LICEO SCIENTIFICO STATALE “PRINCIPE UMBERTO DI SAVOIA

LICEO SCIENTIFICO STATALE “PRINCIPE UMBERTO DI SAVOIA” - CATANIA
PROGRAMMA SVOLTO DI LINGUA INGLESE
CLASSE IV A
Prof. Pappalardo Agata
A. Sc. 201/15
LETTERATURA
Dal testo: M. Spiazzi, M. Tavella, Lit and Lab, vol.1, Zanichelli
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The Tudors and the Stuarts
The Tudor dynasty
The Reformation
The beginning of the Stuart dynasty
Tudor and early Stuart society
The Sonnet
The world of theatre
William Shakespeare: Life
Shakespeare the Poet – The Sonnets
Sonnet XVIII: Shall I compare thee
Sonnet CXXX: My Mistress' eyes
Shakespeare the Dramatist: Dating the plays; A play by Shakespeare: general features;
Romeo and Juliet; Hamlet; Macbeth.
The Balcony scene (from “Romeo and Juliet”, act 2, scene 1)
To Be or not To Be (From “Hamlet”; act III, scene1)
The three witches (from “Macbeth”, act 1, scene 1)
Duncan's murder (from “Macbeth”, act 2, scene 2)
John Milton: Life and Works - “Paradise Lost”
Satan's speech (from “Paradise Lost”, book 1, lines 242 - 270)
Daniel Defoe: Life and works; Robinson Crusoe: the new middle-class hero, the island; the
individual and society; a spiritual autobiography
Jonathan Swift: Life and works - An Irish hero – A controversial writer - “Gulliver's Travels”
GRAMMATICA
Revision of verbal tenses – Present perfect – Present perfect continuous – Past perfect – Past
perfect continuous – Used to – Be used to/get used to - Hypothetical period: first, second, third
type – Reported speech: use of say, tell and verbs to give suggestions, advise, make requests, give
orders – The Passive: all verbal tenses – The Passive with modals.
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