chosen is a text named Letter to Mama taken from the novel More tales of the city written by Armistead Maupin in 1980. This book doesn't totally tells the own story of Maupin but there are several elements from his own live life.<Tu avais pris un somnifère quand tu as écrit ce dernier mot ainsi que l'horreur précédente ? Maupin said : “I have always been all the characters one way or another.”, which proved that he is personally involved in his fictional stories. Indeed in this extract Letter to Mama we can notice several autobiographical elements. Firstly, as Armistead Maupin, Michael the narrator is gay and discovered his parents' involvement in an anti-gay group. To feel better, Michael tells them the truth because it was necessary for him to do his coming out. We can imagine that one day, as Michael, Maupin also had to tell his homosexuality to his parents. Moreover, Armistead Maupin and Michael the narrator of the story leaved left the east coast of the USA to live in San Francisco, a city which doesn't pay attention to Michael's sexual preference.<Tous les verbes irréguliers sont à connaître par coeur sans la moindre erreur et le B.A.- BA de la grammaire est à revoir de toute urgence. In this extract Maupin uses his characters to convey messages about “tolerance”, “self-acceptance” or “the virtue of exile”. I will now move on to my second document which is an extract from the Bridget Jones's diary by Helen Fielding. The novel published in 1996 tells the story of a single thirty something woman in her thirties who lives in London and works in a publishing company. Bridget tells her everyday life in her diary. The extract mixes typical elements of a diary and conversation between characters. In this extract Bridget's mother wants Bridget go to a party so as she could meet Mr Darcy, a rich and successful lawyer. The mother of Bridget wants to rule her life. She wants Bridget to marry Mr Darcy. This extract is a diary so it reveals Bridget's point of view. But this extract also reveals the point of view of the writer. Indeed Helen Fielding describes a world that she knows well. It's not a true story but it's probably based on actual experiences. To bounce back on these two extracts with autobiographical elements I can now talk about another type of work: the autobiography. In Boy: Tales of Childhood written by Roald Dahl in 1984, the writer tells the story of his own early days, from his birth in Wales to his years at boarding school in England. But Roald Dahl said in the preface of his book that it is not a normal autobiography because according to him an autobiography “is usually full of all sorts of boring details” whereas according to him it is not the case of his book. Conclusion: To sum up, I think these 3 extracts reveal autobiographical elements about their writers in different various ways. In the extracts from More tales of the city and Bridget Jones's diary, the authors reveal autobiographical elements thanks to their characters. Whereas, Roald Dahl probably reveals his own life in a more direct way because he wrote his own autobiography and didn't relate the life of a fictional character. Quelles que soient les raisons réelles ou supposées de ces fautes, elles ne doivent pas t'empêcher de procéder toujours à une relecture attentive. Si certaines, à l'extrême rigueur, pourraient passer inaperçues à l'oral, par contre elles ne pardonneront pas à l'écrit. Lien vers le commentaire Partager sur d’autres sites More sharing options...
emmattt Posté(e) le 15 mai 2016 Auteur Signaler Share Posté(e) le 15 mai 2016 Merci beaucoup pour votre correction ! Lien vers le commentaire Partager sur d’autres sites More sharing options...
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