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NAME & TOPIC: The literary movements of the 18th and 19th centuries.


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First Oral Presentation

Hello everybody!!
As you know Jane Austen was born in 1775 and she died in 1817.
But I won't to talk you about Jane Austen's life, but I'm going to talk you about the literary movements that there are in the 18th and 19th centuries.

18th century: Neoclassicism and Illustration
In the 18th century there is a very important movement, the Neoclassicism. It is based on the classical art(Greece and Rome). It appears in opposition to the Baroque and Rococo. Its characteristics are:
- the reason is more important than the feelings.
- the works have to be teaching.
- they don't like poetry because it expresses feelings.
- the theatre has to do the three units: action, time and place.
- the favourite genre is the essay.
This movement is really influenced by the Illustration.
There was a very important wirter and philosopher, Jean - Jaques Rousseau, and he said that the society of this period made the wickedness of all the people. And the only way to transform the mankind was the education, an education system base on the reason.
But this is only for man. Rousseau and the ohter philosophers thought that the woman had an others obligations, in other words, they exclude the women of their education plans.
They thought that the women had to be educated to be a good wife and a good mother. And also the women had to be accomplished. Because, without that, they didn't find husband and it was one of the most aims in woman's life in 18th century.
But Jane Austen wanted a more liberal educatin for the women. Opinions that are reflected on her works. This is an evidence of the Romanticism.
In this century there are a lot of important philosophers like: Voltaire, Diderot, Hume, Kant etc.
And also there are a lot of important writers like: Goethe or Gray.

19th century: Romanticism
In the 19century there was another important literary movement, The Romanticism.
It characteristics are:
- feelings are more important than the reason.
- Idea of liberalism.
- they are imperfect and unfinished works, with open ends.
The romantics broke with the rules which reduce their freedom. They wanted to find the superstition, sinister places etc.
They didn't write about Greece and Rome, but they wrote with a nationalist spirit. For example: Jane Austen wrote about a society that she knew perfectly.
They thougth that the feelings were really important and because of that they wrote stories in which the feelings have a very important role, and the characters wanted to express them. For example: Pride and Prejudice talks about th feelings of Elisabeth and Darcy, Jane and Bingley, Lydia and Wickam and they wanted to express them to each other.
There are a lot of important writers in all Europe:
In France: Zola, Flaubert.
In Spain: Beneito Pérez Galdós and Leopoldo Alas "Clarín".
In UK: Charles Dickens.
In Russia: Dostoievski and Tolstoi.
In the Romanticism, we can find literary movements like realism or naturalism.
- Naturalism: Proponents of this movement believe heredity and environment control people. Writers: Zola and Crane.
- Realism: this movement is based in the reality of people. They write about the poverty and day by day problems. Writers: Flaubert, Tolstoi and Honoré de Balzac.
These are the most important movements, but also there are other ones like nationalism and symbolism.

HUMOUR

Is humour necessary to survive ??
Humour is a human quality that has a very important influence in our lives.
On the one hand, I think if you have bad times in your life, you have to laugh a little bit. It will make you feel better.
If you have a good time in your life, you always are laughing, and you are positive an smiling. I believe that we work better if we are in a bad mood. I can confirm it because there are many experiments about that.
On the other hand, I think that there are many situations which we can't be smiling or positive, because they aren't funny.
In conclusion, I believe that humour is essential in our lives to survive. Without humour we can't face day by day problems.

Books and lovers unite

In this time of the year, there is, in Catalonia, Sant Jordi. The boys buy a rose for a girl, and the girl buy a book fora boy. It's the time of the books and the love.It's one day, the 23th April.
People always enjoying this day. But apart from the books and the roses, Barcelona(because only Catalonia celebrate this holiday) offers a variety of activities to complement the literary and floral festival. There you can find a best sellers like a books from Alessandro Baricco, classic like a book from Mercè Rodoreda etc.
Also coincide with the Comic Book Fair, in Gràcia there is the Trobada dels il·lustrats. With this holiday we promote the reading between the young people.
This day symbolizes the love.
In conlcusion, I can only say that I really enjoy this day, I don't know why, but in Catalonia this day it's really important in a couple, because they can show thier love each other.

Theatre without words

From October 22-26, Reus becomes the capital of mime and gesture theatre, because on 11th of 2008 was the Festival Internacional de mim i teatre gestual. It had 22 companies and 24 shows.
The Catalan actor Albert Vidal was the top of the bill, presenting one of the most shows Joan de l'Ós at Teatre Fortuny. It was a homage to traditional Catalan culture and specially to Joan Amades volume of rondalles. The objective was to show the beauty of Catalan language through gestures.
Other highlights include the presence of the Polish Teatre Wegejty and the French Le Lutin Théâtre d'Images. But a 60% of the companies were Catalan with highlights Iu&Sophie, students from Institut L'Abric and Rasatabula.
I think it was really interesting because the Catalan culture its really extensive, and this it's a good way to show it. I think it's fantastic, I would like to go there.

A joke !

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A joke! :
an Englishman, a Scotsman and an Irishman are driving through the desert when the car breaks down. So they have got to get out.
The Englishman takes a bottle of wind, the Scotsman takes an umbrella and the Irishman takes a car door. On the way they meet a man. He says to the Englishman:"I konw why you take a bottle of wind, you can drink if you're thirsty", and he says to the Scotsman:"I know why you take and umbrella, to keep the sun off you", but he says to the Irishman:"but I don't know why you take a car door", and the Irishman replies:"if I'm hot I can wind the window down".

Dialogue - At the party

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Michelle: And where is the party?
Jane: I think it's in Figueres, but I don't know at which time it start.
Anne: Yes, it's at one a.m.
(At the party...)
Jane: It's a nice party, there are a lot of nice boys.
Michelle: Yes, I've seen one for you, and th music is pretty cool.
Jane: I've find the perfect one for you and an other one for Anne.
Michelle: And... where is Anne?
Jane: I don't have any idea, let's take a round.
Michelle: Don't worry. I think that she's with a boy.
Jane: No, I don't think so, because she would senf us an sms.
Michelle: Than let's go for some drink, maybe she's there.
(After...)
Jane: Look at her, she's there!
Michelle: Yes, but what she's doing?
Anne:(singing)Scuby doby dooo .... where are you?
Jane: Anne...?
Anne: so..... who are you?
Michelle: Anne please!!
Anne: ¡Ah! Hey girls! how you are? Where were you?
Scuby doby dooo.... na na na na !!!
Jane: Where you was?
Michelle: We were looking for you !
Anne: Slow down! I was at the bar, with my friend, the beer. Do you want to know him?
Michelle:No! I don't like it!
Jane: Me neither.
Anne: Ohhhh!... Come on!
Michelle: Noo!
Jane: And we go home! You are drunked!
Anne: No! I don't! And I don't want to go home, I want to stay here and... stay with you! I am happy and I want for more party! Come on girls! The music is good and the people are nice here!
( ... )
mmm.....huum....ok, I go to say goodbbye to the beer!
Jane: No!
Michelle: Come on, let's home!



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