On Equiano’s Travels and the Enlightenment During the eighteenth century‚ an age of enlightenment fell upon the people of Europe. Across the continent‚ knowledge and discovery spread like wildfire. During this era‚ an overwhelming majority of middle-class citizens became literate‚ partaking in various forms of high culture previously reserved exclusively to the aristocracy. At the same time‚ while the age of Enlightenment produced prominent theorists‚ thinkers‚ and intellectual works‚ it also made
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INTRODUCTION Travel Literature is travel writing of literary value. This genre is also called ‘Travel Record Literature’. Travel literature typically records the experiences of an author touring a place for the pleasure of travel. An individual work is sometimes called a travelogue or itinerary. Travel literature may be cross-culture or transnational in focus‚ or may involve travel to different regions within the same country. Accounts of spaceflight may also be considered travel literature. Literary
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Enlightenment To enlighten‚ as defined by Merriam-Webster‚ means to furnish knowledge to. I love this particularly simple definition. I can envision an empty space‚ that being the darkness and ignorance one might reside in. After what can be a long‚ strenuous journey‚ that empty space becomes full. It is not cluttered‚ but contains the perfect amount of “stuff.” This “stuff” is the light and truth that comes only after gaining knowledge and experiencing enlightenment. Literature has an incredibly
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Modern Literature: Gulliver’s Travels What is becoming of the world? A modernist author before writing would ask a similar question. Modernism often refers to a “movement towards modifying traditional beliefs in accordance with modern ideas” and Irish novelist Jonathan Swift has written works that question the very idea of human morality; he is best known for Gulliver’s Travels‚ a familiar story to young and old in which Lemuel Gulliver narrates his adventures in strange islands. ‚ Not only
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Our Theatrical Roots Pre-Spanish Period There was no proof that the ancient Filipinos has stage presentation during the pre-hispanic times. The ancient Filipinos have performances such as ritual rites and ceromonies which were tagged theatrical. The roots of the Philippine theater may be traced to early religious and social rituals of the natives. To this day‚ some of these traditional rites and ceremonies are still practiced by the ethnic tribes. Religious
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World Literature The Enlightenment’s Impact on the Modern World The Enlightenment‚ Age of Reason‚ began in the late 17th and 18th century. This was a period in Europe and America when mankind was emerging from centuries of ignorance into a new age enlightened by reason‚ science‚ and respect for humanity. This period promoted scientific thought‚ skeptics‚ and intellectual interchange: dismissing superstition‚ intolerance‚ and for some‚ religion. Western Europe‚ Germany‚ France‚ and Great Britain
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an admiration of God’s work. The enlightenment took a major role in the development and construction of modern Europe. During the enlightenment‚ many inventions were created‚ new philosophical ideas were being discussed in massive forums by massive crowds‚ and now by the average citizen instead of scholars and philosophers. Many revolutions took place‚ politically‚ geographically‚ religiously‚ and demographically shifting the face of Europe. Literature and art became important and sources
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UNIT 5 FROM THE COLONIAL TO THE FEDERAL: THE CONTEXTS OF THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT Objectives Introduction: The material basis of the American Enlightenment The Enlightenment in America. Slavery and the Enlightenment. The American Woman of the Eighteenth Century Let Us Sum Up Questions Suggested Readings 5.0 OBJECTIVES The aim of this Unit is to take stock of the contexts of American literature produced between the period of the early European colonial settlements in America and the
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Enlightenment throughout the world As a student of Professor Pangloss’ Academy of Interesting Observations in Westphalia‚ I had the opportunity to study and understand the enlightenment in the prospect of a traveler. I had the opportunity to travel through France‚ the islands of the Caribbean and England and with the information’s collected in that trip‚ I will share with you some of the success and failures of the Enlightenment. In the eighteenth century in Europe‚ in response to Absolutism
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The Enlightenment is a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. The Enlightenment was the period of scientific Awakening. It is an movement that had a huge impact of freedom and equality. While the Enlightenment was going through dramatic changes‚ it also inspired people to change their governments into a better system to benefit the society. The main cause of these changes all began from the French Revolution‚
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