Matthew Arnold: Victorian Criticism and Cultural Renewal
Victorian Criticism: Matthew Arnold
The Victorian period took place in the 19th century. We should differentiate between the intellectual period and the reign of Queen Victoria. The intellectual period was shorter, marked by new ways of thinking. Romanticism, an early 19th-century affair, and its sentimentalism served as the epistemological base for Victorianism.
Victorianism can be generally characterized as a period of doubt and hesitation. It was a period of change and an acceleration of history.
Read MoreJournalistic Genres: Information, Opinion, and Mixed Styles
Journalistic Genres
There are three main journalistic genres, categorized by their primary function:
- Information Genres: (News, reports, and interviews) Primarily focused on conveying information.
- Opinion Genres: (Editorials, articles, and letters to the editor) Primarily focused on expressing opinions.
- Mixed Genres: (Chronicles and criticism) Combining information and opinion.
Information Genres
The news story is defined as an objective, impersonal account of newsworthy events, free from the reporter’
Read MoreUnderstanding Nasal and Fricative Sounds in Phonetics
Understanding Nasal and Fricative Sounds
/m/ Voiced, Nasal, Bilabial
The air coming from the lungs passes through the larynx. At this moment, the vocal folds are closed. The pressure of the air causes them to open, allowing air to pass through. As the air pressure decreases, the vocal folds close again, returning to the initial closed position. This process results in continuous vibration of the vocal folds.
As the air exits, it encounters an obstacle in the oral cavity because the soft palate (velum)
Read MoreThe Enlightenment: Ideas, Figures, and Impact
The Enlightenment: An Overview
The Enlightenment, sometimes referred to as the Age of Reason, was a confluence of ideas and activities that took place throughout the eighteenth century in Western Europe, England, and the American colonies.
Enlightenment supporters believed that the advances of science and industry proclaimed a new age of progress for humankind.
Centuries of customs and traditions were brushed aside in favor of exploration, individualism, tolerance, and scientific determination. The
Read MoreCatalan Dialects: Features and Geographic Distribution
Romance Language Classification
Western and Eastern Romance Groups
Based on certain phonological and morphological features, Romance languages are sometimes broadly divided:
- Western Romance Group: Includes Catalan, Occitan (Provençal), Galician-Portuguese, Sardinian, Rhaeto-Romanic.
- Eastern Romance Group: Includes Italian, Romanian, Dalmatian.
Western Romance Characteristics
- Sonorization of intervocalic voiceless stops (p, t, k > b, d, g).
- Plural formation typically using -s.
- Tendency to alter or lose
South American Wild Cats: Conservation Through Assisted Reproduction
September 2006
South American Wild Cats Find Hope in a Test Tube
Since time immemorial…
Questions
1. True or False?
Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE.
- Some types of wild animals were important in Latin American cultures.
True. Since time immemorial felines have been venerated in America, North and South. - The assisted reproduction project is the first attempt to save felines in Latin America.
False. So far the problem