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