Accueil — Anglais

La clé des langues anglais

Aestheticism and Morality in Oscar Wilde’s « The Picture of Dorian Gray» (1890)

Par Louise Bailly

Known for his witty aphorisms, fanciful style and extravagant way of life, Oscar Wilde was not only a dandy ((par excellence)) but also a major figure of nineteenth-century literature. In ((The Picture of Dorian Gray)), he expresses his belief that art should be dissociated from moral considerations and creates an anti-hero at odds with traditional protagonists whose virtuous behaviours were meant to be exemplary models.

Lire l'article

La clé des langues anglais

Mary Cassatt, a modern approach to the painting of domestic life

Par Louise Bailly

Mary Cassatt was a major figure of transatlantic artistic exchanges, the only American who exhibited her paintings alongside the Impressionists in Paris. A strong independent woman and a truly talented artist, Cassatt thought that “Women should be someone and not something.” Although she was considered one of the greatest painters of her time in America and spent sixty years of her life in France, she was long forgotten there after she died.

Lire l'article

La clé des langues anglais

"Language is a movement between scattered forms": Interview with Amitava Kumar

Par Amitava Kumar, Natacha Lasorak

Amitava Kumar is an Indian writer and journalist who teaches literature at Vassar College. In this interview, he talks about his collection of essays ((Away: The Indian Writer as an Expatriate)) (2004) and his novel ((Immigrant, Montana)) (2017), and focuses on the notion of "home", immigration, the caste system and the political situation in India.

Lire l'article

Dernières publications Plus ...: Mobility and Immobility in Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn: Migration as a Static Initiatory Journey Par Coline Pavia
Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn centres on Eilis Lacey’s migration from Ireland to Brooklyn. The protagonist’s spatial mobility is accompanied by an identity change, as her self evolves when she settles in New York. Although she embarks on an initiatory journey through migration, Eilis faces (...); Question d'actualité - Racisme structurel aux Etats-Unis
Cette page propose une série de ressources afin de traiter en classe des manifestations au lendemain de la mort de George Floyd, du mouvement Black Lives Matter et du racisme institutionnel aux Etats-Unis.; La disparition des bisons des Grandes Plaines nord-américaines Par Frédéric Moreau
Ce texte est la traduction du chapitre "The Vanishing New World", tiré de l'ouvrage Beyond Geography: The Western Spirit against the Wilderness de Frederick Turner. Dans cet extrait, l'auteur évoque le rapport des colons au bison, animal emblématique réduit à un trophée de chasse ou (...); The transcendentalist approach to wilderness in US culture Par Jean-Daniel Collomb
This presentation tackles the significance and legacy of the Transcendentalist understanding of wilderness in US culture. It begins with a brief overview of the largely hostile attitudes toward wilderness that pre-dated Transcendentalism. Then it introduces and analyses the ways in which two (...); “Television is more suited to tell women’s stories”: A conversation with Frances McDormand
Frances McDormand, an American actress and producer, was invited to the Festival Lumière in Lyon in 2019. She gave a Masterclass in which she talked about being an actress in Hollywood, gender representation and the inclusion rider.; War, Catharsis, Peace: Ancient Greek Visions and 21st Century Violence Par Christine Froula
This presentation brings together an American play and an American film inspired by Greek plays: Aeschylus’s Suppliants and Aristophanes’s Lysistrata. Charles Mee’s gripping drama Big Love (2000) animates the plot of The Suppliants to explore the violence of the American (...)