Agrégation Rouen - recording of classes : the BBC in the 1920s

 You will find  here the MP3 recording of this week's live class, in which I presented something of a chronology of the BBC in the 1920s. Note that next week's live class will be on Tuesday at 5pm.

The Mp3 recording is here

The slides we saw are here

Valérie Giscard d'Estaing... et la BBC

Selon Le Nouvel Observateur:

« La télévision est le premier pouvoir en France, et non le quatrième ». Cette phrase, attribuée à Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, illustre admirablement son septennat (1974-1981).

« La télévision est le premier pouvoir en France, et non le quatrième ». Cette phrase, attribuée à Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, illustre admirablement son septennat (1974-1981).

• « La télévision est le premier pouvoir en France, et non le quatrième ». Cette phrase, attribuée à Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, illustre admirablement son septennat (1974-1981).

just for fun

 An old song about a gnu.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPgo6s1lBbw

The Gnu Song

Flanders and Swann

A year ago last thursday, I was strolling in the zoo
When I met a man who thought he knew the lot
He was laying down the law about the habbits of baboons
And the number of quills a porcupine has got
So I asked him "What's that creature's name?" and he answered "That's a helk!"
And I'd have gone on thinking that was true
If the animal in question hadn't put that chap to shame,
And remarked?"I ain't a helk? I'm a gnu!
I'm a gnu? I'm a gnu
The g-nicest work of g-nature in the zoo
I'm a gnu? how do you do?
You really oughtta g-know w-who's w-who
I'm a gnu? spelt G - N - U
I'm not a camel or a kangaroo
So let me introduce, I'm neither man nor moose
Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu!"

I had taken furnished lodgings down at Rustington-on-sea
Whence I travelled on to Aston-under-lyne
On the second night I stayed there I was wakened from a dream
Which I'll tell you all about some other time
Among the hunting trophies on the wall above my bed
Stuffed and mounted was a face I thought I knew
A bison? An oakpi? Could it be a hearty beast?
Then I seem to hear a voice?"I'm a gnu!

I'm a gnu? a-g-nother gnu
I wish I could g-nash my teeth at you
I'm a gnu? how do you do?
You really oughtta g-know w-who's w-who
I'm a gnu? spelt G - N - U
Call me bison or okapi and I'll sue
Nor am I in the least like that dreadful hearty beast
Oh, g-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu!
G-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu!
G-no, g-no, g-no, I'm a gnu!"

M1 MEEF week ten videos

This week you have one of my video chapters, on Caribbean immigration : you will find it here:

https://youtu.be/xKMRs_v1RGk

Here you will find a documentary about the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence (in 1993), and the enormous political changes which this murder eventually brought about in Britain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqrFWAaG45c

And here you will find an article I wrote in French about antiracist songs in Britain:

https://hal-normandie-univ.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01988466/document

Agrégation interne : thème oral

 Someone pointed out that there was nothing specific on the timetable to prepare for this part of the exam. I will therefore be adding a little of this to the compréhension orale classes for the agrégation interne (externe only people also of course welcome).

L3 Popular culture - videos from week ten

You will find here the last video chapter  on cinema: Number 17 in the whole series:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyLHnYky6j0

I look in particular at the work of directors such as Ken Loach, Stephen Frears and Gurinder Chadha.

You will find here the audio recording of the first live class on popular music.

You will find here the slides we saw.

And you will find here an article I wrote  about British popular music in the 1970s:

https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01966875/document

L3 11h30

BBC classes Paris XIII

 I have received a couple of pieces of work on "The BBC and objectivity" just for practice, and I will no doubt leave some comments here soon. The actual official mock exam (concours blanc) has another subject, which you will discover in due course.

Rouen : concours blanc agrégation

 

Bonjour à toutes et tous.

Le concours blanc est maintenu, les 10, 11, 12 et 14 décembre prochain. L’ordre des épreuves est conforme à celui du concours (avec la pause dominicale en plus). Les sujets seront déposés sur UniversiTICE* le matin-même avant 9h ou la veille au soir. Les copies seront à envoyer aux collègues concernés, tapées directement ou scannées si manuscrites (en format pdf et non image jpg). Une séance de correction du concours aura lieu le 20 janvier de 15h à 18h.

 

Ordre et nature des épreuves (concours interne surligné en jaune)

Jeudi 10 décembre 9h – 16h Dissertation  7h en français (anglais pour l’interne)**

Vendredi 11 déc 9h – 15h  commentaire en anglais

Samedi 12  9 – 15h Linguistique

Lundi 14  9h – 15h Traduction (thème, version) 6h externe / 9h – 14h, soient 5h pour l’interne, (thème, version et question de traductologie)

 

*Page de Laura Goudet, cours d’agrégation, pour l’épreuve de Linguistique

Page d’Anne-Laure Tissut, cours de version, pour les autres épreuves.

**Si la dissertation porte sur le programme de littérature, le commentaire porte sur celui de civilisation et inversement. 

*Agrégation anglais 2021 La BBC et le service public de l'audiovisuel. Post 45: Tension between the BBC and the government

 This documentary looks at three moments of tension : the General Strike of 1926, the Thatcher years, and the Iraq war when Tony Blair was Prime Minister.The first two are within our time period. It is only half an hour, and very clearly presented. It is rather critical of the BBC.

Battle for the BBC | The Listening Post - YouTube

These moments of tension are not so common. 

The documentary gave rise to a follow-up debate, including the views of some who think that the tensions between the BBC and ministers do not change the fact that the two generally defend the establishment. A number of proposals for changing the way the BBC is organized and financed are discussed.

https://youtu.be/74qcsksuqtU

Agrégation anglais 2021 Civilisation britannique La BBC et le service public de l'audiovisuel 1922-1995. Post 44 some more dates

 A third series of events

TV detector vans 1952

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/1/newsid_2521000/2521357.stm

 Anna Ford, 1978

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/13/newsid_4151000/4151459.stm

Breakfast TV 1980

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/28/newsid_2547000/2547031.stm

 

and in 1983

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/17/newsid_2530000/2530363.stm

 

The BBC AIDS campaign 1986

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/11/newsid_2546000/2546167.stm

 

History of the BBC 1922-1995. Video chapter 6, commissions of enquiry 2

 After the Second World War, regular commissions of enquiry worked on the future of BBC broadcasting, both radio and television. They were appointed by government, but had something of a bipartisan content. Their recommendations were very influential indeed.

https://youtu.be/7rV8WjmaKWY

Agrégation Rouen emploi du temps semestre 2

Comme vous le savez, afin de freiner le virus, les cours auront lieu en distanciel, comme on dit, jusqu’en février au moins. Voici l’emploi du temps du deuxième semestre. Il reste quelques heures à rajouter, et il y aura sans doute d’autres modifications mineures, mais vous trouverez toujours la version la plus à jour en cliquant ici: http://www.jcmullen.fr/1120edt2.pdf

Les cours en distanciel permettent parfois aux enseignants de modifier la date et l’horaire de leur cours. Tant que la plage horaire concernée n’est pas occupée par un autre cours, il n’y a pas de souci.

Agrégation anglais 2021 La BBC 1922 -1995. Post 43 The early days of the BBC

 Fascinating podcast on the BBC in its early days.

https://youtu.be/gqnNT4CabT0

Cours à distance:

 Vous aurez compris que les cours 100% à distance vont continuer au moins jusqu'en février. Je sais que c'est souvent pénible et très compliqué. Je suis pourtant convaincu que, au niveau actuel de 571 morts par jour en France et 10 000 par jour dans le monde, que c'est mieux ainsi. Il ne s'agit pas seulement de vous protéger, mais surtout de protéger le voisin de la mère de la colocataire de votre camarade de classe. C'ets comme cela que marche les vaccins. Il faut être patient - il y aura de bons vaccins, mais pour l'instant...

Cours de thème à 10h30

L3 week nine video chapters

 You will find here chapter 15, on British cinema in the 1940s and 1950s

https://youtu.be/jXSs10TkzhA 

And here is chapter 16 on the following period

https://youtu.be/DuR7BlCZlbg 

Finally, here is the short video about diversity in British period films

https://youtu.be/VnfQZLhdeDU 

Short summary BBC history

 If you need a short summary to remind yourselves

AUNTIE BEEB: The Fascinating History of the BBC (anglotopia.net) 

L3 class Rouen at 11.30 am.

M1 MEEF Inclusion, diversité, et la position des femmes

 To get a clear idea of some of the aspects of women's progress in the UK in the last century or so, you could read some of the articles from this issue of the Revue française de civilisation britannique.

https://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/1748