The
question of verisimilitude in is grounded in the evolution of the novel as
a genre. In the twenty-first century, if a student picks up The Hobbit or
Pride and Prejudice, that student will assume that the work is a novel,
with an imaginary third-person narrator recounting the actions of imaginary people. This
literary convention is embedded in contemporary culture and is one considered an ordinary part
of entertainment and school work. When Defoe was writing not only the novel but literacy itself
was far less common. The framing of Robinson Crusoe and the question of
verisimilitude...
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Discuss how Daniel Defoe achieves verisimilitude in Robinson Crusoe and provide two examples.
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