18th_Century_Lit__Gulliver

18th Century Lit: Gulliver 18th Century Literature: As we began this section, I was horrified, due to the fact that I find much of the literature of the earlier periods, to be very dull and boring, that I usually drift off while attempting to blunder my way through them. As with many periods of history, there are some things that have bothered me about this period of the 18th century. An in this class I hope to understand better and come away with a clear picture of the Literature studied. The attitudes of people in general have always bothered me. While there were some authors who championed the common man, most wrote exclusively for or catered to the upper class, or educated. This is understandable as the literacy rates were poor and so much of the literature was geared to the religious ideals of the society. Much writing emphasized the condition of man and its emulation, or need for, on the past and style and philosophical thoughts of the authors studied. Sadly there were too few forward thinkers writing to champion the masses. Perhaps if there would have been more literature written for this purpose the social stagnation and very, literature, travels, swift, important, gulliver’s, world, wrote, one, novel, much, different, class, century, 18th, writing, while, understand, time, through, though, themes, symbols, studied, something, society, social, situations, setting, seems, section, second, satire, relationship, periods