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Daniel Defoe
1)Life
2)works
3)writing features
Robinson Crusoe
1)background
2)story
3)theme
4)character analysis
Selected part in our book (P35)
1)content
2)characteristics of Defoe
3)language
4)theme
Daniel Defoe 1660   ~  1731
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General Introduction
Daniel Defoe (丹尼尔. 笛福, 1660-1731)
Birth and family: Born in London, a butcher’s family.
Education: attended a ‘dissenting新教的’school where position is stressed.
Daniel Foe
in 1660 born into a middle class family in London.
1678-1683 traveled in many countries as a merchant.
in 1684 married Mary Tuffley ,an heiress with 3700 a year.
In 1692 became bankrupt.
In 1701 The Trueborn Englishman—The best known pamphleteer.
In 1703 was arrested and pilloried(处以枷刑)
1704-1713 for nearly 10 years, he wrote and produced the periodical The Review of the Affairs of France almost single-handedly.
1719 Robinson Crusoe was published—marked new period in his literary career.
In 1731 died
Works
The Life and Strange Surprising Adventure of Robinson
Captain
Moll
A Journal of the plague
Among his other important writings:
A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain (1724-1727)
A General History of the Pirates海盗(1724-1728)
plete English Tradesman (1725-1727).
Writing features
Language is smooth ,easy ,colloquial and mostly vernacular.
One of the first to write stories about believable characters in realistic situations using simple prose.
Organizing minute details in a vivid way that his stories could be both credible and fascinating.
Sentences are sometimes short ,crisp ,and plain ,and sometimes long and rambling ,which leave on the reader an impression of casual narration.
Robinson Crusoe (Background)
A fictional tale of a shipwrecked sailor, it was based on the adventures of a seaman, Alexander Selkirk, who had been marooned被放逐on one of the Juan Fernández Islands off the coast of Chile智利. The novel, full of detail about Crusoe‘s ingenious a