Contemporary Portuguese Narrative: Trends and Authors

Portuguese narrative is characterized by a considerable increase in the number of new writers. The lack of chronological remoteness makes it very complicated to analyze the whole literary production and its implications. The fin de siècle narrative will be characterized by the coexistence of two tendencies: one closely related to the type of literature that is done today, known as “kiosk literature.” The other is closely related to our narrative tradition as it collects the influences of native

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Boom Boom’s Death: A Web of Deceit and Corruption

The Funeral of Boom Boom

More than a thousand people attended Boom Boom’s funeral. Many of them were supporters of the Black Hawks ice hockey team.

Who Was Boom?

Boom Boom, one of ice hockey’s biggest stars, was a player with the Black Hawks until he shattered his left ankle.

Boom’s Job

He got a job with the Eudora Grain Company.

Discovery of Boom’s Body

Clayton Phillips, Eudora’s vice-president, found Boom Boom’s body floating close to the wharf.

Boom’s Real Name

His real name was Bernard, but his

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English Phonetics: Vowels and Consonants

English Vowel Phonemes: 12 Pure Vowels, 8 Diphthongs

Long Vowels

  • /iː/: ee (feet), ea (read), e (me), ie (piece), ei (receive), i (police), ae (anemia), ey (key)
  • /ɑː/: a (castle), ar (far), au (aunt), oi (reservoir), al (half), ah (hurrah), er (derby), ear (heart), uar (guard), azaar (bazaar)
  • /ɔː/: or (fork), ou (course), au (sauce), al (also), all (talk), alk (talk), aw (law), wa (war), oo (door), ean (Sean)
  • /uː/: oo (moon), o (do), ew (chew), u (June), ue (blue), ou (soup), ui (fruit), oe (shoe)
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Roman Legacy: Language, Roads, and Engineering Marvels

The Evolution of Latin

In the Romance Languages from Latin

The colloquial Latin that was spoken at home, in the street, and by the army evolved very differently from the formal, literary Latin, which remained relatively unchanged. Differences between the Latin spoken in different areas increased over time. As the Roman Empire fragmented, some territories were colonized by barbarian tribes, who contributed influences from their own languages. That is why the disappearance and transformation of Latin

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Ancient Greek and Roman Architecture and Sculpture

The Parthenon

The Parthenon is a religious temple dedicated to the goddess Athena. It is made of white marble. This lintel building was a temple dedicated to Athena, later a mosque, a Christian church, and then a powder magazine for the Turks. It is rectangular and rises above three steps. It is an octastyle, amphiprostyle, and peripteral temple. It has a pronaos and an opisthodomos. The technique is lintel, with Doric columns without bases, capitals with fluting, and the temple is simply polychromed.

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Spanish Literature Since the 1970s: Trends and Key Authors

0. Introduction

Although the 1970s began almost with the oil crisis that would shake Western economies for over a decade, the major historical event that marked this period in Spain was the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975. With Franco’s death occurred the so-called transition to democracy: 1977, the legalization of political parties; 1978, the promulgation of the Constitution; 1981, a failed coup; NATO in 1982; and the European Community in 1986. Also, the democratic period saw the decentralization

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