Gulliver’s Travels

Select one reading from each list below, and—in a two to three paragraph response—compare and contrast the way that they present the basic ideas of the Enlightenment: Social Awareness, Individual Liberty and Accountability, and the role of Reason versus Emotions.

LIST 1 LIST 2
Tartuffe
Gulliver’s Travels
Candide
Oroonoko or The Royal Slave
Discourse on Method
The Social Contract
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Consider the following in your discussion:

Use of satire

Form and approach of the work (i.e. narrative fiction, drama, essay)

Position of oppression (i.e. slavery, rights of women)

Select one reading from each list below, and—in a two to three paragraph response—compare and contrast the way that they present the basic ideas of the Enlightenment: Social Awareness, Individual Liberty and Accountability, and the role of Reason versus Emotions.

LIST 1 LIST 2
Tartuffe
Gulliver’s Travels
Candide
Oroonoko or The Royal Slave
Discourse on Method
The Social Contract
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Consider the following in your discussion:

Use of satire

Form and approach of the work (i.e. narrative fiction, drama, essay)

Position of oppression (i.e. slavery, rights of women)

Select one reading from each list below, and—in a two to three paragraph response—compare and contrast the way that they present the basic ideas of the Enlightenment: Social Awareness, Individual Liberty and Accountability, and the role of Reason versus Emotions.

LIST 1 LIST 2
Tartuffe
Gulliver’s Travels
Candide
Oroonoko or The Royal Slave
Discourse on Method
The Social Contract
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Consider the following in your discussion:

Use of satire

Form and approach of the work (i.e. narrative fiction, drama, essay)

Position of oppression (i.e. slavery, rights of women)