English Novels – L. R. CAPUANA

By lrcapuana.com January 26, 2021January 26, 2021

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Video Lesson

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) is the second of the three writers of the Augustan Age discussed in the English Course addressed to 4th year Secondary School Italian Students. The video lesson discusses Swift’s writing techniques and the strong criticism towards political, social and religious controversies of his time through a mastery of satire largely used in his works. The two main works discussed are his masterpiece, “Gulliver’s Travels”, published in 1726 and “A Modest Proposal” a pamphlet of political satire, published in 1729.

By lrcapuana.com January 21, 2021April 28, 2023

Excerpt from “A Modest Proposal” by J. Swift

A satirical pamphlet in which Jonathan Swift denounces the incompetence and inadequacy of the English government regarding the Irish issue and its people’s despairing situation during his time.

By lrcapuana.com January 12, 2021January 12, 2021

Daniel Defoe (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders) Video Lesson n. 2

Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) is the author of “The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders” (1722) one of his two most renowned novels, the other one is “Robinson Crusoe” which is also generally considered the first modern novel of English literature. In this novel the protagonist, Moll Flanders, can be said to be the female counterpart of the other novel’s protagonist, Robinson. In “Moll Flanders”, Defoe, unlike in his previous novel, highlights the negative aspects of the emerging industrial English society and points out at women’s poor life-conditions during this time emphasising how their struggle is much more incessant, bitter than that that the rising middle class man faces, thus causing at times mental and emotional distress. Therefore, in this case, Defoe even if he still celebrates the individual’s will power and inner strength as qualities needed to succeed, he also points out the downsides of the Augustan Age (1714-1760).

By lrcapuana.com January 12, 2021January 12, 2021

Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe) Video Lesson n. 1

Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) is the author of “Robinson Crusoe” (1719) which is generally considered the first modern novel of English literature. This novel celebrates the rising middle class individual and it belongs to the Augustan Age which is an historical and literary current (1714-1760).

By lrcapuana.com May 19, 2020

Virginia Woolf and James Joyce are the most representantive writers of the Stream of Consciousness technique which has so greatly influenced the prose of the twentienth century and beyond. This … Continue reading Video Lesson n. 2 – Comparing Virginia Woolf’s and James Joyce’s Stream of Consciousness

By lrcapuana.com May 19, 2020May 25, 2020

Tag: English Novels

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) Video Lesson

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Excerpt from “A Modest Proposal” by J. Swift

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Daniel Defoe (The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders) Video Lesson n. 2

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Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe) Video Lesson n. 1

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Video Lesson n. 4 – Comparing Virginia Woolf’s and James Joyce’s Stream of Consciousness

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Video Lesson n. 3 – Comparing Virginia Woolf’s and James Joyce’s Stream of Consciousness

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Video Lesson n. 2 – Comparing Virginia Woolf’s and James Joyce’s Stream of Consciousness

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Video Lesson n.1 – Comparing Virginia Woolf’s and James Joyce’s Stream of Consciousness

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Excerpt from “1984”, G. Orwell

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Excerpt from “Animal Farm”, G. Orwell

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GEORGE ORWELL (1903-1950)

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“The horror!” – Heart of Darkness (1902), J. Conrad

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