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PAOLA POGGI
Programma svolto
Anno Scolastico 2014 – 2015
Testi utilizzati:
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Spiazzi- Tavella, Only Connect, Zanichelli, Vol. 2 e 3
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Appunti e fotocopie
Module D
The Romantic Age
 Romanticism: the impact of the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, Rousseau’s
notion of the ‘noble savage’, the Lyrical ballads as the manifesto of English Romanticism, the
role of Nature, pantheism, the role of imagination as a cognitive power, the artist as an active
creator (teacher’s notes)
 Emotion versus Reason, p D9
 Burke’s theory of the sublime, p D10
 Romantic Poetry:
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W. Wordsworth p D78 D79: life and works; his poetical creed: man and nature, memory,
the process of poetic creation, the poet’s task
o
from Preface to Lyrical Ballads, A Certain Colouring of Imagination , text 63, p D81,
D82
o
from Poems in Two Volumes, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (Daffodils), text 65, p
D85; My heart Leaps up, text 69 p D93
S. T. Coleridge p D94 D95: life and works; his poetical creed: imagination and fancy, the
role of nature (differences between Wordsworth and Coleridge); the language. His role in
the composition of Lyrical Ballads. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, p D97.
o
from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: The Killing of the Albatross, text 70 p D98100; The Water Snakes, text 72 p D105-108; A sadder and a wiser man, text 73 p
D109
 The Gothic Novel: setting, characters, atmosphere p D15-16
 Mary Shelley p D39: life and works. Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus p D40-41:
the origin of the novel, the influence of science, literary influences, narrative structure,
themes
o from Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus: The Creation of the Monster, text
61 p D45
Module E
The Victorian Age
 Historical context: the Age of Expansion and Reforms p E4-E8
 Cultural context: the Victorian Compromise, the Victorian frame of mind p E14-18
 Literary context: the Victorian novel and its features p E20
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Charles Dickens p E37,E38: life and works, plots, characters and settings, style. Oliver
Twist, p E40. Hard Times, p E52
o
from Oliver Twist: Oliver wants some more, text 90 p E41,42;
o
from Hard Times: Nothing but facts, text 94 p E53; Coketown, text 95 p E54-56
 Aestheticism and Decadence, p E31-32
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Oscar Wilde p E110-111: life and works, the rebel and the dandy, art for art’s sake.
The Picture of Dorian Gray, p E112. An Ideal Husband (visione dell’opera in lingua
originale a teatro): plot and themes (photocopies)
o
from The Picture of Dorian Gray: Dorian’s Death, text 114 p E120-123
 The Theme of the Double (teacher’s notes)
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R.L. Stevenson p E96-97: life and works, the origin of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and
Mr Hyde, plot, the theme of the double, narrative technique.
o
from The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: Jekyll’s Experiment, text 109 p
E102-104
Module F
The Modern Age
 Historical context: the Edwardian Age, Britain and World War I, The Twenties and Thirties, p
F4 - F8
 Cultural context: the Age of Anxiety, Modernism p F14-F18
 Literary context: the Modern Novel and the Stream of Consciousness (teacher’s notes), the
Interior Monologue, p F24-F26
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James Joyce p F 138-139: life and works, Dublin, a subjective perception of time, the
impersonality of the artist. Dubliners, p F141-142: the origin of the collection, the use of
epiphany, the theme of paralysis, narrative technique. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young
Man, p F149; Ulysses, p 152-153: plot, the relation to Odyssey, the mythical method, a
revolutionary prose.
o
from Dubliners: Eveline, text 162 p F143-145
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from Ulysses: I said yes I will sermon text 166 p F155-156
 Modern Poetry (teacher’s notes)
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Thomas Stearns Eliot p F52-53: life and works, the conversion, the impersonality of
the artist. The Waste Land p F54-55: the main theme, the mythical method, the
objective correlative.
o
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from The Waste Land: The Burial of the Dead , text 139 p F57; The Fire
Sermon, text 140, p F59-60
G. Orwell p F189-190: life and works, first-hand experiences, social themes. Animal
Farm p F 191: historical background to the book, plot, the animals ; Nineteen Eighty
Four p F199: plot, an anti-utopian novel, themes.
o
From Nineteen Eighty Four: This was London, text 179 p F208-209
 Contemporary Writers
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Nick Hornby, Life and works. About a boy, Penguin Readers (lettura integrale del
testo): plot, characters, themes, the role of fashion and music, narrative structure
(photocopies)
1. MODALITA’ DI SVOLGIMENTO DEL PROGRAMMA
Nello svolgimento del programma è stato privilegiato l'aspetto testuale e tematico rispetto a quello
strettamente nozionistico. I movimenti letterari e gli autori più significativi dal Romanticismo ai
giorni nostri sono stati inquadrati nel rispettivo contesto storico e culturale, sottolineando gli aspetti
socio-culturali piuttosto che l’ordine cronologico dei singoli eventi storici. I fatti della vita degli autori
sono stati evidenziati solo in quanto funzionali alla produzione letteraria, evitando di soffermarsi in
modo dettagliato su elenchi di opere e date di composizione. E’ stato dato ampio spazio all’analisi
dei testi, inquadrandoli nel periodo e nell’opera di appartenenza. Anche i diversi aspetti della
poetica dei singoli autori sono stati dibattuti in classe, al fine di favorire la rielaborazione personale.
Gli studenti sono stati sollecitati ad intervenire nel commento e nell’analisi testuale per consentire
loro di migliorare la produzione orale e scritta e per affinare le loro abilità autonome di analisi del
testo, anche in considerazione della seconda prova dell’esame di stato.
Genova, 12 maggio 2015
Paola Poggi