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The development of the European Union In 1957, the Treaty of Rome was signed by six countries: Italy, France, West Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands. By this treaty, they established the European Economic Community. The aim was [...]

EDUCATION Education in Britain is compulsory from the age of 5 to 16. Ninety per cent of children attend state schools wich provide free education. Þ    PRIMARY EDUCATION Children attend infant schools from 5 [...]

SEMIOTICA (appunti delle lezioni) I° lezione (7 ott. 2008) Semiotica: studio dei sistemi di segni. Segno inteso come segno linguistico, ovvero ogni prodotto costitutivo dell’attività di linguaggio degli animali umani. (definizi [...]

Wystan Hugh Auden 1907 – 1973 Wystan Auden was born in York and educated at Christ Church College, Oxford. He was seen as one of the ‘progressive poets’ of the 1930s. These writers held left-wing views, or indeed openly Marxist, and were c [...]

LETTERATURA INGLESE The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood The term “Pre-Raphaelite” came into use when young painters criticizing Raphael’s Transfiguration, reject the academic taste and classical doctrines, and praised the purit [...]

PREPOSIZIONI Il dativo si usa quando la frase esprime una condizione di stato in luogo e tempo: Wo? L’accusativo esprime una condizione di moto verso luogo chiuso: Wohin? PREPOSIZIONI CHE REGGONO L’ACCUSATIVO ·   [...]

Alfred Lord Tennyson: A Brief Biography Alfred Tennyson was born August 6th, 1809, at Somersby, Lincolnshire, fourth of twelve children of George and Elizabeth (Fytche) Tennyson. The poet's grandfather had violated tradition by making his y [...]

Jane Austen (1775-1817) Jane Austen’s life appears quiet and uneventful. She was born at the Hampshire and she had a home education. She was passionately fond of amateur dramatics, so she began writing prose, verse and drama at an early [...]

KING  LEAR Main  plot     The story of king Lear and his three daughters. Subplot     The story of the count of Gloucester and his two sons. Good characters     King Lear and Gloucester (at the beginning they make many mista [...]

Marcel Proust Né à Paris en 1871 d’une famille de l’haute bourgeoisie Brillantes études au Lycée Condorcet, où il découvre sa passion pour la littérature (licence en 1892) Santé fragile (fréquentes crises [...]

Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1343-1400) Chaucer was born into a middle class family. His father was a wine merchant in London. He was an important diplomat and he worked for the king. He had a lot of diplomatic trips to France, to Flanders and to [...]

Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869) Lamartine est le poète de la rêverie et de l'émotion. De son oeuvre vaste restent surtout des pièces lyriques appelées Méditations poétiques, inspirées par une forme idéalisée de l'amou [...]

William Wordsworth 1770 – 1850 W. Wordsworth was born in the Lake District, a natural place which was a source of inspiration for a group of romantic poets, the ‘Lake Poets’. After his studies, Wordsworth went to France, where he was attrac [...]

MODERNISM Even if under the term “Modernism” there are different movements including Sym­bolism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, Futurism and so on, common features were the awareness of the sperimental studies that had developed in other disci [...]

Allen Ginsberg He was born in 1926 in Newark , New Jersey. Ginsberg published his poems, taught in the high school and was a moderate socialist. His wife, Naomi, was a radical communist and a nudist that went tragically crazy when she was y [...]

Dr Faustus Dr Faustus’ last hour is described very dramatically because the protagonist, thinking to death is desperate even if he hopes in God’s pardon. He tries to become less than a man wishing to run into the earth, to be drown up int [...]

FIGURE RETORICHE Άδύνατον: consiste nel subordinare la possibilità che si verifichi un fatto ad un altro ritenuto impossibile. È il paragone impossibile. Esempi: Italiano: smetter&og [...]

HAMLET Hamlet is the greatest dramatic character ever created. He’s the symbol of Doubt and Mistery and he shows his characteristic in the ambiguity of his madness. At the Court, Hamlet behaves and speaks like an insane man, but he reveals thre [...]

                                                              Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels                                                      a satire by Jonathan Swift, published in 1726.                     Swift appear [...]

lessico e lessicologia Lessico ha due accezioni: come lessico mentale e come dizionario. Lessico sta a grammatica come memorizzato sta a costruito con regola. Semplificando potremmo dire che i morfemi vanno memorizzati tutti, le parole m [...]