Robinson Crusoe: A Sailor to the Modern World

Authors

  • Mihai Ion Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Keywords:

reality and fiction, religious, didactic, utopian, autobiography

Abstract

The paper presents the complex significance of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, providing both an aesthetic and cultural approach. The study proves that Robinson Crusoe, besides its generally acknowledged status as an adventure novel, allows for different interpretations, according to the political and cultural context of its reception.

Author Biography

Mihai Ion, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania

Dept. of Foreign Languages

Published

2007-05-24

Issue

Vol. 13(48) (2006)

Section

LITERATURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES