PROGRAMMA DI LETTERATURA INGLESE SVOLTO NELLA CLASSE IVAA
A.S. 2014/ 2015
The Tudors
Henry VII, Henry VIII. Mary I, Queen Elizabeth.
The defeat of the Spanish Armada. Portraits of Queen Elizabeth.
Elizabethan entertainment.
An Expanding world Copernicus’ and Ptolemy’s view of universe.
The English Renaissance.
The sonnet. The English and Italian sonnet.
Cultural Issues; woman, lady, mistress
William Shakespeare- Sonnets: Shall I compare thee. My Mistress' eyes
The beginning of Stuart dynasty. James I
The Gunpowder Plot. Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night.
William Shakespeare
The actor and the playwright. The language genius. The poet. The comedian.
The historian. Shakespeare’s London. London in the 16th century.
The structure of theatres, The Elizabethan playhouse. The audience.
The world of drama. The dramatic technique: the dialogue, the monologue
the soliloquy. The aside, stage direction.
Opening scene in Shakespeare’s plays: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, the
Tempest.
Romeo and Juliet. The plot and themes. The prologue. Macbeth, the plot and
themes, the three witches. The Tempest, plot and themes.
Tests: Duncan’s murder
The civil War and the Commonwealth. Oliver Cromwell. The puritans. The
Puritan heritage in America.
John Milton- His life and works. Paradise lost. Satan 's speech
Satan in Milton e in Dante Alighieri.
The restoration and monarchy.
Scientific revolution. The royal society. The newspapers: Journalism, the
Spectator and Caffè
The rise of the novel. Daniel De Foe and the realistic novel. Robinson Crusoe,
the new middle class hero. The story
Melfi, 3 Giugno 2015
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