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North and South : deux Angleterre (1re)

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Margaret moves from the quiet South to an industrial town.Margaret quitte le Sud paisible pour une ville industrielle.
John Thornton owns a cotton mill.John Thornton possède une filature de coton.
The workers go on strike.Les ouvriers se mettent en grève.
At first, she despises him.Au début, elle le méprise.
Both of them have to overcome their prejudices.Tous les deux doivent surmonter leurs préjugés.
Gradually, they change their minds.Peu à peu, ils changent d'avis.

Dans North and South (1855), Elizabeth Gaskell oppose deux Angleterre : le Sud rural et élégant, et le Nord industriel, enfumé, où l'on travaille dans les filatures de coton (cotton mills). L'héroïne, Margaret Hale, s'installe à Milton, inspirée de Manchester, et méprise d'abord John Thornton, un patron (a mill owner) qu'elle juge dur avec ses ouvriers. Lors d'une grève (a strike), chacun découvre le point de vue de l'autre. Comme dans Pride and Prejudice, les deux personnages doivent surmonter leurs préjugés (prejudices). Connecteurs de contraste : whereas, while, unlike, however, at first... gradually...

Mise en situation : le cours de littérature

Teacher : What contrast does Gaskell show in North and South?
Quel contraste Gaskell montre-t-elle dans North and South ?
Sara : The South is rural and peaceful, whereas the North is industrial, noisy and polluted.
Le Sud est rural et paisible, alors que le Nord est industriel, bruyant et pollué.
Teacher : And how does Margaret see Mr Thornton at first?
Et comment Margaret voit-elle M. Thornton au début ?
Hugo : She despises him. She thinks he's a hard, money-loving mill owner who doesn't care about his workers.
Elle le méprise. Elle pense que c'est un patron dur, attaché à l'argent, qui se moque de ses ouvriers.
Sara : But during the strike, she sees he's braver than she thought. And he learns to listen to the workers.
Mais pendant la grève, elle voit qu'il est plus courageux qu'elle ne le pensait. Et lui apprend à écouter les ouvriers.
Teacher : So both of them gradually change their minds. Unlike many novels of the time, it gives a voice to workers too.
Donc tous les deux changent peu à peu d'avis. Contrairement à beaucoup de romans de l'époque, il donne aussi la parole aux ouvriers.

À retenir

  • the North, the South, a cotton mill, a mill owner, a worker, a strike, a prejudice, a point of view.
  • whereas / while / unlike / however ; at first... gradually... ; to change one's mind ; braver than she thought ; both of them ; to give a voice to.

Exercice 1 : North and South : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. « une filature de coton »
    1. a cotton mile
    2. a cotton mill
    3. a coton mill of
  2. « une grève »
    1. a strip
    2. a stroke
    3. a strike
  3. « se mettre en grève »
    1. to make strike
    2. to go on strike
    3. to go in strike
  4. « les préjugés »
    1. predicates
    2. prejudices
    3. prejudgements of
  5. « alors que » (contraste)
    1. wherever
    2. where as of
    3. whereas
  6. « changer d'avis »
    1. to change of opinion of
    2. to change one's advice
    3. to change one's mind
  7. « peu à peu »
    1. gradually
    2. graduately
    3. grade by grade
  8. « Elle le méprise. »
    1. She despise him.
    2. She despises him.
    3. She despises he.
  9. « plus courageux qu'elle ne le pensait »
    1. braver than she thought
    2. more brave than she thought
    3. braver that she thinked
  10. La ville de Milton s'inspire de...
    1. Manchester
    2. Londres
    3. Oxford

Exercice 2 : North and South : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. The South is peaceful, .......................... the North is industrial.
  2. At .......................... , she despises him.
  3. He owns a cotton .......................... .
  4. The workers go on .......................... .
  5. He doesn't .......................... about his workers, she thinks.
  6. He's .......................... than she thought. (brave)
  7. He learns to .......................... to the workers.
  8. Both of them gradually change their .......................... .
  9. .......................... many novels of the time, it gives a voice to workers.
  10. They have to overcome their .......................... .

Exercice 3 : North and South : mise en situation

  1. Quel contraste Gaskell montre-t-elle ?
    1. What contrast Gaskell shows?
    2. What contrast does Gaskell show?
    3. What contrast does Gaskell shows?
  2. Le Sud est paisible, alors que le Nord est pollué.
    1. The South is peaceful, whereas the North is polluted.
    2. The South is peaceful, whereas the North polluted.
    3. The South is peaceful, wherever the North is polluted.
  3. Comment le voit-elle au début ?
    1. How does she sees him at first?
    2. How does she see him at first?
    3. How she sees him at first?
  4. Elle pense qu'il se moque de ses ouvriers.
    1. She thinks he doesn't care of his workers.
    2. She thinks he doesn't care about his workers.
    3. She think he don't care about his workers.
  5. Il est plus courageux qu'elle ne le pensait.
    1. He's braver than she thought.
    2. He's more brave than she thought.
    3. He's braver than she thinked.
  6. Il apprend à écouter les ouvriers.
    1. He learn to listen to the workers.
    2. He learns to listen to the workers.
    3. He learns listening the workers.
  7. Tous les deux changent peu à peu d'avis.
    1. The both change their minds gradually.
    2. Both of them gradually change their minds.
    3. Both of them change gradually their mind of.
  8. Contrairement à beaucoup de romans...
    1. Unlike many novels...
    2. Dislike many novels...
    3. Unlike much novels...
  9. Il donne la parole aux ouvriers.
    1. It gives the word to workers.
    2. It give a voice to workers.
    3. It gives a voice to workers.
  10. Ils doivent surmonter leurs préjugés.
    1. They have to overcome their prejudices.
    2. They have to overcame their prejudices.
    3. They must to overcome their prejudices.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. b) a cotton mill · 2. c) a strike · 3. b) to go on strike · 4. b) prejudices · 5. c) whereas · 6. c) to change one's mind · 7. a) gradually · 8. b) She despises him. · 9. a) braver than she thought · 10. a) Manchester

Exercice 2

1. whereas · 2. first · 3. mill · 4. strike · 5. care · 6. braver · 7. listen · 8. minds · 9. Unlike · 10. prejudices

Exercice 3

1. b) What contrast does Gaskell show? · 2. a) The South is peaceful, whereas the North is polluted. · 3. b) How does she see him at first? · 4. b) She thinks he doesn't care about his workers. · 5. a) He's braver than she thought. · 6. b) He learns to listen to the workers. · 7. b) Both of them gradually change their minds. · 8. a) Unlike many novels... · 9. c) It gives a voice to workers. · 10. a) They have to overcome their prejudices.