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Daniel Defoe (1661—1731)

Daniel Defoe (1661—1731). Robinson Crusoe (1719). 1. The hero 1). an embodiment of the Spirit of individual enterprise and colonial expansion; 2). an empire-builder, colonizer, a foreign trader;

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Daniel Defoe (1661—1731)

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  1. Daniel Defoe (1661—1731)

  2. Robinson Crusoe (1719) • 1. The hero • 1). an embodiment of the Spirit of individual enterprise and colonial expansion; • 2). an empire-builder, colonizer, a foreign trader; • 3) a man against nature and living through different stages of human civilization in a seemingly primitive environment; • 4)later, an exploiter, colonizer.

  3. 2.The book • a glorification of bourgeois qualities of individualism, private enterprise, and even of labor.

  4. 3.The skill of the novel • its detail in the semblance of the authentic told in a simple, straightforward style, adding to the realistic effect of the story.

  5. 4.significance of the novel • starting the tradition of realistic description and presenting authentic details which are important for the later development of the novel.

  6. 5. Defoe’s illusory view • the existence of the individual , not that of the collective mass, was the starting point of human history.

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