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Content:
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emphasis
on reason and logic
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stresses
harmony, stability, wisdom
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Locke:
a social contract exists between the government and the people. The
government governs guaranteeing “natural rights” of life, liberty, and
property
Style/Genres:
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satire:
uses irony and exaggeration to poke fun at
human faults and foolishness
in order to
correct human behavior
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poetry
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essays
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letters,
diaries, biographies
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novels
Effect:
* emphasis
on the individual
* belief that man is
basically evil
* approach to life:
“the world as it should be”
Historical
Context:
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50%
of the men are functionally literate (a dramatic rise)
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Fenced
enclosures of land cause demise of traditional village life
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Factories
begin to spring up as industrial revolution begins
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Impoverished
masses begin to grow as farming life declines and factories build
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Coffee
houses—where educated men spend evenings with literary and political
associates
Key
Literature/Authors:
*Alexander
Pope, Daniel Defoe, Jonathan
Swift, Samuel Johnson, John Bunyan,
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