F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby: docu clip

Good videos on the Modern women of Jazz Age American Lit

Part I:



Part II:

better YouTube videos on Modernism art movements

Modernism: British Arts and Crafts Movement:



Modernism: American Arts and Crafts Movement:



Modernism: De Stijl:



Modernism: Bauhaus

hilarious YouTube videos on The Great Gatsby, Wilfred Owen and Women/Men inequality

You should take the commentary with a HUGE DOSE of salt in some cases.



Women/Men inequality:

Good link on Early Modern Literature (1600-1800)

Very long list but quite good. Scan with discrimination or you may get overwhelmed.

BBC Somme documentary clips on YouTube

Hi everyone!

Mr Harris saw a very good BBC documentary on the Somme and alerted me to it. Thanks to the wonders of YouTube, you will find the whole series there. Just type in "BBC" + "Somme" in your search terms.

Here's the first clip:

late convert to YouTube

hey everyone,
my colleagues have been teaching me about the wonders of YouTube and I'm now a fan. haha. Stumbled upon this via a few clicks after the One Laptop Per Child video. Portman is an intelligent thespian and I think the examples she gives at the end about the sounds she loves are quite original/literary.

Also, if you want to think deeper, her opening comments are quite useful for thinking about the genres of comedy/tragedy. The Year 2s will be studying Webster's Jacobean tragedy this year. Think about the good tragedies you have seen, and the good comedies (Superbad not included. :)