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Daniel Defoe

Daniel Defoe. http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/D/Defoe.html. An eventful life (1660-1731). Family of Dissenters Modern languages, economics, geography Financial problems Whig papers The Review  Famous for political essays and pamphlets Prison  Pillory, a triumph Secret Agent

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Daniel Defoe

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  1. Daniel Defoe http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/D/Defoe.html

  2. An eventful life (1660-1731) • Family of Dissenters • Modern languages, economics, geography • Financial problems • Whig papers • The Review Famous for political essays and pamphlets • Prison  Pillory, a triumph • Secret Agent • Novels • Robinson Crusoe 1719 • Captain Singleton 1720 • Moll Flanders 1722 • Colonel Jack 1722 • Roxana1724 • Comfortable standard of life http://www.bpears.org.uk/Misc/Gateshead_Plaques/

  3. Structure of the novels Fictional autobiographies (details and memories) Preface (stress on authenticity - journal) Series of episodes and adventures (single hero) Lack of coherent plot (large production) Method of retrospective 1st-person narration characterisation Same point of view (author-main character)

  4. Characterisation • Characters from inside and actions • Physical (Crusoe) or social (Flanders) isolation in struggle • Father of English novel, representative of new social class • Original narrative technique  realistic novel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Defoe

  5. Robinson Crusoe – The Plot • Main character: Robinson Kreutznaer • Leaving home at 19 to travel and to make fortune • First Voyage to Guinea • Second Voyage to Brazil • pirates • rescue • owner of plantation • ThirdVoyage to Africa • slaves • shipwreck • 28 years on a desert island • rebuilding his society • writing a diary • cannibals • Friday • Back to England • Rich thanks to the plantation http://www.pierre-marteau.com/library/e-1719-0027.html

  6. Robinson Crusoe – The new middle class hero Hero  middle class (middle state) Classical hero of travel literature restlessnesssearch for identity Act of transgression  Separation  Isolation http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=68626&rendTypeId=4

  7. Robinson Crusoe – The Island Setting  Island  To prove his qualities Primitive Empire  Prototype of English coloniser dominating Nature http://images.politico.com/global/robinson_crusoe.jpg

  8. Robinson Crusoe – Individual and society Relationship between private and public spheres Exaltation of English society Mobility Material Productiveness Individualism Modification of Reality through work in the light of God’s will Pragmatic and Individualistic Outlook  Rational Method: • Observation • Listing solutions • Pros and cons • Choosing the best

  9. Robinson Crusoe – The Style • Objective approach  Details • Description on primary qualities: • Solidity • Extension • Number • Language  Simple, Concrete • Narration  1st-person http://hugereviews.com/images/Movies/castaway1.gif Cast Away (2000)

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