Sunday 31 December 2023
Tuesday 26 December 2023
Sunday 24 December 2023
Wednesday 20 December 2023
Friday 1 December 2023
Tuesday 21 November 2023
Friday 10 November 2023
Friday 27 October 2023
WILLIAM BLAKE - 5^C LINGUISTICO
"One thought fills immensity."
William Blake
Sunday 22 October 2023
Wednesday 11 October 2023
Tuesday 19 September 2023
Monday 18 September 2023
Wednesday 13 September 2023
Wednesday 12 July 2023
SUMMERTIME
"And
so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just
as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was
beginning over again with the summer."
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
Wednesday 7 June 2023
THE LOST GENERATION
The Lost Generation is a term used to describe those who came
of age during World War I. This term more specifically refers to a group of
American writers whose works
were published after that period. The term Lost Generation comes from a comment
that Modernist writer Gertrude Stein made to author Ernest Hemingway.
The
Lost Generation rebelled against post-World War I American materialism. Their
faith in the moral ideals that had earlier given them hope was “lost”. They found
themselves disillusioned with post-war American society during the 1920s, often
settling in Paris where they pursued more artistically liberated lifestyles.
In
literature, the "Lost Generation" refers to a group of writers and poets who were men and
women of that period. The most famous members were Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and T. S. Eliot.
Tuesday 6 June 2023
Saturday 27 May 2023
VIRGINIA WOOLF
“When you consider things like the stars, our affairs don’t seem to matter very much, do they?”
Virginia Woolf is recognised as one of the most innovative writers of the 20th century. Perhaps best known as the author of Mrs Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927), she was also a prolific writer of essays, diaries, letters and biographies. Both in style and subject matter, her work captures the fast-changing world in which she was working.
Thursday 4 May 2023
THE MODERN AGE - THE LITERARY CONTEXT
The Modern Age in English literature occupied the years from shortly after the beginning of the 20th century through roughly 1965. In broad terms, the period was marked by sudden and unexpected breaks with traditional ways of viewing and interacting with the world. Experimentation and individualism became virtues, whereas in the past they were often heartily discouraged. Modernism was set in motion, in one sense, through a series of cultural shocks.
Continue reading here.
Monday 10 April 2023
THE CANTERBURY TALES - 3^C LINGUISTICO
The Canterbury Tales is known as the foundational English literary book of tales written in verse style by Geoffrey Chaucer. The author is famous as one of the pioneers of English poetry. The book was likely published around 1387 to 1400 when Chaucer joined the royal court. The stories, in verses, though some are in prose, present the social norms, characters, situations, and religious devotion of the pilgrims presented in them. The stories became so much popular and are considered classics across the globe. Read here.
Friday 31 March 2023
ROBIN HOOD - 3^C LINGUISTICO
With the
help of Azeem (Morgan Freeman), young nobleman Robin of Locksley (Kevin
Costner) escapes from a Middle Eastern prison and makes his way home to
England, where a rude surprise awaits him. His father has been murdered, King
Richard is in exile, and Prince John has usurped the throne. Locally, the
wicked Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Rickman), has laid siege to the countryside.
Robin gathers his merry men and fights back, pausing only for romance with the
lovely, strong-willed Maid Marian (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio).
https://fsharetv.io/movie/robin-hood:-prince-of-thieves-episode-1-tt0102798
Thursday 2 February 2023
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE - 4^C LINGUISTICO
The Merchant of Venice is regarded as a tragic comedy.
The main
character is the merchant, Antonio who fails and becomes indebted to the
merciless moneylender, Shylock. Antonio’s
friend Bassanio has
borrowed money from Antonio in order to woo Portia, the beautiful
resident of Belmont and it is the reason why Antonio has fallen prey to
Shylock. The other main characters are Jessica, the daughter of Shylock, and
Lorenzo and Gratiano, associates and friends of Bassanio. Read here.
Tuesday 31 January 2023
CHARLES DICKENS - 5^C LINGUISTICO
Monday 30 January 2023
OTHELLO ~ 4^C LINGUISTICO
Friday 27 January 2023
INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY
“For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.”
Elie Wiesel
Wednesday 25 January 2023
ROMAN BRITAIN - 3^C LINGUISTICO
From Julius Caesar’s first landing on the shoreline of England in 55BC to the famous "Look to your own defences" letter of AD410, the Romans played an important part in British history for over 400 years. Read here.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/romans/
https://www.history.org.uk/primary/resource/3851/roman-britain-a-brief-history