M1 LEA and L3 Culture populaire

Both of these groups have an exam (DST) in class time on the 19th March.

Brexit

It seemed so simple, and there is no shortage of nonsense being written about it. 17 million  voted out, and nearly as many voted stay. The Conservatives are split, the Labour people are split, and people who don't feel political are even more split. Here is some technical information.

https://www.nouvelobs.com/economie/20190310.OBS1455/brexit-sortir-avec-un-accord-ou-sans-accord-decryptage-d-une-semaine-cruciale.html

mémoires héritage rupture

In Glasgow, Orange Order marches which are claimed to be celebrating cultural tradition are perceived by others as anti-Catholic marches likely to encourage discrimination or even violence.

http://www.sconews.co.uk/news/57611/council-review-as-figures-show-189-orange-marches-in-2018/

L3 Theory of popular culture

Here are the classes where I looked at the theory of popular culture, and in particular some of Adorno's ideas, as well as those of Raymond Williams, Richard Hoggart and the Birmingham School

The first class is here.


The second class is here

The illustrative powerpoint is here.


Keywords : lecture, cultural studies, Adorno, podcast, mp3

Brexit

If you’re not fed up with Brexit by now, this article explains the present situation from a technical rather than truly political, point of view.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/08/a-slap-in-the-face-barnier-sets-may-on-course-for-brexit-defeat

M1 LEA important

J ai été informé des modalités d’évaluation de cette UE. C’est différent qu’au premier semestre. Il y aura un DST *lors du dernier cours* et un devoir maison. Faites circuler cette information, et je donnerai les détails bientôt.

British television: 1970s comedy

A 1970s comedy about a couple who decide to grow all their own food, but while still living next door to their upper middle class neighbours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly8ybNqmlHE

British television: Monty Python

One of their better sketches, with French subtitles.
Michelangelo and the pope :


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

Home Rule TD

For next time, Robin, Nicolas and Sophie will each present one of the documents in the booklet I have already put on this blog. If everyone can prepare them, that would be best. Write a draft of what you would have done with them, so you can compare it to the suggestions put forward.

Agrégation interne

M Morel nous informe qu'il n'y a pas cours avec lui demain mardi 5 mars.

The sixteenth and seventeenth century in Britain

CAPES people, if you need to revise more specifically the sixteenth and seventeenth century, these will help. I gave these classes a few years back. They were for L1 students, so I may be speaking slowly.

Class one The Reformation
Class two The Reformation continued
Class three The Civil War
Class four The restoration and the "Glorious revolution".

Podcast Britain, reformation, civil war, "Glorious Revolution"

Day conference in Paris on Homosexuality and Resistance in Britain

Cette journée d'étude est organisée avec l'aide du groupe de recherche Eriac de Rouen, et de l'association CRECIB. Everybody is welcome, in particular Rouen students.

TD Home Rule

We will start with the text by Butt, followed by that of Connolly.

Ireland

Bloody Sunday

(Correction) M1 MEEF cours à rattraper

Je veux rattraper les cours qui seraient tombés un jour férié.
J'ai identifié le jeudi 4 avril et le mercredi 15 mai comme des possibilités, si j'ai tout compris.

Ou bien le mercredi 15 mai tranquillement en début d'après midi (3 heures de cours).
Ou bien le jeudi 4 avril après les cours que vous avez déjà ce jour-là (3 heures également, 15h30 à 18h30).

Si aucun de mes collègues ne me dit que c'est pas ça et que j'ai mal compris, je vous demanderai mercredi de choisir entre ces deux jours. Moi-même j'ai une petite préférence pour mai.

M2 seminar "mini-mémoire"

M2 seminar

Evaluation of this module is by research paper (« mini-dossier »)

The research paper will be 2500 - 4000 words in length, in addition to the bibliography and appendices.

The subject must be approved by your teacher in advance.

It must be based on archival research, online or otherwise.

An essential resource is http://scholar.google.fr/schhp?hl=en which allows you to search university articles, some of which are available free online.

Don’t forget the University Library database which you can access through your University Virtual Deskstop (ENT).

This also includes many articles you can download even when you are at home.

- Handwritten work is not allowed. The research paper must be sent by email in RTF format, and must use correctly the normal rules of layout for university work (footnotes, italics etc).  My email adress is prenom.nom @univ-rouen.fr (John Mullen).

There will be no spelling or typing mistakes, as students will use automatic spellcheck programmes.

Extreme care must be used to avoid plagiarism. If you use more than five words together from another source without saying where it comes from, this counts as copying.

The research paper may be illustrated, if the illustrations add something to the argument.

It must be handed in by the 15th of May.

M2 séminaire 1970s

Attention changement de salle: la semaine prochaine L211.

Saxon genitive

You're going to love this page on the Saxon genitive

http://www.polseguera.org/advanced_english_grammar/the_genitive_case.php