English Literature: 14th to 18th Century
The British Empire: first expeditions (1496 Cabot); breaking into the Atlantic (1562); colonies (1584)
Literature: rise in education standards and availability; high time for metaphors; Ancient Rome's
traditions of direct polished and political writing; Oliver Goldsmith defining your own cultural
moment; journalism
Prose: Daniel Defoe (from London; journalism, biographies, novels; picturesque "Robinson Crusoe")
Jonathan Swift (from Ireland; started with pamphlets; direct and unembellished "Gulliver's Travels")
Poetry: melancholy humanistic (pastoral, mock-heroic); Alexander Pope (cruelly satirical and witty)
How to analyze literature?
Form: poetry or prose; rhythm, style of writing, structural elements
Content: contextualization; characters, environment, athmosphere, mood, theme, message
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