5. Grandes Conflictos

 TEMA 5: Inglaterra: Los Grandes Conflictos: 5.0 INTRODUCCIÓN.-Unidad Nacional”desde Eduardo I: (-Territorios de Escocia, Gales e Irlanda bajo la órbita de Inglaterra -Parlamento Modelo. -La Guerra de los Cien Años. -La Peste Negra o bubónica. -La rebelión de los campesinos.) -Adopción del inglés como idioma.

5.1 CONTEXTO POLÍTICO. 5.1.1 La Guerra de los Cien Años (1337-1453)Hundred Year’s War(siglo XIV). -Duró 116 años (1337-1453) -Se desarrolló principalmente en suelo francés...

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El Parlamentarismo Inglés

TEMA 4: El Parlamentarismo Inglés  4.1INTRODUCCIÓN: Tras Enrique II la monarquía inglesa, origen francés, los Plantagenet, va perdiendo fuerza. 4.2 EL FINAL DEL SIGLO XII: RICARDO CORAZÓN DE LEÓN: -Más preocupado por las Cruzadas que por su propio país, apenas ocupó el trono 10 años.  -En su ausencia Inglaterra fue gobernada por el obispo de Ely (W. Longchamp). Otra gran figura de la época fue el Arzobispo de Canterbury (H. Walter) quien se hizo cargo de recaudar los fondos. -Su hermano...

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Germanos y Normandos en Gran Bretaña

TEMA 3: Germanos y Normandos en Gran Bretaña

3.1 -GERMANOS: 3.1.1. Britannia se pierde para el Imperio Romano: -Ataques de las tribus del norte al Imperio Romano (siglos V-VI dC) -Crisis interna del Imperio Romano -Movimientos de los pueblos germanos -Las legiones acantonadas en Britannia abandonan la isla (410 dC) -Los britanos o bretones tienen que defenderse de los ataques de las tribus del norte (caledonios y pictospictos) y de Irlanda (escotos) (Los britanos piden ayuda a algunas tribus...

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To Autumn

ODE TO AUTUMN - JOHN KEATS

Voice: The poem is written in the second voice, because the poet is speaking to the autumn.

Mood: The dominant mood in the poem is melancholy, because the summer fullness is getting lost and the cold of winter is approaching.

Topic: The theme is the exaltation of fullness of maturity, praising the autumn.

Parts: 1-11, in this part the poet talks of maturity and fullness. 12-22; here we can see how the poet explores the voluptuousness and pleasure of the season. 23-33,...

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Percy Bysshe Shelley

 “OZYMANDIAS”- PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

Voice: In this poem, appear several voices, it starts in first voice and the poet introduce a traveller who starts to tell the history in third voice.

Mood: (Nostalgic?)Ironic. At the beginning of the poem the mood is narrative, nature. There’s no feelings. (Lines 1-5) Lines 6-8 mood: irony. In six final lines the mood is arrogance.

Summary: The speaker reports what an exotic traveler told him about the existence in the middle of the desert. The speaker,...

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Westminster Bridge

When i have fears... - Keats

Voice: 1-8 first voice. 9-14 second voice

Mood: melancholy , and at the end ---> frustation.

Summary: he is afraid of dying before completing his word, and not having time to accummulate a wide knowledge to allow him to write a high romance. He is afraid of dying before achieving his
TOPIC . Uncertainty and Fear

PARTS : A) FIRST 2 QUATRAINS Fear of dying before fullfilling his destiniy B) 3RD QUATRAIN fear of dying before tasting real love C) LAST 3 LINES --> Consequence

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Grecian Urn

Ode on a Grecian urn - Keats

Voice: The third stanza is in second voice, because the poet talks to somebody, to the trees, to the melodist, musician and to the lover (“Ah, happy, happy boughs!”, “Ah, happy, happy melodist” “More, happy love!”) It is addressing to the various elements in the urn and praising to them and its beauty. In the fourth stanza it is second voice too, and he is referring to the priest (“O, mysterious priest”) and to the town (“And, little town, thy streets...

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Elegy Written in

Elegy written in a country churchyard

VOICE : St.1-9 1st voice st10- 2ndvoice st11-23 1st voice st.24- 2nd voice st.25 3rd voice (''off----St.29) st.30-32 -1st voice

MOOD: Melancholic. In the end : acceptance.

SUMMARY : Meditation upon the tumbs of humble people, which leads the poet to meditate about his own death and ''the memory'' he will leave once he dies. In this meditation, the poet opposes fortune and fame to knowledge and feeling, in favour of this last ones.

STANZAS: Stanza 15.John Hampden,...

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A Toccata of Galuppi

A Toccata of Galuppi’s by Robert Browning 

Voice: It is written in third voice. There are three different speakers: the scientist, Baldassaro (who is dead), and a Group of people in the carnivals.

Mood: It is melancholic and sad. Although there are some moments of joy in the midst.

Topic: The topics of the poem are Tempus fugit and Carpe Diem. There are three parts; in the first part (from line 1 to line 4), the topic is tempus fugit. In the second part (from line 5 to line 10), the topic is...

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