WILLIAM FAULKNER
He was an American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi.
Faulkner wrote novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays, and screenplays.
He is one of the most celebrated writers in American literature generally and Southern literature specifically.
IDIOM
I'm history.
good-bye, I am leaving
I'm history, see you tomorrow.
Everything's coming up roses.
something that you say when a situation is successful in every way
It looks like everything's coming up roses for me this year.
The ball is in your court.
have to do something before any progress can be made in a situation
I've told him he can have his job back if he apologizes, so the ball's in his court now.
I've told him he can have his job back if he apologizes, so the ball's in his court now.
Bite off more than you can chew.
to try to do something that is too difficult for you
We bit off more than we could chew in our original reform proposals.
We bit off more than we could chew in our original reform proposals.
Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.
you should not make plans that depend on something good happening before you know that it has actually happened
She wanted to buy a dress in case someone asked her to the dance, but I told her not to count her chickens before they hatched.
She wanted to buy a dress in case someone asked her to the dance, but I told her not to count her chickens before they hatched.
DANNY BOY
It is a ballad set to an ancient Irish melody.
The words were written by English songwriter Frederic Weatherly.
VOCABULARY
Prefixes
bene- = good, well
benediction /ˌbenɪˈdɪkʃ(ə)n/
e.g. The priest pronounced a benediction over the couple at the end of the marriage ceremony.
mal- = wrong
malpractice /mælˈpræktɪs/
e.g. He is suing his lawyer for malpractice.
Roots
mar = sea
maritime /ˈmærɪˌtaɪm/
e.g. That country was a great maritime power.
punct = point
punctual /ˈpʌŋktʃuəl/
e.g. We expect punctual payment of bills.
Suffixes
-ware = things of the same type or material
software /ˈsɒf(t)ˌweə(r)/
e.g. My job is writing the software.
software /ˈsɒf(t)ˌweə(r)/
e.g. My job is writing the software.
GRENDEL
It is a 1971 novel by American author John Gardner.It's a retelling of part of the Old English poem Beowulf from the perspective of the antagonist, Grendel.
In the novel, Grendel is portrayed as an antihero.
The novel deals with finding meaning in the world, the power of literature and myth, and the nature of good and evil.
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