PROGRAMMA DI LINGUA E CIVILTA’ INGLESE
Classe 3CSU
A.S. 2013-2014
Prof.ssa MARIA PIA MSTRANGELO
Libri di testo: Spiazzi Tavella “Only connect… New Directions edizione blu"
Zanichelli
R. Murphy “Essential grammar in use” Cambridge
E. Cori B. Licheri “ Exploring Human Science” CLITT
THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD ( 650- 1066)
HISTORICAL PERIOD: Pre-Celtic period – the Celts- The Mystery of Stonehenge-
Julius Caesar- the Roman Conquest – the Anglo-Saxon Invasion – The Danes – The
Saxons: Alfred the Great – Edward the Confessor – Harold.
SOCIAL BACKGROUND: Celtic civilization – Anglo-Saxon civilization.
ANGLO – SAXON LITERATURE: Pagan Elegy, Epic poem: Beowulf ( plot – features – language – presence of nature – mythical elements Christian elements)
Pagan Elegy.
THE MIDDLE AGES ( 1066-1485)
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: The Norman conquest: William I ( The feudal system- Court of justice- William II- Henry I – Stephen.
The Plantagenets: Henry II ( The common law – Thomas a’ Becket). Richard I- John
Lackland (Magna Charta) – Henry III ( Simon de Montfort – Parliament). Edward I (
Model Parliament) – Edward III (Hundred Years’ War- Black Death Wycliffe –
Lollardy) – Richard II . Lancaster and York.
SOCIAL BACKGROUND: consequences of the Norman conquest- Middle English – decline of feudalism – The black Death Trade guilds.

LITERARY PRODUCTION: A Popular production-The Medieval Ballads Geoffrey
Chaucer - life and works - The Canterbury Tales ( sources – plot – pilgrims – tales).
From Chaucer to the Renaissance: Drama – Origins – myracle and mystery pays – moralities – interludes.
THE RENAISSANCE
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: the Tudors Henry VII – Henry VIII ( the English
Reformation) Edward VI - Mary Tudor – Elizabeth I ( State and Church – Mary
Stuart – England and Spain – The invincible Armada).
SOCIAL BACKGROUND: social and political changes – Elizabethan England – new scientific discoveries.
LITERARY PRODUCTION: The Elizabethan Sonnets – William Shakespeare –
Life and works – plays “ Hamlet “ - Sonnets.
EXPLORING HUMAN SCIENCE : What is learning? – Types of memory ( habituation and sensation) –B. Bloom ( the seven types of intelligence) – First language acquisition – Other types of learning – Memory – What is memory? –
Working memory.
Revisione delle principali strutture grammaticali
Brani di comprensione.
Gli Alunni L’Insegnante