Liceo Scientifico Statale “A. Labriola”

Liceo Scientifico Statale “A. Labriola” - Roma
Programma di Lingua e civiltà straniera inglese
Anno scolastico 2015-2016
Classe 4C
Prof.ssa A.Mileo
Testi adottati:
1. Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella, Margaret Layton - Performer Culture and Literature 1 - Zanichelli
2. Marina Spiazzi, Marina Tavella, Margaret Layton - Performer FCE Tutor (Student’s Book) - Zanichelli
Letteratura e cenni storici
1. Tudor’s dynasty: p.59-60
2. Elizabethan Entertainment: p.64-65
3. An Expanding World: p.66
4. English Renaissance and New Learning: p.68
5. The Sonnet: p.69
6. “My Mistress eyes” (sonnet 130th) by Shakespeare (paraphrases and analysis) p. 72; “Like as the waves”
(sonnet 60th) by Shakespeare (paraphrases and analysis) p. 82
7. English sonnet and Italian sonnet: p.69
8. W. Shakespeare: life and work: p.86-87
9. Shakespeare’s London: p.88-89
10. Dramatic techniques: the dialogue – the monologue/soliloquy – the aside – the stage directions: p.9394-95
11. Main features of comedies and tragedies: p.96
12. Opening scenes in Shakespeare’s plays: p. 97 (a-b)
13. Romeo and Juliet (plot and themes): p.98
14. The prologue (paraphrases and analysis): p.99
15. The balcony scene (paraphrases and analysis): p. 93
16. With a kiss I die (paraphrases and analysis): p. 111
17. Hamlet (sources, plot, revenge tragedy, themes, ambiguity, a play within the play): photocopies
provided
18. In search of Hamlet (S.Palfrey’s text): photocopies provided
19. To be or not to be (paraphrases): photocopies provided
20. To be or not to be (text analysis)
21. King by divine right, James I and the Puritans: p. 78
22. The Civil War: p.130
23. Oliver Cromwell: p.131
24. Cavaliers and Roundheads: p.133
25. The war on withches: p.134-135
26. John Milton and Paradise Lost: p. 136-137
27. Satan’s speech (paraphrases and analysis): 137-138
28. Satan in Milton and Dante: p. 139-140
29. The restoration of monarchy: p.146
30. The birth of political parties: p.152
31. The Act of Union: p.153
32. Tories and Whigs: p.153
33. The Augustan/golden age: p.156
34. The new view of nature: p.157
35. The means of cultural debate (periodicals and coffee-houses): p.160-161
36. The Spectator and Il Caffè (only introduction): p. 162
37. The rise of the novel: p. 164
38. Main features of 18th century novel: p.164
39. D. Defoe’s life and works: p. 165
40. R.Crusoe: p. 165-166
41. The journal (summary and analysis): p.167-168
42. Man Friday (summary and analysis): p. 169-170
43. J.Swift’s life and works: p.172
44. Gulliver’s Travel: p. 172-173
45. Gulliver and the Lilliputians (summary and analysis): p. 174-175
Grammatica
- Paradigms of irregular verbs (revision)
- The passive
- Say and tell
- Reported speech
Lessico sui seguenti argomenti
Relationships – Crime – Communication and technology – Oceans and species in danger – family
recreational centers
Produzione scritta
For and against essay
Report/summary
Text analysis
Newspaper articles
Roma, 01/06/2016
Gli studenti
L’insegnante: A.Mileo