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Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales - The Prologue
Geoffrey Chaucer: The Canterbury
Tales - The Prologue
The works of Chaucer represent the high point of ME literature, with their appearance a new native poetic tradition was born and he prepared the soil for the Renaissance. Later, Chaucer was quite rightly called the father of English poetry.
The special value of Chaucer’s wo ... Pokracuj Člen Angličtina má člen neurči
Člen
Angličtina
má člen neurčitý a,
člen určitý the.
Neurčitý člen nemá množné číslo,
může tu však být zájmeno some.
... Pokracuj Nathaniel Hawthorne and his “The House of the Seven Gables”
Nathaniel Hawthorne and his
“The House of the Seven Gables”
Nathaniel Hawthorne's life
1804 - 1864
Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on the July 4th, 1804 in Salem, a puritan town, where his family had lived for generations. His father died only four years afterwards. From the shock of his death Mrs. Hawthorne (as the na ... Pokracuj Human Rights
Human Rights
Virtually every United Nations body and specialized agency is involved to some degree in the protection of human rights. One of the great achievements of the United Nations is the creation of a comprehensive body of human rights law, which, for the first time in history, provides us with a universal and internationally prote ... Pokracuj IRREGULAR VERBS
IRREGULAR
VERBS
to be
was, were
been
být
to beat
beat
beaten
bít
to become
became
become
stát se
to begin
began
begun
zaèít
to bend
bent
bent
vázat
to bite
bit
bitten
kousat
to blow
blew
blown
vanout
to break
broke
broken
zlomit
... Pokracuj Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) -american journalist, novelist -worked as a reporter for the Kansas City Star -serve
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
-american journalist, novelist
-worked as a reporter for the Kansas City Star
-served with a volunteer ambulance unit in Italy in World War I, was seriously wounded
-an european correspondent for the Toronto Star, lived in France
-a correspondent in the Spanish Civil War
-a foreign correspondent during World W ... Pokracuj The Place of Oscar Wilde and J. B. Shaw
The Place of Oscar Wilde
and J. B. Shaw
In the 19th century drama fell to a low level and all creative power seemed to have been transferred to poetry and fiction. The end of the century saw a brilliant return to the comedy of manners at its best in the plays of Oscar Wilde, one of the most outstanding representatives of the English decade ... Pokracuj Jane Austen - PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Jane Austen
- PRIDE
AND PREJUDICE
1.INTRODUCTIONIn this work I’m going to analyse “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen. At first sight this novel could be seen as a naive romantic love story with a happy end. But this is only the first sight. In my ... Pokracuj Rhythm and sound patterning
Rhythm and sound patterning
POETRY
differs from fiction mainly in the fact that the words of the former are arranged upon a definite principle of order. The fusion of sound and sense means that we as readers enjoy both sound and sense simultaneously. In English poetry the principle or arrangement has traditionally been the regular recur ... Pokracuj Romantic novel
Romantic novel
Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
- Her novels have freshness and humour sadly lacking in Scott, a delicacy we can appreciate more than his „bit bow-wow style“ (velkohubý styl). The first important woman novelist, she stands above both the classical and romantic movements; in a sense she bridges the gap between t ... Pokracuj
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