the age of enlightenment 1687 1790 lecture
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Iambic pentameter
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http://youtu.be/I5lsuyUNu_4
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18 line stanza (verse)
Written in iambic pentameter Lines of poetry that can be divided into 5 metric feet with
alternately unstressed and stressed syllables.
Rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg
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Shall I /compare/ thee to/ a sum/mer's day?
Thou art/ more lov/ely and/ more temp/erate:
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer's lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;And every fair from fair some time declines,By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimm'd;But thy eternal summer shall not fadeNor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;Nor shall Death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”
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1687- 1790
The Age of Reason
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Many political changes
Parliament – supreme auhtority
Economy
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Age of criticism
Independent thought
England had colonies around the world.
The political parties in England arose – The Tories and the Wigs
Science and philosophy became clearly differentiated.
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Emphasis on reason and common sense
Respect, tolerance and democracy were new words.
Literature was the new medium
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Realism
Realistic, but not necessarily true
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Samuel Johnson
Essayist, poet, critic, talker
A Dictionary of the English language
Famous aphorisms
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Time, with all its celerity (hastighet), moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight.
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”Disorders of intellect … happen much more than superficial observers will easily believe. Perhaps, if we speak with rigorous exactness, no human mind is in its right state”
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1. What is an aphorism?
2. What do the aphorisms above really mean?
3. It is generally said that many of Doctor Johnson’s aphorisms are both timeless and humorous. Do you agree or not? Why?
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aphorism [(af-uh-riz-uhm)]
A concise and often witty statement of wisdom or opinion
(http://www.answers.com/topic/aphorism 2008-02-11)
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most famous for Gulliver's travels - a satire that criticized colonialism
Also criticized the Catholic Church
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Not much is known
Many different occupations
Political writer
most famous for Robinson Crusoe
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http://youtu.be/EY-DI19GzAg
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Embodies ideals of the Enlightenment A strong individual, full of optimism and hope for a bright future Survivies on a desert island only through his own intelligence and
skills.
STUDY:
Read the extract and discuss the study questions in groups.
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Read the extract from Emma in your textbook and do exercise 89.
Read the extract from Frankenstein and do First reaction Understanding the story Discussion