1. English Literature Which authors/books do you know?

2. Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Hamlet Macbeth Julius Caesar
Twelfth Night
What others?

3. Shakespeare’s influence today
Romeo and Juliet 1996 trailer
Romeo and Juliet 2013 trailer
BALCONY SCENE

4. Not only Romeo and Juliet

5. Jane Austen (18th century)
Pride and Prejudice
Sense and Sensibility
Emma
Lived
Strong female leads who questioned society’s role for them

6. Pride and Prejudice
Like Romeo and Juliet, it has been remade into movies time after time
Themes that never go out of style: status in society, love, following your heart…
Pride and prejudice trailer

7. The Brontë sisters (19th century)
Charlotte, Anne, Emily
Gave voice to female characters in the first –person. “I, me, we, us” etc. Independent passionate women.

8. Oscar Wilde (Victorian era)
Irish playwright , poet and prose writer
Follower of aestheticism.
He wrote comedies and articles that criticized society in a fun way
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Portrait of Dorian Grey (novel),
The Canterville Ghost, The Happy Prince
( short stories)

9. Lord of the Flies
“Infamous” book among students – all students are required to read it
Written in 1954 by William Golding
Tells the story of a group of children that find themselves on a deserted island after a plane crash
Argues that human nature is essentially evil
Controversial book!

10. George Orwell (20th century)
Animal Farm: Tells the story of farm animals who take over their human owners and establish an “equal society”. It is an allegory – critiques communism. (Babe, the brave pig?)
1984: Distopian novel of 1949, showing the manipulation of society, totalitarism and against independent thought “Big brother is watching you” ( V for Vendetta?)
George Orwell was very interested in Spain, fought in the International Brigade on the side of the Republic during the Civil War. Wrote Homage to Catalonia, about his experience in Spain during the Civil War