CELEBRATING APRIL 23RD... but... what exactly are we supposed to be celebrating that day?

Do you know what people around the world celebrate on April 23rd?

NO? REALLY?

OK, I'LL GIVE SOME CLUES:

1. What can you see in this picture?... Not difficult, right? BOOKS!

2. "Words, words, words... Once I had the gift"

Once something has been expressed using words, it will be forever eternal.

 3. Can you imagine a life where books did not exist? They offer us so much! They make us laugh, cry, dream, imagine, escape from reality, learn...

DID YOU GUESS? 

Today is the BOOK DAY all over the world!

Apart from that, it is today that one of the most wordlwide known playwrights and poets was born, and 54 years later, died: 

William Shakespeare.

On 23rd April 1564 he is thought to have been born and the same day in 1616 he died in Stratford-upon-Avon after writing and leaving us masterpieces for both drama and poetry.

Here you are my video-poem containing my favourite sonnet by Master Shakespeare: Sonnet 116.

TASK: We have already read some of Shakespeare's sonnets. However, there are many more you can enjoy as well. Choose you favourite sonnet and honour Shakespeare today!

HAPPY BOOK DAY!

ENJOY LITERATURE SINCE 

AS LONG AS WE READ, 

WRITERS WILL NEVER FADE!

Flaubert's FREE INDIRECT STYLE

    The omniscient narrator which tells us most of Emma's story is usually an observer. The story is told in 3rd person singular, and according to the trend of the period, that is, the viewpoint given to the reader is objective. However, from time to time, the omnisicient narrator becomes a "PHILOSOPHER" since some opinions are introduced as well.

     A characteristic feature of this work is Flaubert's wonderful use of the so-called FREE INDIRECT SPEECH. The omniscient narrator tells the story in 3rd person singular, as said before. Through this device, the narrator has a direct connection to the charcaters' thoughts. So these are expressed but not direclty, not using quotation marks or the charcaters' exact words, but in 3rd person singular as well. Thus, the reader has the impression of neutrality and greater likeliness.

Once you have already listened to these examples from the novel where the device known as FREE INDIRECT SPEECH is found, FIND YOUR OWN EXAMPLES. Later on, RECORD, at least TWO.

PART I, CHAPTER IX

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PART II, CHAPTER X

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REVISING BEFORE THE EXAM

YOU HAVE ALREADY FINISHED THE NOVEL! CONGRATULATIONS!

As a revision for your exam, here you are some activites which may help you remind the most important details in Flaubert's Madame Bovary. Follow these instructions!

1. CHARACTERS
Look for the names of some charcaters in the picture and identify the,m giving further details you should remember.

2. ANALYZING THE NOVEL
Some important facts have been disordered. Organize them and add further details necessary to analyze this Realist novel.

3. TRUE OR FALSE?
Basic information about the writer or the novel have been added to the picture. However, some are FALSE. Correct that information, please!

Activities on Madame Bovary

            Here you are some information about Gustave Flaubert himself and his masterpiece Madame Bovary. Once you have read it, begin working on the questions about the novel.

Madame Bovary

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