LICEO SCIENTIFICO MICHELANGELO PROGRAMMA DI LINGUA E CIVILTA’ INGLESE CLASSE 4^ C A.S. 2013 / 2014 DOCENTE: Prof.ssa Nicoletta Erbì 1) Sono stati svolti i seguenti argomenti dal testo in adozione Performer Culture & Literature 1+2 e da materiale prodotto dall’insegnante (schemi, approfondimenti, etc) o da ricerche su Internet e presentazioni PowerPoint: Historical background: the Tudor dynasty. Literature: Humanism and Renaissance Drama; Poetry: the sonnet form. Petrarchan vs English sonnet. Features of the English sonnet. Text analysis: William Shakespeare, Sonnet XVIII – Shall I compare thee; William Shakespeare, Sonnet CXXX – My Mistress’ eyes; The Stuarts: James I: King by Divine Right. The Gunpowder Plot; Thanksgiving Day. William Shakespeare: life and literary production. Shakespeare’s London. Elizabethan Drama: the Playhouses, actors’ companies, conventions and features, language and verse. Theatre: general features; types of dramatic plays (comedy, tragedy); dramatic techniques: dialogue, monologue, soliloquy, aside, stage directions; flat vs round characters. Romeo and Juliet: Plot, themes and characters. Text analysis: The Prologue, The Great Ball; The Balcony Scene; Hamlet: Plot, themes and characters;Text analysis: To be or not to be; Macbeth: Plot, themes and characters; text analysis: Duncan’s Murder. A Time of Upheaval: The Stuart dynasty: Charles I, the struggle with Parliament and the Civil War; The Puritan Mind; Cromwell and the Commonwealth; Charles II and the Restoration of the Monarchy. The Glorious Revolution; The Augustan Age; English society in the18th Century. The age of Reason and Common Sense, Stability and prosperity. Journalism; The rise of the novel. Daniel Defoe: Life and works; Robinson Crusoe: Plot, characters, interpretations. text analysis from Robinson Crusoe: - Stranded on the island; The journal; Friday (He was a comely, handsome fellow...) Visione dei films Shakespeare in love e To Kill a King e del documentario London. 2) Nel contesto delle opere studiate, sono stati rivisti i seguenti contenuti grammaticali: reported speech, indirect questions; Forma passiva; Conditional sentences: first, second, third conditional; verb patterns (have/get something done, used to (past habits), Wish + past simple; want someone to do something, etc) phrasal verbs più comuni; linkers: time, contrast, cause, addition, purpose. Cagliari, 9 Giugno 2014 L’insegnante Nicoletta Erbì Gli alunni …………………………………… …………………………….. ……………………………………. …………………………………….