Restoration
By the end of this unit you should be able to:
* Understand the historical forces that shaped the Restoration and the Eighteenth century
* Read and understand a time line
* Understand the relevance of the Restoration literature on present day fiction and non-fiction
* Understand and find evidence on the use of satire in literature
* Be able to determine whether a work is fiction or non-fiction with evidence
* Discuss examples of satire students have seen in their lifetime
Literature from Textbook
Gulliver's Travels
A Modest Proposal
The Diary of Samuel Pepys
The Journal of the Plague Year
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language
Satire
noun
- the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
synonyms: mockery, ridicule, derision, scorn, caricature
Current Examples of Satire
Channel One: January 15, 2015 Charlie Hebdo
Other Links
Countries that Declared Independence from Great Britain
Fiction or Non-Fiction?
Writing Fiction Based on Science
Spillover by David Quamman
Intuition by Allegra Goodman
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Hiking Through by Paul Stutzman
Into the Wild by Jack Krakauer
Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink
Night Film by Marisha Pessl