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Transcript of Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
Page 263 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/11239/11239-h/11239-h.htm
Impact
Published in 1719 it was an instant, popular and financial success
Since then it has made a profound impression on readers as well as on whole cultures
It created not only a new literary form, the novel, but also a new reading public
It has always had an almost universal appeal thanks to many factors
Robinson's Appeal
He provides any reader the thrill of adventure
For English readers he is the typical Englishman: manly, self-reliant, courageous, heroic, and resourceful
He is a mythic or an archetypal figure, that is a character who speaks to something deep in the human psyche and essential to the human condition
Many books in one
Adventure story Moral tale and/or Puritan fable (spiritual
autobiography) Fictional autobiography
llustration for Robinson CrusoeHoward Davie
Robinson Crusoe: Life on the real islandBy Gideon Long BBC News, Santiago
Daniel Defoe's famous novel was inspired by the true story of an 18th Century castaway, but the real Robinson Crusoe island bears little resemblance to its fictional counterpart.
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19562787
Robinson Crusoe on the Screen
Expedition Robinson
Is a Swedish reality television program in which contestants are put into survival situations, and a voting process eliminates one person each episode until a winner is determined. The format was developed in 1994 by Charlie Parsons for a United Kingdom TV production company called Planet 24, but the Swedish debut in 1997 was the first production to actually make it to television.An American version called Survivor, started in 2000.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_Robinson
Robinson the worker
Spiritual autobiography
The writer emphasizes the character's former sinfulness as a way of glorifying God; the deeper his sinfulness, the greater God's grace and mercy in saving him
The character reviews his life from his new perspective and writes of the present and the future with a deep sense of God's presence in his life and in the world
Puritanism
Puritanism started in 16th century as a movement to reform the Church of England
It accepted the interpretations of John Calvin on
the nature of man free will predestination other basic concepts
Puritanism
After the restoration of Charles II as king in 1660 it split into three major denominations
Presbyterian Congregational Baptist
The Puritans saw God as the awesome divinity of Old Testament His maintaining and directing everything in the universe was God's Providence
A few Puritan concepts
God is actively and directly involved in the affairs of nations and individuals.
The Puritans saw grace as a gift from a God; human beings were unworthy to receive salvation because of their depraved natures
Every human being is by nature corrupt and perverted as a result of Adam and Eve's fall
Only God can determine who should be saved in their fallen state.
Individuals must use their talents, which come from God
Robinson the repentant
Original sin
Crusoe receives warnings against going to sea from his father and the captain of the first ship he sails on. In ignoring their warnings, he denies God's social order in the world
Providence (divine care) might send him punishments to awaken a sense of his sinfulness and to turn him to God
Robinson uses religious language, imagery, and Biblical references
He converts Friday to Christianity
He looks at his past through the eyes of the convert who constantly sees the working of Providence
Robinson king of his island
Robinson the colonizer
Colonial vision
Capitalism and colonialism are closely related
To keep expanding, capitalism requires a cheap source of raw materials and markets for finished products, thus colonies
So colonialism is one form of imperialism
Robinson acts as a colonizer when he takes complete dominion over the island and the people. The land and all its products belong to him.
His actions duplicate those of nations
As an imperialist he sees himself as king and others as his subjects: he creates a kingdom
He imposes his will on others: Friday (and the English mutineer)
Robinson the imperialist