LETTERATURA INGLESE (2018-19)
Prof. Gabriele Poole
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Schedule:
Course has started on Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Schedule: Classes will be Tuesday 11-13 in classroom ?
and Thursday (via Zamosch, classroom 2) 16-18
Office hours (ricevimento): Via Zamosch Thursday at 11, pal. B, floor 4, room 1
LESSON 1 TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 2019
History of England: Hyberians, arrival of the Celts, Roman Invasion, the Anglo-Saxons
During the lesson the following slide-show was shown (up to the Anglo-Saxons):
HOMEWORK: Review the slides and read Witness to the Times from page 12 to page 24
LESSON 2: THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019
History of England: the Anglo Saxon, beginning of Scandinavian raids, king Alfred, Danelaw. Expansion of Wessex and establishing of the Kingdom of England. Sweyn and the Danish kings. Ethelred and Harald.
Witness of the times 25-32
LESSON 3: THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 2019
Scaricare e stampare i seguenti testi:
Studio opzionale per eventuale orale:
BEOWULF (testo italiano) poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Beowulf - Brunetti colonna singola.doc
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Risala.doc
Obbligatorio
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Beowulf foto manoscritto.jpg
Studiare sul manuale Beowulf e the Battle of Maldon. Esercitarsi alla comprensione del testo anche avvalendosi della seguente traduzione:
Battle of Maldon: poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Byrnoth con traduzione interlineare.doc
LESSON 4: TUESDAY, March the 19th, 2019
Finita lettura di Beowulf
Appunti sul Beowulf: poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Beowulf - trama passi da leggere.doc
LESSON 5: THURSDAY, March 26, 2019
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Wife's Lament INGLESE.doc
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/The Wife's Lament.doc
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/the rood.doc
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/the rood - interlineare.doc
Finire il periodo anglo-sassone
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/pic_battle_hastings01.jpg
http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/
LESSON 6: Thursday, April 2nd, 2019
Homework: Study Witness of the Times till page 67
Review the work done in class using the following materials
Important dates in English History (up to The Black Death): poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/inghilterra.doc
Version of the song Sumer is Icumen in: poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Sumer is Icumen in (The Hilliard Ensemble).mp4
LESSON 7: Thursday, April 4th, 2019
Homework: Study Witness of the times up to page 85
Transition from Anglo-Saxon to Middle English:;
Note grammatical and lexical differences in the Lord's Prayer:
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Our father - anglosaxon to modern English.doc
Study the prologue of the Canterbury Tales, noting the differences between Middle English and Modern English: Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400) - "The Canterbury Tales", from General Prologue, ll. 1-42
LESSON 8: Tuesday, April the 9th, 2019
Chaucer: read and translate into Italian passages on the Doctor, Wife of Bath and the Prioress
LESSON 9: Thursday, April the 11th, 2019
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Morte Darthur, Everyman
Optional material:
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Sir Gawain and the Green Knight - Middle English.pdf
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
poole.it/cassino/ARCHIVE/LITERATURE/Arthur - King - Britannica.pdf
poole.it/cassino/ARCHIVE/LITERATURE/arthurian legend.pdf
LESSON 10: Tuesday, April the 30th 2019
History from Henry VII to James I; transition from feudalism to the modern age; The arts: Hans Holbein, Robert Smython, Inigo Jones. Music (madrigals)
Literature: Witness of the Times 146-152
In addition to the above, students should study the following:
LESSON 11: Thursday, May 2n 2019
Witness of the Times 153-160
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/april is in my mistress face.doc
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/April is in my Mistress's Face.pdf
Various versions of the song are available on Youtube, and for those who sing many resources are available on ChoralWiki.
LESSON 12: Tuesday, May 7th
Witness of the Times: 160
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Amour courtois – Courtly Love - Amor cortese.pptx
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Lily - Euphuistic language - TRANSLATION.docx
Euphuistic language
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Sidney - Loving in truth - TRANSLATION.docx
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Sidney - Loving in truth.docx
LESSON 13 Thursday, May 9th (Lingua 13-15)
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Sidney - Come Sleep - original - TRANSLATION.docx
poole.it/cassino/2018_19 Letteratura Inglese/Sidney - Come Sleep - original .docx
LESSON 14 Thursday, May 16th
Visione Otello in italiano con sottotitoli in inglese
ATTENZIONE:
sono costretto ad annullare la lezione di martedì 21 maggio di Letteratura Inglsese ore 11. Le ore saranno recuperate nell'ultima lezione. Mi scuso per il disaggio
LESSON 15 Thursday, May 30th
La lezione inizierà alle ore 14.30
Traduzione e commento di To a Flea
Il teatro elisabettiano
Otello e Amleto
