ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue 16
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#16 | May 13, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036 Article: ‘Rhythm, rhyme, repetition, reasoning and response in oral storytelling’ by David Heathfield The English Effect – How can you…
Vol. 5 Issue 16 – Conference: ’39th International Byron Conference’, London, July 1-6, 2013
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#16 | May 13, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036
This conference will examine Byron’s engagement with politics in the widest sense: as a poet, as a member of the House of Lords, as a commentator on his time, and latterly as a would-be revolutionary.
Academic sessions might include:
- Byron and the politics of culture
- Political style in Byron’s writing
- Byron and the politics of the ‘Other’
- Byron and the politics of emergent nations (Italy, Greece, the Americas)
- Byron and the House of Lords
- Byron and Napoleon
- Byron as social satirist (more…)
Vol. 5 Issue 16 – The English Effect – How can you get involved?
ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#16 | May 13, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036
‘The English Effect’ is an exhibition exploring the English language in the world today and is on display at the British Council in London until 30 June 2013. Even if you can’t visit the exhibition in London, there are still plenty of ways to get involved. Those interested can:
- Sign up for a live streamed event: It’s not what you say, it’s the way that you say it – the power of accents in twenty-first century Britain, with Helen Ashton and Sarah Shepherd on Thursday 16 May, 1830 – 2000 BST (Check the time where you are). (more…)