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Restoration & Enlightenment

1660-1798 England

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King Charles II invited to the throne afterexile in France (Charles I had beenexecuted)

England turned away from the grim era ofCromwells Puritan rule (theaters wereclosed, entertainment suspended)

Charles II brought with him the glamourand style of France


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1702 Queen Anne took the throne Scotland united with England became

Great Britain Queen Anne outlived all 16 of her children Another 100 year war with France George I, George II, George III (1760

1820) suffered from a mental illness(porphyria vampire-sunlight & garlic )-lost AmericanColonies


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18 th Century--Age of Reason John Locke-Philosopher- Tabula Rasa (blank

slate) Nature vs- Nurture debate

Isaac Newton Father of Science (the mostinfluential man in history)

Farming and livestock methods improved

Displaced peasants who moved into the cities towork in factories industrial revolution


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Restoration the return of the monarchy toEngland

Enlightenment the philosophicalmovement of the 18 th century thatemphasized the use of reason

Samuel Johnson (1755) publishedDictionary of the English Language 40,000 words and definitions


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Great British authors of the R&E Samuel Pepys (Diary)

John Milton ( Paradise Lost ) Daniel Defoe ( Robinson Crusoe ) Jonathan Swift ( Gullivers Travels )


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The Diary of Samuel Pepys pg.525

Samuel Pepys Began diary at age 26 (continued for over

40 years) wrote over 1.2 million words Helped save the Navy office during the

Great Fire of London

Appointed as Sec of Navy helped makeEngland a major sea power


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The Diary of Samuel Pepys pg.525

Firsthand account of events that occurredover 300 years ago (1660-1669)

Wrote in shorthand to ensure privacy ofhis thoughts

Diary writers personal day -to-dayaccount of his or her experiences andimpressions (personal and public)


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The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Informal Diary writing Pepsy writes in sentencefragments, using participles only, ex. May23the King walkinghis travelinghissitting

Samuels account of King Charles II coronation(restoration)

Charles II account of his exile to France

Through six weeks of narrow escaped Charlesmanaged to flee England in disguise, despite areward of 1,000 on his head, risk of death foranyone caught helping him and the difficulty in

disguising Charles, who was unusually tall atover 6 feet 185 cm hi h.
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Firsthand account of the Great Fire ofLondon 1666

Started in a Bakery on Pudding Lane,destroyed 13,000 homes, only 16 deaths

Firefighters used fire-breaks to stop thefire; they blew up structures withgunpowder

Helped end the plague by killing rats


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Daniel Defoe1660-1731 pg. 583

Ups and downs in business as a merchant Wrote controversial Political pamphlets

Put in the pillory or stocks and pelted withflowers instead of rotten fruit Began writing novels in his late 50s.

Robinson Crusoe was Defoes first Novel


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Robinson Crusoe (pg. 566)

Full title: The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York,Mariner

Published 1719 First important English novel (New)

Classic adventure story Written in the first person POV Ordinary people in extraordinary situations


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Robinson Crusoe continued

Based on true story of a shipwreckedsailor on a deserted island

Although fiction, many believed it to be atrue account

RC is basis for comic books, movies andscience fiction adventures


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Robinson Crusoe continued

Crusoe learns valuable skills and lessons inhis 28 year ordeal:

Craft tools, carpentry, pottery, agricultureand animal husbandry

Appreciates the moral and social valuesback home in England

Rescues Friday from cannibals Finally is rescued by passing ship which

he saves from mutineers


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Castaway


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Stop Here


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GULLIVERS TRAVELS

SATIRE--A literary technique in whichbehaviors or institutions are ridiculed forthe purpose of improving society

EXAMPLES: SNL, COMICS,CARICATURES, PARODIES


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Examples of Satire

Weekend Update from Saturday NightLive

The Daily Show the movie Scary Movie the movies of Austin Powers

most political cartoons in newspapers andmagazines the songs of Weird Al Yankovic


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Satire Today
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SATIRE IN COMICS


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CARICATURES
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FANTASY

Literature in which the limits of reality arepurposely disregarded


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