DEPARTAMENT ANGLS

CURS 2014-2015
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ROBINSON CRUSOE. DANIEL DEFOE

1. THE WRITER: DANIEL DEFOES LIFE AND WORKS.

2. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION.

3. LITERARY BACKGROUND: JONATHAN SWIFT/ ALEXANDER POPE.

4. BIBLICAL REFERENCES IN ROBINSON CRUSOE.

5. THE SLAVES TRADE IN THE 17TH CENTURY.

6. IS IT BETTER TO BE ON THIS ISLAND OR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA?
WHY DOES ROBINSON SAY THIS? WHEN? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THIS AFFIRMATION?

7. THE EVOLUTION OF ROBINSON CRUSOE.

8. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALEXANDER SELKIRK AND ROBINSON
CRUSOE.

9. MERCANTILISM: TRADE, WEALTH AND COLONIES.

10. CULTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CIVILISED MEN AND SAVAGES.

11. FRIDAYS TRANSFORMATION.

12. DESERT ISLAND SURVIVORS IN LITERATURE.

13. THE SETTING: ISLA MS A TIERRA. WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?

14. WHAT RIGHT HAVE I TO KILL MEN WHO HAVE DONE ME NO HARM?
(P.120). WHY DOES CRUSOE CHANGE HIS MIND ABOUT KILLING THE
SAVAGES?

15. THROUGHOUT ALL THE NOVEL THE RELIGION IS AN IMPORTANT THEME,
BUT IS THERE A REAL FREEDOM OF RELIGION? STUDY ALL THE
RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES.