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He is regarded as
-the father of English novel
-the rapresentative of a new social class
-He was born into a family of DISSENTERS, a protestant sect which refused the authority of the Church of England.
-He was educated in one of the best Dissenting academies where he studied modern languages, economics and geography.
-His father wanted a religious career for him but he went into business on his own
When he was about 60, he started to write novels:
-Robinson Crusoe (1719)
-Captain Singleton (1720)
-Moll Flanders (1722)
-Roxana(1724)
-His narrative technique was original and became the basis for the realistic novel
-His novels are preceded by a preface
-There is a single hero
-He used the first-person narration
-The characters are presented from the inside and they usually appear in isolation
Friday is the first native character to be described in the English novel
He is attractive and lively
He becomes the symbol of the colonised
The main character is Robinson Kreutznaer born in York in 1632 of a German father and an English mother
Robinson is the hero
He belongs to the middle class
He is restless infact the wants to find his own identity
He is disobedient and transgressive
He has a pragmatic and individualistic outlook
He has a objective and rational approach to reality
He is brave,intelligent and cunning
Robinson at the age of 19 decided to leave his home in order to travel around the world and MAKE HIS FORTUNE
-Here he writes a diary
-He finds a human footprint
-He finds a human bones
-He understands that there are cannibals and decides to attack them
-He manages to free friday and together they free friday's father
-Robinson returns to England
The narration is in first person
The narrator uses simple language
He adds many clear and precise details, such as the number of objects
The novel shows an objective approach
The setting of the story is the ideal place for Robinson
-to prove his qualites
-to demostrate that he deserved to be saved by God's Providence