HISTÓRIA DA LÍNGUA INGLESA

History of the English Language
Dr. Viviane Carvalho da Annunciação – http://professorviviane.blogspot.com – viviane.sampa.2011@gmail.com

Schedule

The course book is: Knowles, Gerry. A Cultural History of the English Language. London: Arnold, 1997.

November

·         21^st. – Introduction – Plagiarism/ Evaluation/ Participation

·         27^th. – Chapter 1: Introduction;

·         29^th. – Chapter 2: The Origins of the English Language;

December

·         4^th. – Chapter 2: The Origins of the English Language;

·         6^th. – NO CLASS: Seminar preparation and activity at home – to be handed in on the 11^th. (32 STUDENTS: 8 GRUPS OF 3 AND 4 GROUPS OF 2)

·         11^th. – Chapter 3: English and Danish;

·         13^th. – Seminars (1): Old English Corpus & The Earliest English Literature

·         18^th. – Seminars (2): The Earliest English Literature & Old English Letters

·         20^th. – Chapter 4: English and French

·         (24^th. and 27^th.) – CHRISTMAS BREAK – ACTIVITY TO BE DONE AT HOME;

·         (01^st and 3^rd.) – NEW YEAR’S EVE BREAK – ACTIVITY TO BE DONE AT HOME;

January

·         8^th. Seminars (3): Middle English Corpus & Chaucer, G. Canterbury Tales;

·         10^th. Seminars (4): Chaucer, G. Canterbury Tales;

·         15^th. Comparison between Beowulf and Chaucer;

·         17^th. Review of the topics studied previously;

·         22^nd. Chapter 5 – English and Latin;

·         24^th. Chapter 6 – The Language of England;

·         29^th. Seminars (5): King James’ Bible

·         31^th. Activity in class – chapters and seminars;

February

·         5^th. Seminars (6): Transitional Texts & English During Renaissance;

·         7^th.  Seminars (7): The Influence of Shakespeare;

·         12^th and 14^th: CARNAVAL;

·         19^th. Shakespeare, W. Othello

·         21^st. Shakespeare, W. Othello

·         26^th. Chapter 7 – The Language of Revolution;

·         28^th. Seminars (8): Cultural and Social Impact of Language Revolution

March ·       5th. Chapter 8 – The Language of polite persons; ·        7th. Seminars (9): John Milton; · 12th. Seminars (10): John Donne and Metaphysical Poets ·      14th. Chapter 9 – The Language of Great Britain; · 19th. Seminars (11): Variety Awareness & Literary Voices ·       21st. Seminars (12): In Living Memory ·        26th. Chapter 10 – The Language of the Empire; ·        28th. Final test; April ·         2nd. Make up test ·         4th. Final Result