Liceo scientifico Morgagni
Programma di Lingua e letteratura Inglese
Classe 3i
a.s. 2014-2015
Docente – Prof.ssa.Caterina Fenu
Libro di testo: Performer Culture and Literature vol.1 –Spiazzi,Tavella, Layton ed. Zanichelli
Specification 1 – The Birth of the Nation
History: Meet the Celts, Caesar and the Druids, Roman Britain, The Anglo-Saxons, The treasure of
Sutton Hoo.
Literature: Beowulf: a national epic, Beowulf and Grendel : the fight, Beowulf’s funeral, Two Films
about Beowulf. Literary language.
Cultural issues: Good vs evil, The Lord of the Rings, Take off the Ring.
History: The Vikings attacks, The Norman invasion, The Doomsday Book.
1 Overview.
Specification 2- Developing society
History. A war of succession, the Gothic cathedral, King John and the Magna Carta,
Cultural issues: Medieval Outlaws, two films about Robin Hood.
Literature: The medieval ballad- Bonny Barbara Allen, modern ballads- the Ballad of Barbara
Allen. Literary language.
History: The birth of Parliament, the three orders of medieval society.
Literature: Geoffrey Chaucer’s portrait of English society, from The Canterbury Tales, the Wife of
Bath, the Miller. Literary language.
Patience Agbabi: The Wife of Bafa
Hstory: The Black Death: a great human tragedy, The Wars of the Roses.
2 Overview
History: Meet the Tudors (Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary I, Elizabeth I)
Society: Elizabethan entertainment.
Literature: The English Renaissance, the Sonnet, The English and the Italian Sonnet ( I find no
peace, by T.Wyatt, Pace non trovo by Petrarca, My Mistress’Eyes by W. Shakespeare)
3 Overview
Specification 4- William Shakespeare: England’s genius.
Literature: W. Shakespeare (1564-1616), Shakespeare’s London, The structure of the theatres, The
World of drama: The balcony scene, To be or not to be, The Bond, My hands are of your colour)
Opening scenes in Shakespeare’s plays.
Romeo and Juliet- (Two households, The Ball, With a kiss I die)
Macbeth- (The three witches, Duncan’s murder, Macbeth’s last monologue).
Fotocopie:
Learning about Fiction: Caline by Kate Chopin- Short story structure; main conventions of fiction.
Roma, 06/05/ 2015
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