UNIVERSITATEA DIN CRAIOVA FACULTATEA DE LITERE NVMNT LA DISTAN

PROGRAMA ANALITIC Disciplina: Limba englez. Curs practic: Texte. Specializarea: Romn- Englez Anul II, Semestrul I Coordonatorul disciplinei: prof. univ.dr. Victor Olaru

I. OBIECTIVELE DISCIPLINEI: Cursul practic i propune: aprofundarea, sistematizarea i lrgirea cunotinelor dobndite la cursurile de literatura prin exerciii focalizate pe probleme majore din acest domeniu: texte literare (poezie) din diverse perioade si de diverse tipuri dezvoltarea deprinderilor practice de exprimare scris i oral n limba englez prin tipuri ct mai variate de exerciii (de intelegere, interpretare , exprimare scrisa si orala, traducere in limba romana a textelor pentru o mai buna intelegere a nuantelor literare nsuirea structurilor tipice literaturii engleze i sporirea volumului vocabularului studenilor prin respectarea consecvent a principiului gradaiei n prezentarea exerciiilor. II. EVALUAREA STUDENILOR: Forma de evaluare: testare pe parcursul semestrului

BA ENGLEZA - CURS PRACTIC INTERPRETARE TEXTE ANUL II

SEMESTRUL I

Prof. univ. dr. VICTOR OLARU

UNITATEA 1. Walt Whitman . Leaves of Grass. 1900. Walter "Walt" Whitman (May 31, 1819 March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.[1] His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.

A Noiseless Patient Spider

A NOISELESS, patient spider, I markd, where, on a little promontory, it stood, isolated; Markd how, to explore the vacant, vast surrounding, It launchd forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself; Ever unreeling themever tirelessly speeding them. And you, O my Soul, where you stand, Surrounded, surrounded, in measureless oceans of space, Ceaselessly musing, venturing, throwing,seeking the spheres, to connect them; Till the bridge you will need, be formdtill the ductile anchor hold; Till the gossamer thread you fling, catch somewhere, O my Soul

. Obiective: Studenii vor fi capabili: 1. Sa identifice metaforele poemului. 2. Sa compare simbolistica autorului cu propria persoana 3. S comenteze stilul autorului.

4. Sa descopere elementul de noutate din poem. Timp de studiu : 4 ore.

Exercise 1 .Do you have a sense of what the speaker talks about in the last few lines, like when he mentions "seeking the spheres to connect them?" Does it create a visual picture in your head? Is it something you could describe, or is it more mysterious than that?

Exercise 2. Have you ever compared a part of your life to an animals, like Whitman does? When you see a dog or a cat, for example, do their actions remind you of the way humans act or think?

Exercise 3. Do you enjoy Whitmans style? Do you miss the rhythm and the rhyme, or is this more freewheeling form exciting and moving for you?

Exercise 4. If the speaker says something about his soul, do you think he learns it from the spider? Or is this just a convenient way of explaining something he already knows? Put another way: do you feel like theres a sense of discovery in this poem?

UNITATEA II Author: Poetry of William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats ( 13 June 1865 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet and dramatist, and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. A pillar of both the Irish and British literary establishments, in his later years Yeats served as an Irish Senator for two terms. He was a driving force behind the Irish Literary Revival, and along with Lady Gregory, Edward Martyn, and others, founded the Abbey Theatre, serving as its chief during its early years

NO SECOND TROY

WHY should I blame her that she filled my days With misery, or that she would of late Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways, Or hurled the little streets upon the great. Had they but courage equal to desire? What could have made her peaceful with a mind That nobleness made simple as a fire, With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind That is not natural in an age like this, Being high and solitary and most stern? Why, what could she have done, being what she is? Was there another Troy for her to burn?

. Obiective: Studenii vor fi capabili: 1. 2. 3. 4. Sa identifice metaforele poemului. Sa compare simbolistica autorului cu propria persoana S comenteze stilul autorului. Sa descopere elementul de noutate din poem.

Timp de studiu : 4 ore. Questions: 1. The poem is about Maud Gonne, a beatiful Irish wi\oman, who devoted most of her life to exhorting the Irish to rebel against the English. To whom is she compared in this poem? 2. What is the tone of lines 1-5? Forgiving Angry? Bitter? What is the speakers tone at the end of the poem? 3. Paraphrase line 4. How does it convey the speakers attitude? 4. Comment on the appropriateness of the comparisons in lines 7-8.

UNITATEA III.

Gerard Manley Hopkins (184489). Poems. 1918.

G.M. Hopkins is an English, Irish, and sometimes Welsh patronymic surname The English and Welsh derivations mean "son of Hob". It derives from the Germanic warrior name Hrod-berht, translated as "renownedfame". It was 'borrowed' into French, where the spelling was changed to Robert. The name in Ireland is an Anglicisation of the Irish Gaelic name Mac Oibicin. The name increased in popularity in, and became associated with, Wales around the 17th century. The Robert spelling was introduced to England and Scotland after the Norman conquest of England.

Spring and Fall

to a young child

MRGART, re you greving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leves, lke the things of man, you With your fresh thoughts care for, can you? h! s the heart grows older It will come to such sights colder By and by, nor spare a sigh Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; And yet you wll weep and know why. Now no matter, child, the name: Srrows sprngs re the same. Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed What heart heard of, ghost guessed: It s the blight man was born for, It is Margaret you mourn for.

. Obiective: Studenii vor fi capabili: 1. 2. 3. 4. Sa identifice metaforele poemului. Sa compare simbolistica autorului cu propria persoana S comenteze stilul autorului. Sa descopere elementul de noutate din poem.

Timp de studiu : 4 ore.

Questions : 1. How does Hopkinss spiritual life play into a poem like Spring and Fall? 2. Why do some critics claim that Hopkinss sprung rhythm is a typical rather than idiosyncratic occurrence in Victorian poetry? 3. How does Hopkins position his religious outlook as a lens for understanding the world? 4. Why poetry for Hopkins?

UNITATEA IV Marianne Moore (November 15, 1887 February 5, 1972) Moore came to the attention of poets as diverse as Wallace Stevens, William Carlos Williams, H.D., T. S. Eliot, and Ezra Pound beginning with her first publication in 1915. From 1925 until 1929, Moore served as editor of the literary and cultural journal The Dial. This continued her role, similar to that of Pound, as a patron of poetry; much later, she encouraged promising young poets, including Elizabeth Bishop, Allen Ginsberg, John Ashbery and James Merrill

SILENCE

My father used to say, "Superior people never make long visits, have to be shown Longfellow's grave nor the glass flowers at Harvard.

Self reliant like the cat -that takes its prey to privacy, the mouse's limp tail hanging like a shoelace from its mouth -they sometimes enjoy solitude, and can be robbed of speech by speech which has delighted them. The deepest feeling always shows itself in silence; not in silence, but restraint." Nor was he insincere in saying, "`Make my house your inn'." Inns are not residences.

. Obiective: Studenii vor fi capabili: 1. 2. 3. 4. Sa identifice metaforele poemului. Sa compare simbolistica autorului cu propria persoana S comenteze stilul autorului. Sa descopere elementul de noutate din poem.

Timp de studiu : 4 ore.

Questions: 1 ,How does the first line affect the tone of the rest of the poem? 2 Evaluate the opinion that the comparison in lines 5-8 in needleesly expanded. Paraphrase lines 9-10 and relate them to lines 5-8. 3 In the last line, why residences instead of homes? 4 What is the connection between the last two lines and the rest of the poem?

UNITATEA V Matthew Arnold Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 15 April 1888) was a British poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has been characterized as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues.[1]

DOVER BEACH The sea is calm tonight, The tide is full, the moon lies fair Upon the straits; on the French coast the light Gleams and is gone; the cliffs of England stand, Glimmering and vast, out in the tranquil bay. Come to the window, sweet is the night air! Only, from the long line of spray Where the sea meets the moon-blanched land, Listen! you hear the grating roar Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring The eternal note of sadness in. Sophocles long ago Heard it on the Agean, and it brought Into his mind the turbid ebb and flow Of human misery; we Find also in the sound a thought, Hearing it by this distant northern sea.

The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night. . Obiective: Studenii vor fi capabili: 1. 2. 3. 4. Sa identifice metaforele poemului. Sa compare simbolistica autorului cu propria persoana S comenteze stilul autorului. Sa descopere elementul de noutate din poem.

Timp de studiu : 4 ore.

Questions : 1.What is the main idea of the Poem Dover Beach by Matthew arnold? 2.The poem Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold has been described as?

3.Who are the characters in the poem Dover Beach? .

4.The poem Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold uses as a symbol of continuity and change the beach..Explain why.

UNITATEA VI

William Wordsworth William Wordsworth (7 April 1770 23 April 1850) was a major English Romantic poet who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the 1798 joint publication Lyrical Ballads. Wordsworth's magnum opus is generally considered to be The Prelude, a semiautobiographical poem of his early years which he revised and expanded a number of times. It was posthumously titled and published, prior to which it was generally known as the poem "to Coleridge". Wordsworth was Britain's Poet Laureate from 1843 until his death in 1850.

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed---and gazed---but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.

Obiective: Studenii vor fi capabili: 1. Sa identifice metaforele poemului. 2. Sa compare simbolistica autorului cu propria persoana 3. S comenteze stilul autorului. 4. Sa descopere elementul de noutate din poem.

Timp de studiu : 4 ore.

Questions: 1. Can you analyze I Wandered Lonely as a cloud, by William Wordsworth 2. Does the poem I Wandered lonely as a cloud contain similes? 3.Is the tone of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" sad? 4.What is the significance of the poem, "I Wandered Lonely as ...?

UNITATEA VII

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer inthe English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.[1] He isoftencalled England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon. His survivingworks, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. SONNET 146 Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, These rebel powers that thee array; Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth, Painting thy outward walls so costly gay? Why so large cost, having so short a lease, Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend? Shall worms, inheritors of this excess, Eat up thy charge? is this thy body's end? Then soul, live thou upon thy servant's loss, And let that pine to aggravate thy store; Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross; Within be fed, without be rich no more: So shalt thou feed on Death, that feeds on men, And Death once dead, there's no more dying then.

Obiective: Studenii vor fi capabili: 1.Sa identifice metaforele poemului.

2.Sa compare simbolistica autorului cu propria persoana 3.S comenteze stilul autorului. 4.Sa descopere elementul de noutate din poem.

Timp de studiu : 4 ore.

Questions: 1. In line 2, My sinful earth is doubtless a printers error. Among suggested emendations are: Fooled by, Rebuke these, Leagued with, Feeding. Which do you prefer? Why? 2. What is the tone of the first two lines? Where in the poem does the thought take its chief turn? What is the tone of the couplet? 3. What does array (line 2 ) mean? 4. Explain the paradox in lines 13-14.