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Robinson Crusoe (1719)
Genre
Fictional autobiography
Adventure novel
Realistic novel
Protagonist
Robinson Crusoe
Born in York
Son of middle-class parents
Desire for travel and adventure
Rebellion against parents’ wishes
Early Voyages
First sea journey
Shipwreck
Voyage to Guinea
Captured by pirates
Taken to North Africa
Escape
With slave boy
Rescued by Portuguese ship
Life in Brazil
Arrival in Brazil
Becomes plantation owner
Economic success
Shipwreck and Island
Journey to West Africa
Intention to buy workers
Shipwreck near Trinidad
Only survivor
28 years on the island
Life on the Island
Building shelter
Farming and animal breeding
Goats
Use of tools and weapons
Keeping a diary
Training a parrot
Control over environment
Cannibals and Friday
Arrival of cannibals
Rescue of a prisoner
Naming him Friday
Relationship
Master–servant
Coloniser–colonised
Teaching
English language
Christianity
Rescue and Return
Rescue of other prisoners
Friday’s father
Arrival of a ship
Return to England
Main Themes
Survival and self-reliance
Protestant work ethic
Colonialism
Power and domination
Civilization vs savagery
Faith and providence
Symbolism
Island
Microcosm of society
Work
Moral value
Nature
Enemy to dominate
Friday
The “Other”
Colonial subject