Analizzare un testo narrativo non è mai un’operazione immediata. A differenza della poesia, dove la struttura e le figure retoriche spesso “saltano agli occhi”, la prosa si muove in modo più fluido e meno visibile: significati, temi e scelte stilistiche sono intrecciati alla storia e ai personaggi, e richiedono attenzione, metodo e allenamento per essere messi a fuoco. Proprio per questo motivo, è importante avvalersi di una guida per orientarsi nella complessità del testo, a scomporlo nei suoi elementi essenziali e a leggerlo in modo più consapevole e profondo. In questo post presento una scheda per l'analisi di un testo narrativo, da vedere non come una gabbia rigida ma come un metodo per osservare il testo con ordine, coglierne i meccanismi narrativi e trasformare la lettura in uno strumento di comprensione critica. CONTESTUALIZZAZIONE Autore: ___________________________________________________ Titolo dell'opera: ____________________________________________ ...
After the Romans left in 410, Northern tribes like Angles, Saxons and Jutes invaded Britain and settled there.
The Northern tribes shared a common Germanic heritage: they were a hardy and warlike race and placed a very high value on ideal of kingly behaviour.
This implied that the king had to be willing to risk his life in battle.
His fellow Lords were brave and were ready to give their lives for him.
Germanic society was ruled by men and the aristocracy (who were better than common people) was predominant social class.
The Anglo-Saxons believed in independence rather than grouping into better confederations; in fact, there were several small kingdoms in England, such as Northumbria, Mercia and Kent.
They introduced new farming methods and built many self-sufficient villages.
The political and cultural centre was Canterbury.
St. Augustine of Canterbury, sent by Pope Gregory I, converted Northern tribes to Christianity in 597.
In 800 a tribe that came from Scandinavia, the Vikings, started to invade Britain.
The Vikings were great sailors and also expert traders, fishermen and farmers.
Some historians believed the Vikings left their homes because of overcrowding, as there was no enough good land for everyone.
Moreover, the Vikings were in search of treasures and Britain was a particularly good place to raid.
King Alfred the Great of Wessex divided England in North and Midlands, which were assigned to the Vikings (Danelaw).
A century later a Danish king, Canute, became king of the whole of England.

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