Universidade de Brasília – UnB Depto. de Línguas Estrangeiras – LET No. de Identificação da Disciplina: 142964

Instituto de Letras – IL Professor: Dr. João Sedycias Inglês Expressão Escrita 4

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“Inglês Expressão Escrita 4”

1. Plano de Ensino - Informação sobre a disciplina (i.e., descrição da disciplina, cronograma das tarefas, avaliação e bibliografia), com uma listagem detalhada dos tópicos a serem abordados durante o semestre.

   Material Adicional:

   Obs: Os tópicos abordados abaixo foram elaborados para atender as necessidades dos alunos que fazem parte deste curso. Estes tópicos foram escolhidos e pesquisados em resposta às necessidades dos alunos e de acordo com o que os mesmos almejan obter deste curso.

   Além das páginas designadas abaixo, sugiro que vocês visitem outra página no meu web site que contém informação adicional sobre os recursos na Internet para professores e alunos de inglês. O endereço dessa página é http://www.sedycias.com/resource1.htm

   Trabalhos de Poesia, Narrativa e Teatro Usados nesta Disciplina   

   Lista Clicável de Escritores:

   Poesia:

   2. Poemas de vários escritores de língua inglesa
   Narrativa:
   3. Washington Irving (1783-1859)
   4. Mark Twain (1835-1910)
   5. Stephen Benét (1898-1943)
   6. Willa Cather (1873-1947)
   7. O. Henry (1862-1910)
   8. Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
   9. Other Writers
   Teatro:
   
   10. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) — “Pygmalion” and “Man and Superman”
   12. John Synge (1871-1909) — “The Playboy of the Western World”
   13. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) — “Beyond the Horizon,” “Anna Christie,” “The First Man,” and “The Hairy Ape”

   Poesia

2. Poems of various writers in English
   A short biography of each of the poets listed below is provided with this page.
   1. Elizabeth Browning (1806-1861)
   2. Caroline Norton (1808-1877)
   3. Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
   4. Edwin Robinson (1869-1935)
   5. Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935, poemas originais em inglês)
   6. Robert Frost (1874-1963)
   7. E. E. Cummings (1894-1962)
   8. Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)
   9. Lesléa Newman (1955-)

   Narrativa

3. Washington Irving (1783-1859) – “Rip Van Winkle”
   A short biography of Washington Irving is provided with this page.

4. Mark Twain (1835-1910) – A short biography of Mark Twain is provided with the first page below (“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”).
   1. “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
   2. “A Dog's Tale”
   3. “Eve's Diary (Translated from the original)” and “Extracts from Adam's Diary”
   4. “Was it Heaven? or Hell?”

5. Stephen Benét (1898-1943) – “The Devil and Daniel Webster”
   A short biography of Stephen Vincent Benét [pronounced “b'nêi”] is provided with this page.

6. Willa Cather (1873-1947) – A short biography of Willa Cather is provided with the first page below (“A Wagner Matinée”).
   1. “A Wagner Matinée”
   2. “The Enchanted Bluff”
   3. “The Garden Lodge”
   4. “On the Divide”
   5. “The Sculptor's Funeral”
   6. “The Marriage of Phaedra”
   7. “Paul's Case: A Study in Temperament”
   8. “A Death in the Desert”
   9. “Eric Hermannson's Soul”
   10. “Flavia and Her Artists”
   11. “The Bohemian Girl”
   12. “Neighbour Rosicky”

7. O. Henry (1862-1910) – A short biography of O. Henry is provided with the first page below (“The World and the Door”).
   1. “The World and the Door”
   2. “The Last Leaf”
   3. “The Ransom of the Red Chief”
   4. “The Gift of the Magi”
   5. “The Dream”
   6. “A Service of Love”
   7. “Science of Matrimony”
   8. “Buried Treasure”
   9. “An Unfinished Story”

8. Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) – “The Gioconda Smile”
   A short biography of Aldous Huxley is provided with this page.

9. Other Writers – These are for the most part short, pithy pieces infused with wit and humor, written by contemporary essayists and columnists, many of whom contribute regularly to U.S. publications such as the venerable Smithsonian Magazine. The selections included here will be of interest to the students in this class to the extent that they illustrate how seemingly mundane topics can be used effectively to produce engaging, engrossing prose.

   1. “My psychiatrist tells me I have 'sci-fitis'...”
   2. “They forced martinis down my throat and kept me prisoner all night”
   3. “Mom is going to stay Lutheran, so does it mean she'll end up in hell?”
   4. “What’s in a name? Just ask King Fisher, Robin Banks and Minnie Vann”
   5. “While you’re taking my mailbox, let me give you a piece of my mind”
   6. “In my family, snoring has pretty much always been a spectator sport”
   7. “A hypochondriac knows those ‘germs’ that threaten him are real”
   8. “No tea, but sympathy”
   9. “Notes about not much”
   10. “When I was your age...”
   11. “Hell on wheels”
   12. “My answering machine sure had its hang-ups”
   13. “Good-bye, Rhode Island”

   Teatro

10. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) – “Pygmalion”

    Based on classical myth, Bernard Shaw's “Pygmalion” plays on the complex business of human relationships in a social world. Phonetics Professor Henry Higgins tutors the very Cockney Eliza Doolittle, not only in the refinement of speech, but also in the refinement of her manner. When the end result produces a very ladylike Miss Doolittle, the lessons learned become much more far reaching. The successful musical “My Fair Lady” was based on this Bernard Shaw classic. A short biography of George Bernard Shaw is provided with the first page below (Act I).

    1. Preface & Act I
    2. Act II
    3. Act III
    4. Act IV
    5. Act V
    6. Sequel

11. George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) – “Man and Superman”

    This play contains an explicit articulation of a major Shavian theme: that man is the spiritual creator, whereas woman is the biological “life force” that must always triumph over him. Act III of “Man and Superman” contains the almost equally famous dream sequence of Don Juan in Hell.

    1. Act I
    2. Act II
    3. Act III
    4. Act IV
    5. The Revolutionist’s Handbook and Pocket Companion
    6. Maxims for Revolutionists

12. John Synge (1871-1909) – “The Playboy of the Western World”

    First produced in 1907, this comedy in three acts sent shock waves through the dramatic world, pushing the limits of decency and stoking an already red-hot nationalistic fire. Though met with near instant rioting and controversy, it is now considered a masterpiece of poetic drama. A short biography of John Millington Synge is provided with the first page below (Act One).

    1. Act One
    2. Act Two
    3. Act Three

13. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) – “Beyond the Horizon”

    “Beyond the Horizon” is a three-act (six scenes) play that explores what happens when two men love the same woman and the compromises each will make to have her. Eugene O’Neill won the Pulitzer Prize for this 1920 drama, making him, at that time, the first American to ever receive the prestigious honor. A short biography of Eugene O’Neill is provided with the first page below (Act One, Scene One).

    1. Act One, Scene One
    2. Act One, Scene Two
    3. Act Two, Scene One
    4. Act Two, Scene Two
    5. Act Three, Scene One
    6. Act Three, Scene Two

14. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) – “Anna Christie”

    This play tells the story of a girl with a dark past who for the first time experiences the unadulterated joy of pure love. Anna is a world-weary 20-year-old whose father abandoned her when she was five. Exhausted by her troubled life, she travels to New York to reconnect with her father, who pilots a coal barge. She soon angers her father by falling in love with a seafaring scalawag, and strikes a blow for self-assertion when father and suitor – both unrepentant drunks – insist on fighting over her.

    1. Act I
    2. Act II
    3. Act III
    4. Act IV

15. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) – “The First Man” (1920)

    The story of an anthropologist and his wife who suffer marital discord over their respective needs to search for the origin of man: his in an anthropological “missing link” and hers in bearing children. The man grows bitter because he views his wife’s pregnancy as an attempt on her part to undermine his work and all that is dear to him. Deeply troubled, he does something radical and unexpected as a result of the complications she experiences in childbirth.

    1. Act I
    2. Act II
    3. Act III
    4. Act IV

16. Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953) – “The Hairy Ape”

    A ship’s stoker, secure in the bestial power he wields over the men in a ship’s bowels, becomes painfully aware of the contempt the bourgeoisie holds for his harsh nature during a visit to the ship’s engine room by an angelic middle-class girl. Subsequently, this “human beast” runs through New York City looking for the acceptance and security he enjoyed on the ship, only to meet with a disastrous fate at the hands of another equally brutal animal in the zoo.

    1. Scenes I & II
    2. Scenes III & IV
    3. Scenes V & VI
    4. Scenes VII & VIII

Fontes de Referência sobre o Uso e a Gramática do Inglês

Rules of Good Writing   

Procedência: A informação fornecida abaixo provém de documentos elaborados por professores de gramática e redação inglesa, na sua maioria preparados para atender as necessidades de falantes nativos da língua, mas que serão de muita utilidade também para estudantes do inglês como língua estrangeira.

1. Rules-01: “George Orwell’s Six Rules for Good Writing.”
2. Rules-02: “Ten Rules for Good Writing.”
3. Rules-03: “Twenty Rules for Good Writing.”
4. Rules-04: “Two Dozen Rules for Good Writing.”
5. Rules-05: “Writing Skills.”

Guide to Grammar and Writing   

Procedência: Um excelente site em inglês mantido pelo Professor Charles Darling para cursos de inglês (para falantes nativos e como língua estrangeira) do Capital Community College, em Hartford, Connecticut (Estados Unidos) e para o público da Internet em geral.

General

1. “Guide to Grammar & Writing” Main Page
2. Text-Only Version of “Guide to Grammar & Writing”
3. Principles of Composition
4. Index to Guide to Grammar & Writing and Principles of Composition
   Specific
   
5. Forms of Communication
6. PowerPoint Presentations
7. Frequently Asked Questions
8. Interactive Quizzes
9. GrammarLogs
10. Grammar English's Annotated Bookshelf
11. Other Online Resources for Writing
12. Eminent Quotables: What Writers Say About Writing

A Guide for Writing Research Papers   

A Guide for Writing Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation. Prepared by the Humanities Department and the Arthur C. Banks Jr. Library, Capital Community College, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.

Procedência: Um excelente site em inglês mantido pelo Humanities Department e pela Arthur C. Banks Jr. Library do Capital Community College, em Hartford, Connecticut, Estados Unidos.

1. A Guide for Writing Research Papers

World Wide Words   

Procedência: Outro excelente site, escrito com uma clareza e precisão raramente encontradas quer seja na mídia escrita ou na Intenet, fundado e mantido por Michael Quinion, detetive de palavras, gramático inveterado e defensor da perspectiva britânica em assuntos internacionais sobre o uso do inglês.

1. “World Wide Words” Main Page
2. Articles Index
3. Question and Answer Index
4. Reviews Index
5. Topical Words Index
6. Turns of Phrase Index
7. Weird Words Index

The American Heritage Book of English Usage (1996)   

Procedência: A informação abaixo sobre gramática, estilo, escolha de palavras, termos científicos, gênero, nomes e rótulos, desafios de pronúncia e formação de palavras provém de uma das fontes mais fidedignas e utilizadas de gramática da língua inglesa, The American Heritage Book of English Usage, edição de 1996. Os dados reproduzidos aqui foram obtidos do excelente web site da Bartleby Books (http://www.bartleby.com/), que, além do American Heritage Book of English Usage, contém outros trabalhos de referência de muita utilidade para o estudante de inglês.

Description in English: A practical and authoritative guide to contemporary English. With a detailed look at grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms, this valuable reference work is ideal for students, writers, academicians and anybody concerned with proper writing style.

Guidelines for Better Writing:

1. Grammar – Traditional rules, word order, agreement, and case. This section treats traditional problems of grammar and problems involving word order, grammatical agreement, parts of speech, conjunctions, pronouns, and verbs. Problems that are inherent to individual words or entail a choice between words are generally treated under Word Choice.

2. Style – Parallelism, passives, redundancy, and wordiness. This section deals with some common writing problems that do not involve rules of grammar. These problems – of parallelism, redundancy, and the like – are more rhetorical than grammatical; that is, they involve choices you must make as a writer trying to create a certain style of expression.

3. Word Choice – New uses, common confusion, and constraints. This section treats usage problems that are inherent to individual words or entail a choice between words. It provides guidance on traditional difficulties such as when to use between instead of among, what the verb decimate means, and whether politics takes a singular or plural verb. It sorts out commonly confused words like founder and flounder or blatant and flagrant. And it assesses new usages, such as the verbs empower and interface, that have some popular appeal but may be seen as trendy or pretentious. Problems involving pronouns and conjunctions are treated under Grammar.

4. Science Terms – Distinctions, restrictions, and confusions. The notes in this section discuss familiar words that have specific or specialized meanings in science and scientific terms that are easy to confuse. The chapter Word Choice discusses a few technical terms, such as methodology, paradigm, and parameter, that have been adapted for more generalized use.

5. Gender – Sexist language and assumptions. Some of the most interesting changes that have taken place in the English language over the last last thirty years have been driven by the desire to avoid, if not banish, sexism in the language.

6. Names and Labels – Social, racial, and ethnic terms. One of the most basic ways of showing respect for others is to refer to them by the names with which they have chosen to identify themselves and to avoid using names that they consider offensive. This applies to ethnic groups and to other people who are identified according to their stage in life (such as older people), a condition with which they must live (such as people who have a disability), a category that society has placed them in (such as aboriginal peoples), or their sexual orientation.

7. Pronunciation Challenges – Confusions and controversy. People, especially those who are learning English as a foreign language, commonly complain about the inadequacies of the English spelling system and about the difficulties that arise when they try to pronounce unfamiliar words. Most of the other European foreign languages are not plagued with these problems. Native speakers of English who are learning Czech, Finnish, Spanish, or Polish are delighted to discover that the pronunciation of a word in these languages can be predicted with a high degree of accuracy by its spelling. And conversely, the correct spelling of a word can be fairly easily deduced from its pronunciation. Unfortunately, in English the correlation between spelling and pronunciation is not as close. This section presents information that will help students deal in a more effective way with the some of the more problematic aspects of English pronunciation.

8. Word Formation – Plurals, possessives, affixes, and compounds.
   1. Plurals
   2. Forming Possessives
   3. Affixes
   4. Word Compounding

9. The Internet, Electronic Mail, and the English Language – Conventions and quirks. Welcome to the brave new world of electronic mail, the exciting new medium that is supposed to make communication smoother and more effective. Most people who are "on" E-mail are dazzled by what they consider its advantages over other methods of communication but they remain oblivious to its shortcomings. It makes sense then for people who use the Internet and E-Mail on a regular basis to be aware of the ups and downs of electronic communication.

10. A Grammar Toolkit – This section contains an alphabetical list of the important grammatical terms used in this page. Each term has one or more brief definitions. Many terms contain cross-references to the sections where a discussion of the pertinent usage issues can be found.

Strunk's Elements of Style (1918)   

Procedência: A informação abaixo sobre as regras de redação em inglês provém de uma das fontes mais respeitadas, sucintas e claras do assunto, The Elements of Style, de William Strunk, Jr. Os dados reproduzidos aqui foram obtidos do excelente web site da Bartleby Books (http://www.bartleby.com/), que, além do Strunk's Elements of Style, contém outros trabalhos de referência de muita utilidade para o estudante de inglês.

Description in English: Believing that one must first know the rules to break them, this classic reference work is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer. Intended for use in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature, it gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.

Today's readers would do well to keep in mind that Strunk’s Elements of Style was first published in 1918 – almost a century ago! Therefore, some of the information in this memorable reference work is bound to be outdated (for instance, nowadays we spell “today” instead of “to-day”). Be that as it may, many of Strunk’s exhortations are still timely and make perfect sense, especially what the author says about clear, direct language (Elementary Rules of Usage & Elementary Principles of Composition).

Rules of Usage and Principles of Composition in English:
1. Introduction to Strunk's Elements of Style

2. Elementary Rules of Usage

3. Elementary Principles of Composition

4. A Few Matters of Form

5. Words and Expressions Commonly Misused

6. Words Commonly Misspelled

História da Língua Inglesa (1918)   

História da Língua Inglesa
Informação sobre a história da língua inglesa, oriunda de várias fontes, incluso a Enciclopédia Britânica e a BBC de Londres.

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