RO-BRIT STUDENT JOURNAL English Annual Review of the Romanian Students from “Vasile Alecsandri” University Bacău

ROMÂNIA MINISTERUL EDUCAȚIEI NAȚIONALE UNIVERSITATEA „VASILE ALECSANDRI” DIN BACĂU Facultatea de Litere Str. Spiru Haret, nr. 8, Bacău, 600114 Tel./ fax ++40-234-588884 www.ub.ro; e-mail: [email protected] RO-BRIT STUDENT JOURNAL English Annual Review of the Romanian Students from “Vasile Alecsandri” University Bacău ALMA MATER BACAU v CONTENTS EDITORIAL t LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND CULTURE A JOURNEY THROUGH THE VICTORIAN AGE, Adina Antal, EF, II EDITORS KING HENRY VIII AND HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH WOMEN, Miriam-Carla Calapod, EF, I DECODING LEWIS CARROLL`S SECRET WORLD, Raluca-Andreea Donici, EF, II THE VICTORIAN DETECTIVE. THE CASE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, Elena-Ștefana Cioineag, RE, II INSIDE THE BODY OF KING HENRY VIII, Raluca-Andreea Donici,EF, II Editor-in-chief: WHAT EVERY GIRL SHOULD LEARN FROM JANE EYRE/JANE EYRE, Tadeea-Agneza Roca, EF, III PhD Lecturer Raluca Galița CHARLENS DICKENS`S GREAT EXPECTATIONS - PIP`S BECOMING - REWRITING- , Tadeea-Agneza Roca, EF, III TESS - REBORN, Denisia Pleșcău, RE, III DISCOURSE ANALYSIS - QUEEN ELIZABETH I`S SPEECH AT TILBURY, Dana-Iuliana Alupei Editorial Board: (Tiliță) , LEPC, I THE HOWL OF THE AMERICAN 1950S, Denisia Maria-Pleșcău, RE, III PhD Professor Elena Bonta VARIORUM PhD Lecturer Mihaela Culea DEEP ROOTS, Bianca Susanu, MK, III PhD Lecturer Andreia Irina THE IMPACT OF AUTOMATION AND A.I. ON THE ECONOMY, Cristian Vlad Pîrvu, Business Suciu Management, I WESTERN WOMEN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, Cristian Vlad Pîrvu, Business PhD Professor’s Assistant Management, I Gabriela Andrioai THE POWER OF THOUGHTS, Amalia Bucurel, Gabriel Bugiuianu, KMS, II PhD Lecturer Cătălina THE ADVANTAGES BROUGHT BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NOWADAYS, Cătălin-Andrei Bălinișteanu-Furdu Savin, TI, I PhD Associate Professor STUDYING, WORKING AND TRAVELLING ABROAD Nadia-Nicoleta Morărașu AN ERASMUS EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME, Diana Pușcașu, CRP, III LIVING MY AMERICAN DREAM, Victor Bulhac, CRP, III Editor, Supplement: MY LOVELY ERASMUS EXPERIENCE, Hilal Yantur, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey, II MY JOURNEY TO AMERICA, Andreea Hușanu, Biologie, II PhD Associate Professor MY EXPERIENCE IN THE UK, Georgiana Savin, Accounting and Management Information Elena Ciobanu Systems, I SOME THINGS YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT LIVING AND STUDYING IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, Alin David, Accounting and Management Information Systems, I AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY / ERASMUS DIARIES, Valentin-Adrian Ionicel, EF, III Technical Editor: UNITED INTO/WITHIN AN ERASMUS EXPERIENCE OR ME... A LIVING BOOK, Miriam-Carla Calapod, EF, I Ion-Răzvan Dobrin, II, LEPC FOOD FOR THOUGHT SOMETIMES... AND ME OR THE PANGS OF A YOUNGSTER`S LIFE, Miriam-Carla Calapod, EF, I THE ART OF LETTING GO, Denisa Popa, EF, III THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND ALWAYS OPERATES IN THE PRESENT TENSE, Alexandru-Rareș Stanciu, Biology, I LETTER TO THE LOST EONS, Alexandru Roman, RE, III BOOK REVIEW HOW TO OWN THE ROOM: WOMEN AND THE ART OF BRILLIANT SPEAKING - VIV © Copyright 2020 GROSKOP, Mădălina Maximciuc, CRP, I SIX OF CROWS BY LEIGH BARDUGO, Denisa Popa, EF, III Editura Alma Mater, PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES ON BORN A CRIME BY TREVOR NOAH, Adina Prisacariu, RE, III Bacău, România ISSN 2066 - 6470 FILM REVIEW WEIRDNESS, AMBIGUITY AND OBSCURITY IN STRANGER THINGS, A NETFLIX SERIES, Raluca-Andreea Donici, EF, II v EDITORIAL RO-BRIT STUDENT JOURNAL is an annual English journal dedicated to publishing papers written by students in the Faculty of Letters (and not only), under the auspices of the Depart- ment of Foreign Languages and Literatures from “Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău. This journal intends to encourage students to take more initiative in engaging in the English studies, providing at the same time the opportunity for them to have their research and creative writing published. Thus, RO-BRIT STUDENT JOURNAL invites English-speaking students to contribute to the journal through submitting original articles. The journal welcomes submis- sions on English language, literature and culture, its purpose being to provide a channel for the publication of original work by Romanian students who love the English language. This is RO-BRIT STUDENT JOURNAL este o revistă an excellent opportunity for students to allow anuală în limba engleză dedicată publicării their research to be seen by their colleagues and lucrărilor scrise de către studenții din cadrul to participate in a promising endeavour. Facultății de Litere (și nu numai), sub aus- piciile Departamentului de Limbi și Literaturi Străine de la Universitatea “Vasile Alecsandri” din Bacău. RO-BRIT STUDENT JOURNAL intenționează să încurajeze studenţii vorbitori de limba engleză să scrie şi să publice în limba engleză articole cu privire la limbă, literatură şi cultură, scopul principal al revistei fiind acela de a oferi un canal pentru publicarea de lucrări originale de către studenții români care iubesc limba engleză. Aceasta este o oportuni- tate excelentă pentru studenți de a permite ca cercetarea lor să fie văzută de colegii lor și de a participa la un efort promițător. A JOURNEY THROUGH THE VICTORIAN AGE Adina Antal, EF, II Coordinator: PhD Lecturer Cãtãlina Bãlinişteanu-Furdu GET TO KNOW BRITAIN Motto: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity…” (Charles Dickens) LANGUAGE LITERATURE CULTURE I. Why the best of times? The period of Queen Victoria’s reign, from 1837 until 1901, was a time of enormous changes in the British’s lives, marked by ingenuity and progress in domains such as: industry, sciences, territorial expansion - the colonies, literature. I.1. Industry A new way to produce steel was discovered, which made it easier to manufacture the machines for factories or even build factories. The railway engine - built of iron, fuelled by coal, powered by steam, revolutionized the industrial economy. Railways had a major impact on farming, as perishable goods such as dairy products could now be moved long distances before they were inedible. Also, industries like the one of textiles expanded thanks to the inventions of machines by taking less time to produce which led to mass production, a key factor in the Industrial Revolution. I.2. Sciences Various forms of communication appeared in the Victorian Era: the telegraph, the telephone, the typewriter, etc. I.3. Territorial expansion By the end of the century, Britain became the most powerful country in the world, with the largest empire ever, ruling a quarter of the world’s population. I.4. Literature, in Victorian times, knew a great evolution mostly in the prose area. Novelists like Charles Dickens, the Brontë sisters or William Thackeray managed to reflect in their works the 4 reality of their times. LANGUAGE LITERATURE II. Why the Worst of Times? CULTURE Major class divisions and poverty appeared due to people transgressing from the rural areas to the cities. Child labour – children toiled in factories for meagre wages to support their families and get little schooling. Lack of hygienic conditions: houses were overcrowded, most people lived in miserable conditions; Epydemics like Cholera or Thyphoid fever led to high mortality in towns. This aspect is known as “The Great Stink” as the Thames spread that terrible smell; The “Miasmas” from the decaying matter poisoned also the air. III. The Age of Wisdom vs the Age of Foolishness Victorians had a certain set of moral values, based on: respectability, stability, elitism, reli- gion. This specific code included ideas like: the patriarchal society, the superiority that men had over the women, the importance of maintaining the appearances. III.1. The patriarchal society A patriarchal society, family, or system is the one in which men have all or most of the power and importance. Why can this concept be considered FOOLISH? Within marriage or in the society, women were deprived of decisiveness and were not respected. As they were very religious and obeyed the rules written in the Holy Bible, they had to love and treat their fellow (women and children) the same they expected to be treated. III.2. The discrepancy between the 2 genders The women of the Victorian age did not enjoy the same liberties as men did. For instance, men were allowed to have access to good education, high qualified schools, while women were, for most of the times, home schooled, prepared in few matters (reading, writing, manners). III.3. Maintaining appearances Despite the fact that sometimes housewives were sexually and physically harassed, they posed, when they were out in the society, as happily married women. IV. The epoch of belief vs the epoch of incredulity Towards the second half of the 19th century, the population`s belief in the Christian doctrine was heavily shaken. Advances of science put pressure on the traditional beliefs which somehow turned into a period of doubt in search of faith. 5 Conclusions GET TO KNOW BRITAIN Despite its rationalism, the Victorian Age was labelled as the Golden Age and it remained in history as the zenith of the British Empire. It provided us with important works of art, of literature (the novels which we are studying today) and it can be considered the engine which started the modern evolution. Food for thought: “Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.” (Honore de Balzac) LANGUAGE LITERATURE CULTURE Bibliography /Webography: Cutitaru, Codrin Liviu, The Victorian Novel. A Critical Approach, Editura Universitatii “Al.I.Cuza”, Iaşi, 2004; Darwin, Charles The Origin of Species, D. Appleton and Company Publishing House, Broadway, New York, 1946; https://www.bartleby.com/topics/Victorian-Age-Essay A Social Morality of The Victorian Age, by Oscar Martin, accessed on 27.10.2019; https://studylib.net/doc/8040812/victorian-england-research-topics Victorian England Research Topics, accessed on 27.10.2019; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZEeLyylz_M, Life in Victorian Britain, documentary made by Crom- well Production History Documentary, narrated by Terry Molloy, accessed on 27.10.2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkJJFX8Qn90&t=350s, Gender in 19th Century Britain, documentary made by The British Library, presented by Katherine Hughes, accessed on 27.10.2019.

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