英美文学Unit 5 Defoe and Swift.pptVIP

Unit 5 Defoe and Swift Aims of Teachings: 1.The novel as a genre in English literature 2. Robinson Crusoe 3. Gulliver’s Travels 4. A Modest Proposal Major Teaching Points: 1.???? Sentimental novel 2.???? Realistic novel 3.???? Authenticity of Robinson Crusoe 4.???? Swift’s humor and satire 5.???? Irony in A Modest Proposal I.Introduction to the Rise of the Modern English Novel Daniel Defoe (adventure story) HenryFielding（1707—54）:Tom Jones (1749) Jonathan Swift: Gulliver’s Travels (1726) Tobias Smollett (1721—71) Roderick Random (1748) (first English sea novel) Samuel Richardson (1689-1761): Damela (1740) Lawrence Sterne (1713-68): Tristram Shandy(1759), A sentimental Journey(1768) (Oliver Goldsmith (1730-74): The Vicar of Wakefield (the Enlightenment) ?II.??? Daniel Defoe (1661—1731） —One of the forerunners of the English?realistic novel. 丹尼尔笛福——英国现实主义小说先驱 1.??His life: Born toward the of the summer of 1660, died on April 24, 1731- original surname Foe, Defoe altered it in 1703 2.??His Works ? Robinson Grusoe (1719) 1)??? the story from 1704-1709, Alexander Selkirk spent 5 years on an uninhabited island of Juan Fernandez in South Pacific Ocean, later rescued 2） general comment The hero ——an embodiment of the Spirit of individual enterprise and colonial expansion ——an empire-builder, colonizer, a foreign trader ——a man against nature and living through different stages of human civilization in a seemingly primitive environment ——when Friday came, he became an exploiter, colonizer The book —— a glorification of bourgeois qualities of individualism, private enterprise, and even labor. ——an illusion that the existence of the individual and not that of the collective mass, was the starting point of human history. 3)??the stylistic features of the novel  simple language, attention to details, seemingly authentic descriptions III.Jonathan Swift (1667—1745) 1.???? His tragic life Jonathan Swift aimed his witty, imaginative, and often bitter