WATCHING MOVIES ONLINE

I have just found some movies on the Net I am very keen on and I hope you will enjoy them!   

Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.

Anonymous

HAPPY BOXING DAY!

Read here about Boxing Day, the day after Christmas, which is celebrated in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.  

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

CHRISTMAS HOMEWORK - 1^C LINGUISTICO

Click here  and here to do lots of grammar exercises online!
Here you can download some Christmas worksheets. I hope you will find them enjoyable! 

REMEMBERING EMILY BRONTË

Emily Brontë is best known for writing the novel Wuthering Heights in 1847. She was the sister of Charlotte and Anne Brontë, also famous authors.

At first, reviewers did not know what to make of Wuthering Heights, a novel where realism and Gothic symbolism combine to form a work of fiction which is full of social relevance  and where themes such as good versus evil, chaos and order, selfishness, betrayal and obsession intertwine as the story unfolds.  It was only after Emily Brontë's death that the book developed its reputation as a literary masterwork. She died of tuberculosis on 19 December 1848.

The parsonage where Emily Brontë spent much of her life is now a museum.  The Brontë Society operates the museum and works to preserve and honor the work of the Brontë sisters. Read here. 

Here you can read my previous post on Emily Brontë's novel.

HAPPY 240TH BIRTHDAY, JANE AUSTEN!

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

Jane Austen

REVISING THE ROMANTICS - 5^C LINGUISTICO

In order to revise Romanticism, you can watch these videos. 

REVISING MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN

Frankenstein is a unique novel in the canon of English literature. The novel seeks to find the answers to questions that no doubt perplexed Mary Shelley and the readers of her time. Mary Shelley is intensely aware of the concern that technology was advancing at a rate that dizzied the mind of early 18th century readers. Perhaps this novel is addressing that issue of advances created by men, but which fly in the face of "natural" elements and divine plans. Continue reading here.

Click here to find useful material to revise the novel.

HAPPY MONTH OF DECEMBER!