Modern and Medieval Languages听
see also History and Modern Languages听补苍诲 Linguistics
Books
- The Language Instinct - Steven Pinker听
- A Concise History of [X Country] published by 海角社区 University Press
- French/German/Italian/Russian/Spanish Literature: A Very Short Introduction published by Oxford University Press
General books: see Authors for language specific recommendations of literature (and film)听
Journals/articles
For newspapers in other languages, see links below in websites section
Authors
French
罢别虫迟:听Albert Camus 尝鈥櫭﹖谤补苍驳别谤, Fran莽oise Sagan Bonjour tristesse, Joseph Joffo Un sac de billes.听
Film: Jean-Luc Godard A bout de souffle, Mathieu Kassovitz La Haine, Laurent Cantet Entre les murs.
German
Text: Franz Kafka Die Verwandlung, Friedrich D眉rrenmatt Der Besuch der alten Dame, Bernhard Schlink Der Vorleser.听
Films: Wolfgang Becker Goodbye, Lenin!, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Das Leben derAnderen, Marc Rothemund Sophie Scholl Die letzten Tage.
Italian
Text: Italo Svevo La coscienca di Zeno, Primo Levi Se questo 猫 un uomo, Natalia Ginzburg Lessico famigliare.听
Films: Vittorio di Sica Ladri di bicicletta, Federico Fellini La dolce vita, Matteo Gorrone Gomorrah.
Portuguese
Text: Jos茅 Saramago A viagem do elefante, Lygia Fagundes Telles Antes do Baile Verde, Lu铆s Bernardo Honwana, N贸s mat谩mos o c茫o tinhoso.
Films: Margarida Cardoso, A costa dos murm煤rios, Walter Salles Central do Brasil, Fernando Mereilles and K谩tia Lund Cidade de Deus.
Russian
Text: Natalia Baranskaia A week like any other, short stories by Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol Revizor.听
Films: Andrey Zvyagintsev Leviathan, Sergei Bodrov Prisoner of the Mountains, Andrei Tarkovskii Ivan鈥檚 childhood.
Spanish
Text: Federico Garc铆a Lorca La casa de Bernarda Alba, Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez Cr贸nica de una muerte anunciada, Isabel Allende La casa de los esp铆ritus.
Films: Guillermo del Toro El laberinto del fauno, Pedro Almod贸var Volver, Sebasti谩n Leilo Una mujer fant谩stica.
Websites
General
- 听- language-learning app
French
- - Actualit茅s et Infos en France et dans le monde听
- - Actualit茅 en direct et informations en continu
- S茅ries Films en replay ou en direct听补苍诲 - French TV channels
- 听
- - one of Senegal's main daily papers
- - French Canadian news
German
- Online resources for German - Dozens of links to newspapers, videos, podcasts, museum and cultural institutions, dictionaries and much more!听
- - Online-Nachrichten听
Italian
- - Ultime Notizie听
- 听- Italian TV听
- - Italian TV听
- - Italian radio
- 鈥� newspaper听
- 鈥� newspaper听
- - Italian places of interest听
Portuguese
- - Brazilian comedy group (with English subititles)听
- 听- Portugal newspaper听
- - Portugal newspaper听
- 听
- - Brazil newspaper听
- - Brazil newspaper听
- 听- Portuguese TV and radio听
- - Brazilian TV and radio
Russian
- - news听
- 鈥� news听
- - news听
- 听- films, many with English subtitles听
Spanish
- : short clips featuring everyday conversations with speakers from various Spanish-speaking countries.听
- : short clips featuring examples of Spanish from different parts of Spain and Latin America
- : podcasts of Spanish speakers in a variety of situations, discussing a range of topics. With transcripts.听
- : listen to your favourite music while listening to Spanish and improving your listening skills and vocabulary.听
- : links to all daily papers in the Hispanic world.听
- 听Televisi贸n espa帽ola - Spanish TV听
Video
See website links above听
Other
- language films and series听
- -听films in many languages
History and Modern Languages
Books
- MMLL department resources for students听
- Pierre Nora, Realms of Memory听
- Ludmilla Jordanova, History in Practice听
- Edward Sa茂d, Orientalism听
Journals/articles
- : BBC History Magazine & BBC World Histories Magazine听
- : el peri贸dico global听
- - Actualit茅s et Infos en France et dans le monde听
- - Actualit茅 en direct et informations en continu
- | Online-Nachrichten
- - one of Senegal's main daily papers
- 听鈥� French Canadian news听
- - Ultime Notizie听
- , Portugal newspaper听
- , Portugal newspaper听
- , Brazil newspaper听
- , Brazil newspaper听
- - news听
- 鈥� news听
- - news听
- : links to all daily papers in the Hispanic world
Websites
- : British History in-depth听
- 听- language-learning app
- - Dictionnaire des synonymes听
- S茅ries Films en replay ou en direct听
- - Netflix
Video
- department video (YouTube)
Podcasts
Linguistics
See the听Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics Preliminary Reading list
