Quarta A - INGLESE | 2023-2024

Letteratura :

The Augustan Age: The Age of Prose: newspapers and novels.

The Restauration

The Rise of the Novel

D. Defoe: biografia e opere. Testi tratti da “Robinson Crusoe”

A journal of the Plague Year

Robinson Crusoe:  Religious allegory, Economic allegory, Imperialistic allegory

The colonialist figure of Robinson Crusoe

The Romantic Age

Characteristics of Romanticism

Historical and social background

Britain and the American Revolution, the French Revolution, the Industrial and Agricultural revolution, Social reforms

W. Blake: biografia e opere

“The Lamb“ and “The Tyger“ (“Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience“) 

Jane Austin: Life, works and themes

Pride and Prejudice

Visione film:Pride and Prejudice

Mary Shelley: Life and works

Frankenstein: A spark into a lifeless thing

 Fotocopia Artificial Intelligence

Alber Einstein (gita a Pavia)

 Visione film:Frankenstein

The Theme of the double in Frankenstein, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and The Picture of Dorian Gray

Grammatica, sintassi ,lessico

Unit 4: Urban Landscapes,sustainable cities(word formation,phrasal verbs,key word trasformation,multiple choice cloze)

Unit 5: Leave No one behind,Expressions for the Agenda 2030 (word formation,phrasal verbs,key word trasformation,multiple choice cloze)

Preparazione esame First: Review Units pag 111-112-137 e corso di conversazione in compresenza con il prof Frank Obeng sui seguenti argomenti: Drug Policy e Child Labour,sviluppando la tecnica del debate