Lecture 6 The 18th Century The Age of Enlightenment Daniel演讲第十八6世纪启蒙时代的丹尼尔.pptVIP

Lecture 6 The 18th Century —The Age of EnlightenmentDaniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe (1st hour)Jonathan Swift, Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal(2nd hour) How to appreciate a novel/Fiction Elements of fiction One useful way to approach the techniques of fiction is to describe its basic elements or characteristics: theme, plot and structure, character, setting, point of view, style and language, and irony. We should be aware that all the elements of a Story work together to convey feeling and embody meaning. (1) Theme The theme is the central idea or statement about life that unifies