What happened to a good man with his son
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5.General context: Enlightement could be considered an intellectual
Problem which was specially important in England.Its goes from the
Glorious revolution to french revolution.But it includes 2
Periods;Augustan period(1680-1750)Considered as aperiod of peace
Untill the 7 years war in europe+jacobite wars in england. 2 Half of
The 18 century:1776->declaration of America independence.1789->
French revolution.There were also an Agricultural
Revolution,improvement in comunication and Emerge of the public
Sphere->space of public debate,for political questions or others
Relevant topics for society-> politically relevant and i took
Olace in clubs etc..Enlightenment: intellectual
Movement of the 17-18 century, which brings a new order of tings and
Its based on:1)Secularitation that makes faith in reason a new
Guide,opposed w/ the light of faith and the authority of
Tradition.This lead to separation btw religious and science and theis
Diff. Approaches to reality. It deals also w/ scientific theories of
The structure of society.2)Crisis in the idea of orders:-split btw
Man and nature.-relation btw modern individual and social
Order.3)iverse attitudes towards:-new idea of nature,-power of
Tecnology,-power of reason.4)Defence of plain style against
Rhetorical ornament.Language as a systen of naming.Crisis
Of the idea of order:Diff.
Idea of the creation of universe-> they still believed it was
Created by god.There is a separation btw man and nature
->traditionally they were both integrated into god´s order of
Things with a separation btw human being related w/ technology and
Nature became an object of knowledge and exploration.Moral
Sense:asociated
W/ sensibility ,as the capacity to perceive and feel the good, not
Just evil.Its not based in rational senses,feelings, something
Implicit in human nature. Acording to the moral, the individuals tend
To be good and to act normally.Diverse
Attitudes towards: -New
Idea of nature.-the power of technology on society.-the power of
Reason.-use of satire.Sentimentalism:Related
W/ tears.It put emphasis on emotions->feelings are an element on
Themselves in moral terms,characters actmjust in order to feel and to
Enjoy their feelings->they do good in order to feel
Good.Benevolentism:related
W/laughter.It put emphasis on goodnes.The do good for its own sake,
And they feel good because of doing it.CULTURRE OF SENSIBILITY:
Community:is based on personal relations and good feelings btw
Members of the community.Society: is based on conections and laws and
People don´t know each other.Augustan
Literature:the rise of the novel: 1) Philosophical
Essay on human nature ,human understanding, social order and
Religious:-Shaftesbury-Mandeville-Locke-Berkely-Hume,2)This period is
Called the age os sattree, and the writters and normaly
M¡novelists.3)Journalistic Essay ;asociated w/ the importance of
Newspapers.4)Travel books: sort of travel diaries which also dead w/
Fiction .%)Poetry:Alexander pope is specially relevant.6)The
Novel:-daniel defoe-jonathan
Swift-s.Richarson-h.Fielding-lawrence.Novels: are sellar by
Deflection, even the religiousones.They are part of the modern
Culture.Theis techniques are ambiguous.They are written in prose.The
Realist vs.The pure novel:While
Pure novels are much more concerned w/forma, realist novels are less
Soncern w/ form and much mor w/verolimilitude its aim is to make it
Look real.The narrator:was common to use the 1 and the 3 person.3
PERSON WAS OMNISCENT;it knows the world that surrounds the story and
Coul guide and explainto the readers the feelings andbehavior of the
Character.2 PERSON; wasn´t omniscent, it could tell what he,she
Feels by him/herself but not about others character´s feelings.THE
RISE OF AESTHETICS:Its
With the seven years war(1756-1763) and ends w/ the french
Revolution(1789).Cultural events were; Srtruggle of civil rights,
Economis and politics changes and the change of sensibility
Ongoing.The
Materil conditions of production of literature:they
Were similar to the first half of the 18 century .-the clubs,-the
Newspaper,-increase of literacy abd insttallments.The culture
(traditions and costums) were very important for social
Order.Comunity was based on personal relations->sentimentalism,
But its limits was society,formed by impersonal relationships,where
People didnt know each other but were related by culture.Poetics:The
Rise of aesthetics.The beautiful and the sublime were two dimensions
Of the reality:the one in which we normaly live(empirical dimension)
And the non-empirical one(dimenion of the sublime)There is a
Discountinity between them-you cant pasfrom one dimension to
Another.Thwe sublime secularizes the religious dimenion.Beautiful
Vs. Sublime: BEAUTIFUL:its
Enjoyable,it pleaces us.Its present and can be recornised in the
Objects of the world.Also is something we can share.SUBLIME:it cant
Be identified,its not an object of perception,but a presence or a
Feeling.You are speechless towards it.