АНГЛИЙСКАЯ И АМЕРИКАНСКАЯ ЛИТЕРАТУРА

Практическое занятие №1

Задание №4

Silent reading of the text Fill in the gaps with the words from the list below

Knight, shows, glory, to sacrifice, words, foundation, depended, is set, two classes, the original, shows (2), was written down, times

Практическое занятие №2

Задание №1

Reading activity

Read the text about Geoffrey Chaucer and decide if the sentences below

true or false.

Chaucer is the earliest great writer of English literature. He was born in London in l340, the son of wine merchant. When he was 16 he became a soldier and fought in the wars against the French. He returned to London in 1360 and became the civil servant at the court of King Edward III. Because Chaucer could speak French and Italian the king made him a diplomat and sent him for many trips abroad. While he was travelling Chaucer read a lot of French and Italian literature. The works of the Italian poets Dante and Boccaccio made an important influence on him. Chaucer s first works were translations of Latin and French books. But Chaucer s greatest work was written just before he died in 1400, in fact he never finished it. It is The Canterbury Tales. In the middle ages many people went on pilgrimages to Canterbury to visit the tomb of Thomas a Becket in the cathedral. Chaucer s book tells us about a group of pilgrims who travel from London to Canterbury and tell each other stories to pass the time during a long journey. The stories are full of excitement romance and comedy. The pilgrims come from all levels of society and show us many weaknesses of humanity. The Canterbury Tales show us that people who lived six hundred years ago were really no different from people today.

Практическое занятие №3

Задание №2

Read the text and do the following tasks

ROMEO AND JULIET

In the town of Verona, in Italy, there were two rich families, the Capulets and the Montagues. There was an old quarrel between those two families and when a Capulet met a Montague, they always began to fight. There was a daughter, Juliet by name, in the Capulet family, who was fourteen years old at the time of the story, and a son, Romeo, in the Montague family, who was sixteen. One day old Capulet made a great supper and invited many people to it but no one from the house of the Montagues. When dancing began, Romeo saw a young and very beautiful girl whom he did not know. This was Juliet, and Romeo fell in love with her. Juliet could not sleep that night; she fell in love with Romeo too. She went up to the window of her room and from there she saw Romeo in the garden. They talked about their love and the quarrel between their families. Romeo asked Juliet to marry him. They decided that nobody must know about their love and about their plan to marry.

Практическое задание 4

Задание №2

Charles Dickens and his works

Read extracts from The Pickwick Club and Oliver Twist and do the following activities

THE PICKWICK CLUB (EXTRACT)