Theme 7: English Literature in the 17th century. Plan

Key words and expressions:
Inevitability, Efficacy, Plentitude, Skepticism, Survival, Ignorance, Enlighten, Compromise, Age of Elegance, Prose, Speculation, Fierce, Ambitiously, Orthodox, Commercial, Ascendancy, Obtuse, Rank, Mysticism, Obscure, Exponent, Welter, Depth, Augustan of Age, Reign, Recapture, Enlightenment, Embrace, Appeal, Mock, Outstanding, Courageous, Regard, Profitable, Impertinence, Wit, Rejoice, Extravagance, Generosity, Benevolence.


Answer the following questions.

1. 
   What does the word “classicist” mean?
   
2. 
   What is sentiment, sentimentalism?
   
3. 
   What did Alexander Pope have in common with Martin Scriblerus?
   
4. 
   In what way did Defoe begin his literary career?
   
5. 
   What was Defoe’s satire in verse “The True -born Englishman “ about?
   
6. 
   What novels by Daniel Defoe do you know?
   
7. 
   What suggested the idea for the novel “Robinson Crusoe” to Defoe?
   
8. 
   What is the main theme of the novel?
   
9. 
   Speak about the characteristic features of Robinson Crusoe.
   
10. 
    What helped Robinson to withstand all the calamities of his unusual destiny?
    
11. 
    Do you think it is possible for a man to spend so many years on a desert island?
    
12. 
    Why do we say that the way Defoe portrays Friday’s character does him credit?
    
13. 
    What is your opinion of “The Education of Women”?
    
14. 
    What role did Sir William Temple play in Swift’s literary career?
    
15. 
    Speak about Swift’s first satire.
    
16. 
    What did Swift criticize in his pamphlets?
    
17. 
    When was Swift’s masterpiece “Gulliver’s Travels” written and why did it make a great sensation?
    
18. 
    Whom did Swift mean to ridicule when describing the country of Lilliput and the Lilliputians?
    
19. 
    At whom is Swift’s satire directed when he describes the flying island and the way taxes are collected from the people?
    
20. 
    What was Swift’s attitude towards England’s war policy?
    
21. 
    Why did Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” become popular in all languages?