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English literature during 1600-1700 (The Novel (expression of the Middle…
English literature during 1600-1700
John Milton (1608-74)
Puritan
man of letters
Humanist
Classicist
civil servant for the republican governament
Polemist
Author of :pen:
pamphlets
Paradise Lost : :fire:
1667
Epic poem in blank verses (10.000 lines!)
latin syntax and high level vocabulary
divided in 10 books ( in the 2nd version there are 20 books) :
Plot: Creation of the world, man and woman and the first sin :explode:
Main characters: Lucipher, God, Adam and Eva
Tolemaic idea of the universe
Set in Heaven, Hell and Eden
Victim of censorship, sent to prison :forbidden:
Struggled in defense of liberty :unlock:
Free press
divorces
free education
"the English Dante"
The Novel
expression of the Middle Class
realistic :
long prose narrative about fictional characters
Simple writing
sense of punishment (Puritan ethic) :no_entry:
Events narrated in chronological sequence
narration in 1st or 3rd person : :silhouette: :silhouettes:
attention to setting and time
character with contemporary names and surnames
Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)
family of Dissenters
Writer of:
Whig papers
The Review (from 1704 to 1713)
political essays and pamphlets
Robinson Crusoe (1719)
First published as an autobiography
inspired by a real event
Divided in 3 sections
The main Character:
searches for his own identity
uses rationality in every situation
hard worker, self-reliant, religious
referees to God, due to the Puritan mind
arrested and imprisoned
secret agent fro the government
