1、 丹尼爾丹尼爾 - 笛福笛福1.Life2.Works (1661-1731)3.Commentsb) Life experienceIn the early 1680s Defoe was a commission merchant in Cornhill but went bankrupt in 1691 Defoe was arrested and pilloried in May 1703 Daniel Defoe died on April 24, 1731, He was interred in Bunhill Fields, London, where his grave can

2、 still be visited.Defoe is known to have used at least 198 separate pen names during his lifetime of writingWorksRobinson Crusoe (1719) 魯濱遜漂流記魯濱遜漂流記The True born Englishman (1701)土生英國人土生英國人The Shortest Way With Dissenters (1702)消滅不同教派的捷徑消滅不同教派的捷徑 Hymn To The Pillory (1703)枷刑頌枷刑頌 Moll Flanders (1722)

3、摩爾摩爾費蘭德斯費蘭德斯Captain Jack (1722) 杰克上校杰克上校 A Journal Of The Plague Year (1722) 大疫年記事大疫年記事 Roxana 1724 羅克薩娜羅克薩娜 The Great Law Of Subordination Considered (1724)The Political History Of The Devil (1726) History And Reality Of Apparitions (1727). Commentsa)Writing style English Realistic Novel, The 18th

4、century was the golden age of the English novel. The novel of this period spoke the truth about life with an uncompromising courage. His sentences are sometimes short, crisp（簡明扼要的）（簡明扼要的） and plain, and sometimes long and rambling（凌亂（凌亂的）的）, which leave on the reader an impression of casual narratio

5、n. His language is mostly vernacular（方言）（方言）. English novelist and journalist, whose work reflects his diverse experiences in many countries and in many walks of life. Besides being a brilliant journalist, novelist, and social thinker, Defoe was a prolific author, producing more than 500 books, pamp

6、hlets, and tracts.Defoe is notable for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain, and is even referred to by some as one of the founders of the English novel b) Significance Time: in the middle of 17c Family ：many servants Father : a English ge

7、ntleman Expectation: a lawyer Own dream：a sailor Left the home ：19 years oldDog Rex & two catArms tools & other supplies Build a tentMake a fire Do the sewingFine harvest：tobacco coconut banana grape barleyMake breadDomesticate cattle:goat rabbit cow snakeMilking the cowMake potterySick fever Make medicineEarthquake rainfall wi