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The stories a language is able to tell us (The writers who invented languages)

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The stories a language is able to tell us (The writers who invented languages)

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Undoubtedly, the topic covered during all the second unity of this course is far away from the issues I am used to address, debate on and produce about. However, I eventually discovered how interesting it is due to the connections we start to make with our previous knowledge.

For example, I revisioned some high-school literature classes when thinking about the mutual exchange between the english language and the works of art that, obviously, utilize that language in order to express themselves. Following this point of view, we can see those books and - possibly - paintings, sculptures, maps, cinema and photographies, as protagonists on their own lifestory. Maybe that nothing more is than daydreaming, although it makes sense to me. We could also see art as a desiring and animated creatures that are without control of their own path. It would be very difficult for all those artists mentioned over this portfolio to forecast their impact.

This lead me to reminding of a short online course named, in portuguese, "Imagens em Sala de Aula". Promoted by UNICAMP, it was a very unique experience to me, taking into account that I had little contact with issues such as semiotics and the multiple messages that are send over communication. There, the students had the opportunity to read and dialogue with teachers and classmates about Art History, the relationship between memory and the use of image in classroom, cultural industry, narrative construction. The continuity and sensibility that art evoques

As a student of politics, it attracks my attention the way historical milestones affected english language. While we were looking into the influences of Shakespeare's artistic products, I interpreteded that a demonstration on how the raw material of art is politics.

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I brought this image to show how neologisms are presented by many other authors, beyond the one we studied during this unity. Apart from the image bellow, there were many writers that created new words, such as the irish James Joyce, the italian Dante Alighieri and the brazilian Manoel de Barros. The interesting point is that no one of them simply invented words. Their backstage service comprised the study of the roots of their native language and regional terms. As Manoel de Barros sad once, he is a "manobreiro" of words.

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Even though this painting is not from an english-speaking author, I believe it is a very well known work of art and it illustrates how the cultural products reflect a historical context. So it is for literature. As art is able to change the people's perception either about small or big political events. maybe we need to pay a little more attention to them.

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I truly believe this TEDx summarises this unity, especially when it comes to the contributions Shakespeare made to the history of english language. During this portfolio, as the reader could see, I was not intended to describe his life story neither to categorize each period of the language. However, knowing about the importante of those issues, I wanted to revive the idioms saw in class.

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Shakespeare is everywhere | Christopher Gaze | TEDxVancouver

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Shakespeare's unique writing style and his influence

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Shakespeare's unique writing style and his influence

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Aspects of the history of English Language

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Aspects of the history of English Language

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Definetly, I was not aware about the important role some cultures like latin had in the development of the english language. Actually, before the classes related to this unity, I would only link english with germanic and celtic tribes. By answering one quizz, I found out that the ultimate origins of the english language, as a matter of fact, is the indo-european culture.

Another point I would like to highlight is the breaking point brought by the 1950's. An contemporary historian, Eric Hobsbawm, designates this decade as "The Golden Era" since the years following the Second World War were the beggining of the consolidation of today's lifestyle. That was the first time when the number of english non-native speakers was higher than the number of native speakers.

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During this part of the course, the methodology provided by the professor englobed quizzes, reading and presenting texts about the
roots of the english language, drawing up a timeline on the same topic and woking on interactive activities about the influence of some authors on the structure of the language.

This portfolio is particularly focused on highlighting the most interesting elements, in my point of view, addressed in class.

First of all, by exercising the reasoning with respect to the quizzes, many students had their first contact with a different way to introduce a subject. Second of all, we had many opportunities to improve our listening and speaking skills due to the exercices in which we should fill blanks. Those ones happened both with all the class members and in pairs.