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If One Finger Brought Oil - Things Fall Apart part I: Crash Course Literature 208
In which John Green teaches you about Chinua Achebe's 1958 novel, Things Fall Apart. You'll learn about Igboland, a region in modern day Nigeria, prior to the arrival of the British Empire. Achebe tells the story of Okonkwo, an Igbo...
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Satire
“Satire” describes the characteristics and purpose of satirical writing, using examples from British Literature.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: The rise and fall of the Assyrian Empire - Marian H. Feldman
Before the sun never set on the British Empire; before Genghis Khan swept the steppe; before Rome extended its influence to encircle the Mediterranean Sea; there was ancient Assyria. Considered by historians to be the first true empire,...
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Rebels in the Records: Radclyffe Hall’s Revolutionary Novel by Elina
National Archives: This films is part of a series called ‘Rebels in the Records’. The films in the series were created by young people in July 2021 and combine puppetry, model-making and animation. They explore stories of people and...
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West African literature today
Copyright © the British Library; with thanks to Afrikult, the Royal African Society and all the interviewees In this short film, readers give their views on and insights into West Africa literature. The film was made at the Africa Writes...
Weird History
Facts About of Victorian Opium Dens
When we think of opium dens of the 19th century, the conjured image is usually a hazy, smoke-filled room full of questionable characters, right? Well, at one point in the early 19th century, everyone and their mother was taking opium...
Gresham College
George Sand's Contribution to Literature - Professor Belinda Jack
George Sand has had an profound impact on modern literature, and yet she is relatively unknown to a British audience. Belinda Jack, The Gresham Professor of Rhetoric aims to change that by focusing on her work ‘Francois le Champi’ in her...
The Great War
The British Naval Blockade of Germany I THE GREAT WAR Special
The big and decisive naval battle that the Royal Navy had hoped for did not happen during World War 1. But another naval strategy slowly but surely ground the German economy down. » HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOUR CHANNEL? You can support us by...
Gresham College
Christianity and Imperialism: The British Empire - Professor Richard J Evans
Christian literature from the British Empire makes for uncomfortable reading today, but in fact the missionary project of the Victorian era had its roots in equality, anti-slavery and a seeking to do good. Gresham College Professor,...
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Miss Havisham: Betrayal, Revenge, and Reckoning
Miss Havisham is a wealthy and reclusive character in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations. As a young woman, she was left at the altar, leading her to become bitter and manipulative. She raises her adoptive daughter, Estella, to be...
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Abel Magwitch: From Convict to Compassionate Benefactor
Abel Magwitch is a captivating character in Charles Dickens' Great Expectations. Initially a fearsome convict, he evolves into a compassionate and paternal figure for the protagonist, Pip. Through his journey of redemption, Magwitch...
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Pip: Ambition, Identity, and Redemption
Pip is the main character of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. He is a young orphan who dreams of becoming a gentleman. While working as a blacksmith's apprentice, he learns that an anonymous benefactor has bestowed him with...
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Great Expectations Part III: Tragedy and Transformation
A video overview of part II of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations. Using excerpts from the 1946 version of the movie, this video summarizes the ending of the story. Pip discovers that Jaggers knows much more about Magwitch and...
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Great Expectations Part II: Becoming a Gentleman
A video overview of part II of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations. Using excerpts from the 1946 version of the movie, we review important events and interactions in part II of the book. Pip has moved to London and is adjusting...
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Great Expectations Part I: From Humble Beginning to High Society
A video overview of part I of Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations. Using excerpts from the 1946 version of the movie, this video introduces the main characters and explores the key events in part I. We meet Pip and his family,...
The Guardian
Guardian Books podcast: Royalty and the English folk song
We investigate the rich seam of royalty in British literature, and examine Englishness through the lens of folk song, with Steve Roud and the singer Rachel Unthank http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/series/books
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nick Higgins - Teachers Make a Difference - Summer Boismier
Nick Higgins is the Chief Librarian at Brooklyn Public Library in charge of public service across Brooklyn. In concert with other members of the senior management team Nick leads the leads the development of transformative library...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Nick Higgins - Books Unbanned
Nick Higgins is the Chief Librarian at Brooklyn Public Library in charge of public service across Brooklyn. In concert with other members of the senior management team Nick leads the leads the development of transformative library...
Curated Video
Parallel Structure
“Parallel Structure” explains the grammatical technique of parallelism, giving an example of parallel structure from British literature.
Schooling Online
Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway - Context
Join us for an overview of Virginia Woolf’s life and influences. We’ll show you how the events of Woolf’s life and the world of early 20th century Britain shaped her ideas in Mrs Dalloway. As one of the most influential composers of the...
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Rudyard Kipling: A Man of Letters (2021)
National Archives: In this short film Dr Juliette Desplat, Head of Modern Collections at The National Archives, and Janet Montefiore, Professor Emerita from the University of Kent, tell the sad story of the loss of Rudyard Kipling’s only...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Marco Polo Hernández Cuevas - Mexico's African Heritage
Dr. Marco Polo Hernández Cuevas holds a Ph.D. in Hispanic and Italian Studies from the University of British Columbia; a M.A. in Spanish Language and Peninsular and Latin American literatures; and a B.A. in General Studies & Spanish...
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To Kill, To Kill a Mockingbird?
One of the trademark texts of the American school system is Harper Lee’s 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird. For decades it has been widely read in high schools and middle schools as a key anti-racist text. But how did this novel, with its...
TED Talks
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or...
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