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English 2

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Literature and Film

Here, you will find a selection of literature and film. There is poetry, short stories, excerpts from longer works, speeches, essays, documentaries, short films, and feature films.
Teacher watches as pupils remove key-words from a gigantic book. There are ladders. The words removed are words like power, knowledge, narrative. Illustration.
Image: Philby Illustrastion / CC BY-NC 4.0

Short Stories

Here, you will find a selection of short stories to study and to enjoy. The modern short story developed in the early 19th century, but short stories have existed for a long time in the form of legends, mythic tales, folk tales, fairy tales, tall tales, fables and anecdotes.
Illustration: A desk with an open book. There is a three dimensional image on the book of a landscape. There is a large dog tied to a lamppost. There is a girl walking down a road carrying a red umbrella. On the desk we also see a pen and a cup. There are birds and a hot-air balloon in the sky.
Image: Comfreak / CC0