CURRUCULUM 4 classe

 

CURRUCULUM 4 classe

Literature

1)Survival and Dominion Over Nature

• Contemporary Issue: Climate change, resource exploitation, and survivalism.
• Key Authors & Texts: Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe — the island as a space to reshape and conquer)

2)Capitalism, Individualism, and Homo Economicus

• Contemporary Issue: Hyper-individualism, profit-driven mindsets, and the obsession with efficiency.
• Key Authors & Texts: Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe — the self-made man) 

3)Colonialism, Systemic Racism, and Encountering the "Other"

• Contemporary Issue: Systemic racism, Eurocentrism, geopolitical power dynamics, and cultural integration.
• Key Authors & Texts: Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe — the paternalistic master/servant dynamic with Friday)
• Jonathan Swift (Gulliver’s Travels — Book IV: the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos, shifting the perspective on what is "civilized" vs. "savage", exposing European superiority as an illusion).

4)The Leader, Rebellion, and the Fascination with Evil

• Contemporary Issue: The rise of authoritarianism, the psychological allure of antiheroes in modern media, and the boundaries of justifiable rebellion.
• Key Authors & Texts: William Shakespeare (Macbeth — toxic ambition and the psychological decay of a dictator).

5)Scientific Revolution, Exploration, and Mapping the World

• Contemporary Issue: The loss of philosophical certainty, the thrill of new scientific frontiers (e.g., space exploration, AI), and the human need to categorize reality.
• Key Authors & Texts: Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe — the triumph of the empirical method and practical science).
• Jonathan Swift (Gulliver’s Travels — Book III: The Academy of Lagado, a brilliant and fierce satire against useless, abstract scientific experiments detached from real human needs).

6)Love, Obsession, and Relationships: Beyond the Clichés

• Contemporary Issue: Toxic relationships, gender fluidity, unrealistic beauty standards (social media filters), and long-distance connections.
• Key Authors & Texts:  William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet — love as a rebellious force fighting social conventions, toxic family feuds, and generational gaps).
• William Shakespeare (Sonnets 130, 18)

7) Girl Power

·       Key authors & Texts Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice- love and marriage, social class and status, gender roles)

History

The Tudors

Henry 8th

Elizabeth I

The Stuarts