Prof.

Adriana Sales Zardini

Literatura Inglesa 1

Ementa
Literatura Inglesa I Anlise dos principais autores,
excertos e obras no contexto histrico literrio: o
perodo anglo-saxo,
anglo
do perodo medieval, perodo
elizabetano e renascena.

Objetivos da Disciplina
Traar um panorama do contexto literrio da Inglaterra
Tra
desde o perodo anglo-saxo
anglo
at a renascena.
Examinar as principais obras da Literatura Inglesa.
O aluno
a
dever ser capaz de identificar os perodos
literrios de cada poca estudada e os autores de
maior significado em cada poca.
O aluno
a
dever interpretar e comparar as tendncias
literrias de cada perodo.

Contedo Programtico

Origem da Literatura Inglesa;

Formao da Literatura Inglesa;

A Literatura Anglo-saxnica
saxnica ( Poesia Lrica e pica) - Beowulf;

A Literatura Medieval Poesia e Prosa - Geoffey Chaucer

Tomas Malory

O perodo Elizabetano, o teatro e a poesia;

Shakespeare;

John Milton;

Bibliografia Bsica

BORGES, Jorge Luiz. Curso de Literatura Inglesa.

Inglesa Rio de
Janeiro: Martins Fontes, 2003.

BURGESS, Anthony. A literatura inglesa.

inglesa So Paulo: tica,
2007.

DONOFRIO, Salvatore. Literatura Ocidental Autores e

Obras Fundamentais.. 2 ed. So Paulo: tica: 2007.

Bibliografia Complementar

SILVA, Alexandre Meireles da. Literatura Inglesa para

Brasileiros.. Rio de Janeiro: Cincia Moderna, 2002.

PROENA FILHO, Domcio. A Linguagem Literria. So

Paulo: tica, 2005.

LUEBERING, J. E. English Literature from the Old English

Period through the Renaissance. New York: Britannica
Eucational Publishing, 2011.

DAICHES, David. A Critical History of English Literature.

Volume I. Great Britain: Madarin, 1996.

Critrios de Avaliao

25 pontos de prova (17 de setembro)

15 pontos de porva (29 de outubro)

25 pontos de prova (10 de dezembro)

35 pontos de exerccios e atividades ao longo do

semestre, agendados previamente.

Introduction

English Literature is the literature written in English language. English

Literature is not only the literature of a particular country but it also it is

the literature of the world. No other literature is as popular as it because

it is read and written in whole world.

world We cant say it only the literature o

England for instance Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was

Irish, Joseph Conrad was Polish, Edgar Allen was American and

Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian writer, but all have major place in the
history of English literature.

Periods in History of the English

Language

Old English (5 11 th centuries)
*Beowulf

Middle English (1100 1500)
*The Canterbury Tales by

G.Chaucer

Modern English (1500)
*Shakespeare

Literature Definition and Meaning

If we go with the terminology of the word Literature, Literature

has been taken from the latin word Literae. The word Literae is
the plural of letter. So literature is the art of written work in the
form of prose, poetry, fiction or non-fiction. Literature may be
divided by language and periods or era. But we can understand i
in the following words

Literature is the knowledge and experience of human life written in

the form of prose, poetry, fiction or non-fiction which can full fil
anyones life with knowledge joy and happiness.

Literature is the composition of those golden words which may

brighten our life as gold if we adopt them.

Why Study Literature?

Literature has aesthetic and cognitive value.

Literature has much influence on the English language.

Literature can breed the students sensitivity to the use of English.