38 research outputs found

    Kingdom Come by Ballard: The Stricken City

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    Que votre rĂšgne arrive de J. G. Ballard continue la tradition de la dystopie mise en place par Huxley puis Orwell. Le schĂ©ma de la quĂȘte d’un hĂ©ros perdu dans un paysage urbain sert Ă  faire parcourir au lecteur un itinĂ©raire initiatique oĂč dĂ©tails rĂ©alistes et transformations littĂ©raires soulignent l’émergence d’une nouvelle culture, dans laquelle l’individu perd ses repĂšres. SaturĂ© de rĂ©fĂ©rences Ă  l’histoire et Ă  la littĂ©rature des annĂ©es trente, le texte transforme la perception immĂ©diate du rĂ©el et se pose en espace de rĂ©flexion sur les dĂ©bats refusĂ©s par les instances politiques officielles. L’esthĂ©tique de la violence ne dĂ©finit pas seulement l’ordre politique dĂ©noncĂ©, mais caractĂ©rise aussi le mode opĂ©ratoire du roman qui, Ă  travers les mises en scĂšnes de moments disjoints et le choix d’un vocabulaire dĂ©calĂ©, oblige le lecteur Ă  s’interroger sur l’espace dans lequel il vit. Tel un microscope, le roman donne Ă  voir l’espace de la banlieue comme un gigantesque "incubateur" de nouveaux pathogĂšnes, observĂ©s Ă  dessein par les pouvoirs politiques qui se croient Ă  l’abri de la contagion. La multiplication des voix couvre le silence des masses agissantes : la dĂ©nonciation politique est rendue effective par la constante adĂ©quation entre fond et forme qui donne Ă  ce roman la force des grands textes

    Cohérence d'une déviance : la mise en place de l'enseignement de l'anglais dans un DESS de gestion des industries du luxe et des métiers de l'art

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    À travers la description du cours mis en place pour ce diplĂŽme unique, il s’agit de repĂ©rer le rĂŽle que peut jouer l’enseignement de l’anglais de spĂ©cialitĂ© au croisement de la langue technique et du vĂ©hicule culturel. Le lexique technique sert de support Ă  une approche globale qui utilise systĂ©matiquement les particularitĂ©s culturelles. Les Ă©tudiants sont invitĂ©s Ă  prĂ©ciser leur comprĂ©hension et Ă  affiner leur expression dans le but de convaincre un interlocuteur Ă©tranger. Cet exemple illustre la nĂ©cessitĂ© de ne jamais sĂ©parer texte et contexte dans le souci de rendre actif l’outil qu’est l’anglais de spĂ©cialitĂ©.Through the description of the course established for a degree that is still unique in the French university system, the author of this paper has underlined that the English class teaches a technical language while constantly referring to cultural specificities. The acquisition of technical vocabulary is part of a global approach and the students are invited to improve their understanding in order to express themselves more accurately whenever they have to convince a foreign interlocutor. This case shows how important it is to insist on the cultural background if we want the teaching of English to reach its very specific purpose

    New M, L, and T Dwarf Companions to Nearby Stars from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

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    We present 11 candidate late-type companions to nearby stars identified with data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). Eight of the candidates are likely to be companions based on their common proper motions with the primaries. The remaining three objects are rejected as companions, one of which is a free-floating T7 dwarf. Spectral types are available for five of the companions, which consist of M2V, M8.5V, L5, T8, and T8. Based on their photometry, the unclassified companions are probably two mid-M dwarfs and one late-M/early-L dwarf. One of the T8 companions, WISE J142320.84+011638.0, has already been reported by Pinfield and coworkers. The other T8 companion, ULAS J095047.28+011734.3, was discovered by Burningham and coworkers through the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope Infrared Deep Sky Survey, but its companionship has not been previously recognized in the literature. The L5 companion, 2MASS J17430860+8526594, is a new member of a class of L dwarfs that exhibit unusually blue near-IR colors. Among the possible mechanisms that have been previously proposed for the peculiar colors of these L dwarfs, low metallicity does not appear to be a viable explanation for 2MASS J17430860+8526594 since our spectrum of the primary suggests that its metallicity is not significantly subsolar

    The Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

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    The third generation of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-III) took data from 2008 to 2014 using the original SDSS wide-field imager, the original and an upgraded multi-object fiber-fed optical spectrograph, a new near-infrared high-resolution spectrograph, and a novel optical interferometer. All of the data from SDSS-III are now made public. In particular, this paper describes Data Release 11 (DR11) including all data acquired through 2013 July, and Data Release 12 (DR12) adding data acquired through 2014 July (including all data included in previous data releases), marking the end of SDSS-III observing. Relative to our previous public release (DR10), DR12 adds one million new spectra of galaxies and quasars from the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) over an additional 3000 deg2 of sky, more than triples the number of H-band spectra of stars as part of the Apache Point Observatory (APO) Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE), and includes repeated accurate radial velocity measurements of 5500 stars from the Multi-object APO Radial Velocity Exoplanet Large-area Survey (MARVELS). The APOGEE outputs now include the measured abundances of 15 different elements for each star. In total, SDSS-III added 5200 deg2 of ugriz imaging; 155,520 spectra of 138,099 stars as part of the Sloan Exploration of Galactic Understanding and Evolution 2 (SEGUE-2) survey; 2,497,484 BOSS spectra of 1,372,737 galaxies, 294,512 quasars, and 247,216 stars over 9376 deg2; 618,080 APOGEE spectra of 156,593 stars; and 197,040 MARVELS spectra of 5513 stars. Since its first light in 1998, SDSS has imaged over 1/3 of the Celestial sphere in five bands and obtained over five million astronomical spectra. \ua9 2015. The American Astronomical Society

    Staring Contests in the Overlord Embroidery

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    AppelĂ©e broderie en anglais, la Tapisserie du DĂ©barquement offre une reprĂ©sentation originale de la Seconde Guerre mondiale susceptible d’attirer un public plus large que celui qui s’intĂ©resse aux peintures traditionnelles ou aux rĂ©cits de guerre. InspirĂ©e de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, officiellement considĂ©rĂ©e comme un manuscrit, cette broderie peut et doit ĂȘtre lue comme un texte. Si nous la soumettons au mĂȘme type d’explication de texte qu’un rĂ©cit en mots, nous constatons que l’impression d’ensemble repose sur une sĂ©rie de dĂ©tails qui confĂšrent une grande humanitĂ© Ă  la reprĂ©sentation globale. En nous focalisant sur la reprĂ©sentation des yeux, nous pouvons retracer une Ă©volution qui dĂ©passe la simple Ă©volution chronologique. DĂšs que les yeux deviennent visibles, les personnages gagnent une individualitĂ©. Les ennemis deviennent humains, partagent les mĂȘmes Ă©motions que les hĂ©ros qui se battent pour la libertĂ©. La mort se lit dans les regards vacants des corps gisant sur les plages ou le long des routes. Croisant le regard des personnages brodĂ©s, le spectateur est invitĂ© Ă  balayer la tapisserie du regard, suivant des lignes moins Ă©videntes que celles de la lecture horizontale. Le spectateur se trouve alors au cƓur de l’action, partageant des Ă©motions complexes. La nĂ©cessitĂ© constante de reconstruire le schĂ©ma transforme ce qui aurait pu ĂȘtre un outil de propagande en vĂ©ritable Ɠuvre d’art originale

    Integration and Segregation in <i>Wide Sargasso Sea</i> by Jean Rhys

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    Darkness Visible, a Patchwork of Memories, a Patchwork of Identities

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    Ancrant l’intrigue de Darkness Visible dans l’histoire de son temps, Golding montre que toute forme de prĂ©sent contient inĂ©vitablement un passĂ© sans limite qui dĂ©termine l’avenir. La mĂ©moire effacĂ©e par le feu se reconstitue immĂ©diatement, ne serait-ce que par le procĂ©dĂ© du rĂ©cit. Seule la mĂ©moire peut rendre compte de l’absence de la mĂ©moire et donner un sens Ă  cette absence. Ce paradoxe fondateur, mis en scĂšne dans l’intrigue, se trouve Ă©largi au niveau de la structure du roman, qui abandonne la narration Ă  la troisiĂšme personne au profit du journal intime. La variation de la texture devient la caractĂ©ristique principale du roman avant mĂȘme qu’une deuxiĂšme intrigue ne se substitue Ă  la premiĂšre. La rupture dans la forme fait Ă©cho Ă  une rupture dans le fond, obligeant le lecteur Ă  faire l’expĂ©rience d’une sorte de chaos. Par un effort de mĂ©moire, le lecteur peut rassembler les morceaux disparates auxquels la voix narrative donne une certaine Ă©paisseur. Le roman se prĂ©sente comme un monument rendant hommage Ă  une Ă©poque instable, comme seule protection contre la folie. La parole Ă©crite est Ă  la fois l’hĂ©ritage que l’homme reçoit d’un dieu inconnu et la priĂšre qu’il adresse Ă  ce dieu de ne pas l’oublier et de lui permettre de se souvenir.Anchoring The plot of Darkness Visible in the history of his lifetime, Golding shows how any form of present inevitably contains a boundless past that will determine the future. Memory burnt away is immediately in the making again, if only through the process of story-telling. Only memory can give a sense of—and a sense to—the absence of memory. This founding paradox, staged in the plot, is soon to be enlarged by the very structure of the novel that abandons the chronological third-person narrative for the form of the diary. Roughness of texture becomes the main characteristic of the novel, even before the plot gives way to a different story. Disruption in form correspond to disruption in theme, forcing the reader to experience some sort of chaos. The reader’s memory is taxed to sew together the bits and pieces carefully quilted by the narrative voice. The novel presents itself as a memorial to a time of uncertainty, as the only protection against madness. The written word is the heritage received by man from a god unknown as well as the prayer, offered to that god, to remember end be remembered

    Integration and Segregation in <i>Wide Sargasso Sea</i> by Jean Rhys

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    Integration and Segregation in <i>Wide Sargasso Sea</i> by Jean Rhys

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    International audienc

    Darkness Visible, a Patchwork of Memories, a Patchwork of Identities

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    Anchoring The plot of Darkness Visible in the history of his lifetime, Golding shows how any form of present inevitably contains a boundless past that will determine the future. Memory burnt away is immediately in the making again, if only through the process of story-telling. Only memory can give a sense of—and a sense to—the absence of memory. This founding paradox, staged in the plot, is soon to be enlarged by the very structure of the novel that abandons the chronological third-person narrative for the form of the diary. Roughness of texture becomes the main characteristic of the novel, even before the plot gives way to a different story. Disruption in form correspond to disruption in theme, forcing the reader to experience some sort of chaos. The reader’s memory is taxed to sew together the bits and pieces carefully quilted by the narrative voice. The novel presents itself as a memorial to a time of uncertainty, as the only protection against madness. The written word is the heritage received by man from a god unknown as well as the prayer, offered to that god, to remember end be remembered
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