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DANIEL DEFOE: ROBINSON CRUSOE - Coggle Diagram
DANIEL DEFOE: ROBINSON CRUSOE
Enlightenment era
scientific awakening
optimism in the potential of knowledge and reason
reason and science
improve the human condition
genre
manily the novel
travel literature
biographies
memoirs
diaries
hero: average man, representative of the middle class
political pamphlet
essay
writer
educate the readers through his stories
criticized the laws of society and individuals
the end of the 17th century
intellectual movement
Scientific Revolution
opened a path for independent thought
fields of Mathematics, Physics, Politics, Medicine, Astronomy were updated and expanded
Egalitarianism
fair treatment for everyone
promise of the century
Britain
as powerful as France
had the strongest navy in the world
Augustan age
ruled by Queen Anne, King George I and King George II
first half of the 18th century
rapid development of the novel
the greatest British writers
poet Alexander Pope
novelists Defoe and Swift
witnessed two disasters in the 17th century
a recurrence of the plague (1665)
the Great Fire of London (1666)
Publication date
1719
Themes
the ambivalence of mastery
overcomes his obstacles
the necessity of repentance
the importance of self-awareness
alienation and isolation
Motifs
counting and measuring
eating
ordeals at sea
Symbols
the cross
new existence
Christians' new lives into Christ after baptism
Crusoe's bower & the footprint
loss of connection
Point of view
first person
account of the adventures and experiences of the main hero
retrospective: experiences of his past
Genre
fictional autobiography
epistolary narrative
prototype of the modern English novel
story
account
history
fact
spiritual fable
religious issues
religious allusions
moral tale
allegory
civilisation
telling name Crusoe
cruise, exploration, sea voyage, discovery
providence & reason
lead to survival and self-discovery
religious
his experiences turn him to a religious person
objects to the authority of his father
adventure
adapting to the hostile circumstances
authentic material of a series of real life experiences
conditions of everyday life
vivid descriptions of characters and places
details to make it seem more realistic
date and place of birth
the origin of his family
activities on the island
the tools he possesses
Time
chronological
Original sin
exile from civilization is equivalent to Adam and Eve's
Characters
Crusoe
Friday
native