PROGRAMMA SVOLTO DI
INGLESE
LINGUA E LETTERATURA
Classe: IV AS
Insegnante: Valeria Landolfi
A.S. 2014-2015
 Sonnet CXXX (1609) - “ My Mistress’ Eyes” – Text analysis.
 Comparison between Italian and English sonnet.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: ENGLAND’S GENIUS
 William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
 The structure of theatres.
 The world of drama: Dramatic techniques:
 The dialogue. From Romeo and Juliet: “ The Balcony Scene”- Text analysis.
 The monologue and the soliloquy. From Hamlet : “To be or not to be” – Text
analysis.
 The aside. From The Merchant of Venice: “ The bond”- Text analysis.
 The stage directions. From Macbeth: “ My Hands are of your colour” – Text
analysis.
 Romeo and Juliet (1594 – 96).
 The plot.
 Themes.
 The prologue: Two households – Text analysis.
 Act V, Scene III: With a kiss I die – Text analysis.
 Hamlet: the plot and themes.
 Macbeth: the plot and themes.
 A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1594-96):
 The plot.
 Themes.
 Act II, Scene I: The love potion – Text analysis.
 Reality and Imagination: Shakespeare and Ariosto:
 From a Midsummer Night’s Dream: “Lovers and madman” – Text Analysis.
A TIME OF UPHEAVAL
 Metaphysical poetry:
 Main features.
 John Donne: A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning (1633) – Text analysis.
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The civil war.
Oliver Cromwell and the Ironsides.
The Puritans.
The war on witches.
John Milton
 John Milton’s life.
 Paradise Lost:
 A religious epic poem.
 The universe of Paradise Lost.
 Satan as an epic hero.
 Satan’s Speech – Text analysis.
Satan in Milton and Dante.
New scientific methods.
The Royal Society.
The Royal Society today.
Newton’s view of the universe.
The restoration of the monarchy.
SHAPING THE ENGLISH CHARACTER
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The birth of political parties.
The Act of Union, 1707.
The Tories and the Wighs.
A Golden Age.
The means for cultural debate.
The Newspapers: ‘The Spectator’ and ‘Il Caffè’:
 The Spectator by Joseph Addison, No. 1 – Text analysis.
 The rise of the novel:
 The 18th century novel.
 Daniel Defoe and the realistic novel:
 Robinson Crusoe (1719)
 The new middle class hero;
 A spiritual autobiography;
 The island;
 The individual and the society;
 The journal – Text analysis;
 Jonathan Swift and the satirical novel:
 Gulliver’s Travels: The story.
 Gulliver and the Lilliputians – Text analysis.
 The Grand Tour.
Melfi, 29/05/2015
L’insegnante
Valeria Landolfi