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George Bernard Shaw's  Saint Joan (Segment III) Reading of the play/ listening to audio books Text:  Saint Joan Audio Books Preface (2 hours, 11 minutes)  https://youtu.be/i4byeNybFkE   Page 3 - 28 Pt. 1  (18 min)  https://youtu.be/xPpPR8lr_8E Page 28 – 38 (Scene 1) Pt. 2 (8 min)  https://youtu.be/YtASuLRW0as Page 38 – 43 (Scene 2 – i) Pt. 3 (13 min)  https://youtu.be/A6oOefpiVEE Page 43 – 49 (Scene 2 – ii) Pt. 4 (8 min )  https://youtu.be/MMqckKa1MP8 Page 49 – 53 (Scene 3) Pt. 5 (5 min)  https://youtu.be/WPbOp5yrQ-A Page 53 – 56 (Scene 4 - i) Pt. 6 (20 min)  https://youtu.be/-na4zMkyNZQ Page 56 – 62 (Scene 4 – ii) Pt 7 (8 min)  https://youtu.be/nCywwBxYtfw Page 62 – 65 (Scene 5 - i) Pt 8 (15 min)  https://youtu.be/ilyM1QSmrE0 Page 65 – 70 (Scene 5 – ii) Pt 9 (10 min)  https://youtu.be/9mvH9DDpc0M Page 70 – 75 (Scene 6 - i) Pt 10 (30 min)  https://youtu.be/ZsDJwZ4DGPQ Page 75 – 86(Scene 6 – ii) Pt 11 (7 min)...

George Bernard Shaw's  Saint Joan (Segment II) For a lecture video on this segment,   click here. Topics: G B Shaw Saint Joan Play structure The Plot, in brief Characters   George Bernard Shaw A person who lived for around a century… born in the latter part of the 19 th   century and lived through the first half of the 20 th .. He was an Irish writer who moved to London, and after much struggle, emerged as a reputed critic of the theatre and music. He was chosen to receive the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925. Bernard Shaw wrote more than 60 plays:  Man and Superman, Pygmalion, Saint Joan, The Devil’s Disciple As a British dramatist, he is often rated second only to Shakespeare. His impact is such that there exists a word ‘Shavian’ which means ‘in the manner of Shaw/ his works’, or ‘an admirer of Shaw and his writings’. Saint Joan A play by Shaw on the life and trial of Joan of Arc. Published in 1924, not long after the canonization of Joan of Arc by the Roman...

George Bernard Shaw's  Saint Joan (Segment I) Please watch this video:  Topics: The Hundred Years' War Charles VII of France Joan of Arc The Hundred Years' War The Hundred Years' War is the modern term for a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England, against the House of Valois, rulers of the Kingdom of France, for control of the Kingdom of France. After the Norman Conquest, the kings of England were vassals of the kings of France for their possessions in France. The French kings had endeavored, over the centuries, to reduce these possessions, to the effect that only Gascony was left to the English. The confiscation or threat of confiscating this duchy had been part of French policy to check the growth of English power, particularly whenever the English were at war with the Kingdom of Scotland, an ally of France.   The War in a nutshell: Through his mother, Isabella of France, Edward III of England was th...

Italy is a European country that lies on the Mediterranean Sea. Here we have the beautiful city of Venice, which was always a place for trade and business, especially using ships. The Republic of Venice, a sovereign state, was powerful here from the 7th to the 18th century. William Shakespeare takes us to a story that is set mainly in Venice, and also in Belmont, a spot that is imagined to be near Venice. Thus he gives us one of his well-known comedy plays: “The Merchant of Venice”. Act IV, Scene i (The Court Scene) An Introduction and Summary: (This may be used as response to essay type questions . Answers to other questions may be taken from this essay.) “The Merchant of Venice” is a brilliant play by William Shakespeare. It gives to us stories of love, hate, greed and generosity. The play is mainly about Antonio, a rich merchant of Venice, and Shylock, a Jew who tries to destroy Antonio. On one occasion, Antonio had to borrow money from Shylock. Shylock made Antonio sign a bond, whi...

 Synonymy Synonymy refers to the phenomenon of "more than one form having the same meaning". Eg: "Prison" and "jail" are synonymous. Polysemy   Polysemy refers to the phenomenon of the "same form having more than one meaning". Eg: "Eye" refers to a part of animal body and to the hold of a needle. Homonymy   Homonymy is the likeness of different words. Two words are homonyms because they are pronounced and spelt alike. Eg: "Bank" (the side of a river) and "bank" (financial institution). Homophones Homophones is when words are pronounced alike but spelt differently. Eg: "Quay" and "key"; "sweet" and "suite". Homographs Homographs are words which spelt alike but pronounced differently. Eg: "Lead"(verb) and "lead"(noun) - a metal. Metaphor Metaphor illustrates how a particular meaning feature of a word is extended to refer to the quality feature of another refer...

 The meaning relations that exist among different words John Lyons has proposed a classification which simplifies the seven way distinction of Geoffrey Leech. Lyons classifies meaning as follows: Descriptive meaning Expressive meaning Social meaning Social meaning refers to the use of language to establish and maintain social roles and social relations. This kind of meaning is called phatic communion which means "communication by means of speech". Eg: Greeting like "Good morning" do not provide any information, they just establish a rapport between interlocution. Expressive meaning refers to what is reflected as the speaker's feelings, attitudes, beliefs and personality. This meaning includes emotive meaning. Eg: When we associate "compassion" and "sacrifice" with the "mother", what we have is the expressive meaning. Descriptive meaning refers to propositional or experiential meaning. The experience may be real or imaginary. Eg: ...

Different Sources of Meaning The major part of the meaning of what we say or write is located in the words we use. This type of meaning is called lexical meaning . The choice and organization of grammatical items also contribute to the meaning of a sentence. This type of meaning is called grammatical/syntactic meaning . When we utter a sentence, we use a specific intonation pattern to go with it. The meaning encoded by intonation is called intonational meaning . In writing, punctuation reflects intonational meaning to a large extent. When we use language we draw upon the Socio cultural meaning which we share with other masters of the speech community. Sociocultural meaning has its source in the order (language user). The minimal unit of code based meaning is called sememe. The  minimal unit of coder based meaning is pragmeme. Eg: MAN                         WOMAN              ...