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Objectives Contents The course is divided into three sections which will be organized as follows:
Part 1 (5 ECTS):
The Cambridge Companion to Daniel Defoe, ed. John Richetti, Cambridge University Press, 2008;
Part 2 (1 ECTS):
Extended Syllabus Defoe is the ideal interpreter of the intellectual revolution that occurred during the turn from the seventeenth to the eighteenth century: that is, in the field of physics the movement from Galileo to Newton, and in the field of philosophy the movement from Bacon to Locke. Both these developments show the transition from abstract and metaphysical preconceptions towards an increasing commitment to empiricism and the formation of rationalist systems, aimed at ordering and assimilating the growing body of knowledge of natural science.
Recommended Bibliography Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe; Lady Roxana; The Storm.
Teaching Methods Evaluation methods Verification of learning:
The oral final exam will consist of a number of questions (3-5) on the texts included in the syllabus, the historical context, the English culture of the Long 18th Century, and the critical bibliography in the syllabus. The exam will assess the following skills and abilities: detailed knowledge of the primary texts; ability to contextualize texts from a historical and cultural point of view; close analysis of the formal and thematic features of texts. The grading scale goes from 1 to 30 cum laude (excellent). The exam is graded: excellent (30 cum laude-30); very good (27-29); good (24-26), fair (21 -23), sufficient (18-22), insufficient (17 or below).
Contacts/More Information As far as the period considered, ie The Long Eighteenth Century, which embraces English literary history from 1660 to 1832, the following authors are particularly relevant:
The Restoration and the Early XVIII Century (1660-1798)
