ENGB35H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Adventure Fiction, Us & Them, Noble Savage
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What does it meant that he is a better person in many ways than crusoe. What kind of readings of the novel can you come up with that point. Manage to fool the pirates; because the pirates are stupid" as they are working class not working class. Key changes between robinson crusoe(1719) and treasure island(1883) Pirates. robinson crusoe figure in ben gun comedy version" pirates tricked out of treasure is direct copy of crusoes fiction of authority. 1. middle class have economic, cultural and political power crusoe is talking about a class that is not yet dominant but in ti that is on its way: british empire. Soft" high imperialism in 1880 adventure novels become popular they become refined plot driven and conflict driven and about a quest for treasure. Ti was written for children boys magazine "young folks" 1881 directly written and sold to children. Stevenson jekyl and hide debate about what form fiction should take imagination defines childhood.
