THE AUGUSTAN AGE

Mere som dette

GEOFFREY CHAUCER

af GIUSEPPE NARDO

Socrates

af hunter patti

Drones

af Abdalhk Monir

Achievements from the golden age of Islam

af Kristine Villarroel

THE AUGUSTAN AGE

Literature

examples: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

many types of novel: realistic, utopian, epistolary, picaresque, psychological

people wanted to read about ordinary people of their time

its message: sense of reward and punishment

rise of the novel

The society of that time

new interest for reason and cultural debate: coffee houses

new virtues praised: politeness, moderation, rationality, civility

A golden age

opmitimistic view of the natural world

political stability and flourishing of the arts

18th century in England