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Pen Circle
Sultan Moulay Slimane University
Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Department of English
BP. 524, Beni Mellal, Morocco.
Fax: 212 (0) 5 23 48 17 69
Email: pencircle@gmail.com
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Mly. Lmustapha MAMAOUI, Mohamed RAKII, Redouan SADI.
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keep step with our crowd in Washington. I saw this opening in the West, and
well, a marshalship isn't quite as high a position as that of ambassador, but
The ambassador, she said warmly, doesn't call any more. He needn't ever
have done so. You ought to know that. And so now you are one of these
dashing Western heroes, and you ride and shoot and go into all kinds of
dangers. That's different from the Washington life. You have been missed from
the old crowd.
The woman's eyes, fascinated, went back, widening a little, to rest upon the
glittering handcuffs.
Don't you worry about them, miss, said the other man. All marshals
handcuff themselves to their prisoners to keep them from getting away. Mr.
Easton knows his business.
Will we see you again soon in Washington? asked Miss Fairchild.
Not soon, I think, said Easton. My butterfly days are over, I fear.
I love the West, she said. Her eyes were shining softly. She looked away
out the car window. She began to speak truly and simply, forgetting about style
and manner: Mamma and I spent the summer in Denver. She went home a
week ago because father was ill. I could live and be happy in the West. I think
the air here agrees with me. Money isn't everything. But people always
misunderstand things and remain stupid
Say, Mr. Marshal, growled the sad-faced man. This isn't quite fair. I'm
needing a drink of water. Haven't you talked long enough? Take me into the
dining car now, won't you?
The bound travelers rose to their feet. Easton still had the same slow smile on
his face.
I can't say no to a need for water, he said, lightly. It's the one friend of the
unfortunate. Good-bye, Miss Fairchild. Duty calls, you know. He held out his
hand for a farewell.
It's too bad you are not going East, she said, remembering again her
manner and style. But you must go on to Leavenworth, I suppose?
Yes, said Easton, I must go on to Leavenworth.
The two men made their way down the aisle into the dining car.
The two passengers in a seat nearby heard most of the conversation. Said
one of them: That marshal is a good sort of chap. Some of these Westerners
are all right.
Pretty young to hold an office like that, isn't he? asked the other.
Young! exclaimed the first speaker, Why Oh! Didnt you catch on?
Say, did you ever know an officer to handcuff a prisoner to his right hand?
Source: David Queen (ed.) Configurations. American Short Stories for the
EFL Classroom Advanced Level. Washington: USIA, 1987, pp. 57-58.
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Pen
Im made of ink and plastic.
To write on trees dismembered in an attic.
Its my blood that you read,
Those letters stand for my seed.
An unbeautiful woman holds me carefully.
She me puts in her handbag carefully
Perfumes, mirrors Im suffocating
Now, I am dying.
Methinks Im not important for her.
Any book starts with a letter.
Just like the roads first step,
Or a house made of rep.
Mohamed Louza
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Publish or Perish
The Pedagogic Discourse and the Construction of Identity: Gender
Representation in the Moroccan EFL Textbook Discourse (2016) is the title
of the book being published by many international companies, namely
Amazon
(https://www.amazon.com/Pedagogic-Discourse-ConstructionIdentity-Representation/dp/3330804793), Ebay, morebooks.de. Indeed, the
book was originally written as a thesis by Mohamed Jaafari in the fulfilment
of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate in the Faculty of Letters,
Beni Mellal. Then, it was printed in Germany. The study examines the
manifestations of unequal distribution of power to genders in the gendered
dialogues and talk exchanges embedded in the Moroccan EFL textbooks. In
this endeavour, the study is methodologically guided by the works of the
Critical Discourse Analysis scholars. The research is also characterized by
the implementation of M.A.K Hallidays Systemic Functional Linguistics,
mainly modality analysis at the interpersonal level and transitivity analysis at
the experiential level. The conversational methods and techniques are
employed to map out the way people exert power over interlocutants,
reproduce or challenge prevailing gender ideology in talk. The results show
that inequality perseveres in the gendered distribution of modals and
transitivity process types that grant males the power of self-assertiveness,
inclination to activity and material words, and domination in the world of
science and knowledge. The importance of the results is proved by their
implication for the improvement of society as a whole.
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Publish or Perish
Nabil Eddoumi, Investigating Metacognitive Awareness of Reading. The
Case Study of Moroccan Third Year University Students. Lambert
Academic Publishing (2016-09-13). ISBN-13: 978-3-659-95244-9
The author of this book, Nabil Eddoumi, is now a Fulbright scholar at
Florida Memorial University 2nd in Miami Gardens, FL, where he teaches
Arabic. He had his BA degree in English Linguistics at the Faculty of
Letters and Humanities in Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal,
Morocco. Then he earned his 2nd BA degree in Applied Linguistics and
Teaching English as a Foreign Language at Mohamed V University in
Rabat, Morocco.
--- * --- * --- * --- * --- * --- * --- * --- * --Abdelaziz Khourdifi, Glory on the Edge and Other Moroccan Short
Stories. Marrakech: Watanya, 2014. ISBN: 978-9954-33-262-7
The author of this book, Abdelaziz Khourdifi, taught as a Fulbright
scholar at Stetson University in Florida, USA. He obtained his Master in
Languages, Computer Science, and Translation from the Faculty of
Letters and Humanities in Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal,
Morocco. He is also the author of Snow in the Desert (Beni Mellal: Ain
Asserdoune, 2010).
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Abdelkader Sabil
Chouaib Doukali University, El-Jadida, Morocco
Going Occidental or Intellectual Alienation: The Cases of
Season of Migration and The Mimic Men (pp. 149-164)
Mohamed Sghir Syad
Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco
Gendering Black History / Race-ing Historical Representation
in Toni Morrisons The Bluest Eye (pp. 165-210)
Jacqueline Jondot
Toulouse-le-Mirail University, France
Otherness, Duality and Duplicity in A Beggar at Damascus
Gate by Yasmin Zahran (and other Arab Writers in the
English language) (pp. 211-223)
Mohamed Rakii
Sultan Moulay Slimane University, Beni Mellal, Morocco
The Portrait of an Outsider: A Study of James Joyces A
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (pp. 225-239)
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He cannot speak well, that cannot hold his
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Pungent Quotations on
PHILOSOPHY
"I think that bad philosophers may have a certain
influence, good philosophers, never."
Bertrand Russell,
Observer, 24 April 1955.
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CROSSWORDS (N 39)
1- Movies Moroccan mountain chains. 2- To depart Find
it in prop. Quid pro ~. 3- A prefix of repetition Concerned
in, used in, seeing Unified resource link. 4- Easily
remembered melodies (pl.) Find it in Arab. 5- Rather old. 6Editor (abbr.) A structural unit of a film linking a number of
scenes. 7- Smooth and delicate A small animal like, but larger
than, a mouse To move from one place to another. 8Manuscript (or typescript) for an actors part in a play or a film
Double vowels. 9- Extra-terrestrial Double. 10- Employee in
an office who is responsible for correspondence, appointments,
records, etc. 11- Famous Islamic institution in Egypt The
personal name of Russian novelist, Tolstoy (English spelling).
12- The deep Informal word for father or papa Of
mankind.
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