PROGRAMMA DI LINGUA E CIVILTA’ INGLESE Classe 3AL A.S. 2010-11 Prof.ssa MARIA PIA MSTRANGELO Libri di testo: Spiazzi Tavella “Only connect…" Zanichelli R. Murphy “English grammar in use” Cambridge M. Dandini “Surfing the world” Zanichelli THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD ( 650- 1066) HISTORICAL PERIOD: Pre-Celtic period – the Celts- The Mystery of StonehengeJulius Caesar- the Roman Conquest – the Anglo-Saxon Invasion – The Danes – The Saxons: Alfred the Great – Edward the Confessor – Harold. SOCIAL BACKGROUND: The Iberians – 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). “ The prioress”. 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 – Wyatt – Spenser – William Shakespeare – Life and works – plays – Sonnets. Reading of “Hamlet” by W. Shakespeare. Revisione delle principali strutture grammaticali Guida alla composizione Analisi di un testo letterario Brani di comprensione. Gli Alunni L’Insegnante