Kubla Khan
In Xanadu did Kublai Khan
A stately Pleasure-Dome decree,
Where Alph, the sacred river ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers was girdled ’round,
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
But, oh! That deep, romantic chasm which slanted
Down the green hill, athwart a cedarn cover:
A savage place! As holy and enchanted
As e’er beneath the waning moon was haunted
By woman wailing for her Demon Lover!
And from this chasm with ceaseless turmoil seething,
As if this Earth in fast, thick pants were breathing,
A mighty fountain momently was forced,
Amid whose swift, half-intermitted burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail;
And ‘midst these dancing rocks at once and ever,
It flung up momently the sacred river!
Five miles meandering with ever a mazy motion,
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean.
And ‘mid this tumult, Kublai heard from far
Ancestral voices prophesying war!
The shadow of the Dome of Pleasure
Floated midway on the waves,
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device:
A sunny Pleasure-Dome with caves of ice!
A damsel with a dulcimer
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid,
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such deep delight ‘twould win me
That with music loud and long,
I would build that dome within the air!
That sunny dome, those caves of ice,
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry: “Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle ’round him thrice,
And close your eyes in holy dread:
For he on honeydew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise!”
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( Voces de Margarita, Marta, Noelia y Náyade)
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Chapter 37
Which shews, let your reverences and worships say what you will of it (for as for thinking—all who do think—think pretty much alike both upon it and other matters)—Love is certainly, at least alphabetically speaking, one of the most
A gitating
B ewitching
C onfounded
D evilish affairs of life—the most
E xtravagant
F utilitous
G alligaskinish
H andy-dandyish
I racundulous (there is no K to it)and
L yrical of all human passions: at the same time, the most
M isgiving
N innyhammering
O bstipating
P ragmatical
S tridulous
R idiculous
—though by the bye the R should have gone first—But in short ’tis of such a nature, as my father once told my uncle Toby upon the close of a long dissertation upon the subject—’You can scarce,’ said he, ’combine two ideas together upon it, brother Toby, without an hypallage’— What’s that? cried my uncle Toby.
The cart before the horse, replied my father—
—And what is he to do there? cried my uncle Toby.
Nothing, quoth my father, but to get in—or let it alone.
Now widow Wadman, as I told you before, would do neither the one or the other.
She stood however ready harnessed and caparisoned at all points, to watch accidents.
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Aquí os dejamos la grabación de esa charla.
Etiquetas: Ilustración, Literatura, Literatura inglesa en el siglo XVIII, poesía, prosa
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Videos de la conferencia sobre literatura inglesa
6 comentarios Publicado por Ana Concejero a las 23:12, se grabó un video de la conferencia que Mª Luisa Venegas Lagüéns dio desde Sevilla sobre los principales escritores ingleses del siglo XVIII y sus obras más representativas.
En la actividad también participaron los alumnos y alumnas del Ciclo Superior de Lengua de Signos que, apoyados y asesorados por sus profesoras, Mª Emilia Díaz y Susana González del Departamento de Servicios Socioculturales y a la comunidad, signaron toda la conferencia.
Por cuestiones prácticas lo hemos divido en 11 videos y hemos incluído un enlace al texto del autor sobre el que Mª Luisa está hablando en ese momento.
Etiquetas: Literatura inglesa en el siglo XVIII, videoconferencia
Audio de la videoconferencia sobre literatura inglesa
6 comentarios Publicado por Ana Concejero a las 23:51Una charla precisa, rigurosa, amena y muy interesante de la que nuestros alumnos tomaron apuntes con el fin de elaborar, posteriormente, un resumen entre todos.
En esta actividad participaron los alumnos del Departamento de Electrónica y especialmente Daniel Grajales y Juan José Rodriguez, que junto con su profesor, José Antonio Fortis, fueron los encargados de grabar el audio y el video.
Aquí os dejamos el audio de la videoconferencia y una selección que Mª Luisa elaboró de los textos que iba a tratar en su exposición. Todo un lujo.
Selección autores y textos
Desde aquí, queremos darle las gracias a ella por implicarse en el proyecto y aceptar nuestra propuesta, y a Mar Gallego
Etiquetas: Literatura inglesa en el siglo XVIII, videoconferencia
