İngiliz/Amerikan Edebiyatı 1

Yanıt Açıklaması: The novel is written in the first person narration from Robinson’s perspective. Correct answer is B.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Bram Stoker interviewed Winston Churchill and published articles on the censorship of fiction. He favored the censorship of the immoral sexual content in fiction in his ‘The Censorship of Fiction’  published in Nineteenth Century and After in 1908

Yanıt Açıklaması: It is one of the residences of Dracula in London. Unlike Carfax, this house is located in central London and it is in a crowded location. This shows that Dracula is ready to mingle with the local people of London and he can come and go into the house without being noticed. This makes his threat to invade England stronger.

Yanıt Açıklaması: What makes Robinson realistic as a character is his presenting himself as man with fears, repentance and misfortunes. Although, he creates a whole new land from almost nothing, he does not talk about this as an exceedingly heroic deed, but rather as a sign of survival instinct.

Yanıt Açıklaması: The footprint is not a sign of civilization. It represents other human existence that shows Robinson that he is not alone on the island. He is afraid of this uncertainty and thus associates it with the Devil. Correct answer is E.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Friday is the first character in English literature who has realistic and individual traits. Correct answer is C.

Yanıt Açıklaması: Robinson Crusoe is a round character with multiple traits. Robinson is incapable of any human intimacy. He does not feel any close ties to his family. Koç (2005) believes that Robinson is also an opportunist. From the beginning of the novel,Robinson makes use of all the chances that open a gate for him. Besides these, Robinson is a capitalist, a slave trader and an imperial colonist. In addition to these, Robinson is presented as a man who is in between religious faith and material possession. Another characteristic of Robinson is that he is not a conformist (Koç, 2005, p. 16). The correct option is "E".

Yanıt Açıklaması: In the very beginning of the novel, we are introduced to Jonathan Harker as he is travelling to Transylvania for business. Correct answer is A.

Yanıt Açıklaması: After he is rescued, Robinson goes to Brazil. Brazil is presented as a promising land ready to be colonized with the vast fields and various opportunities to prosper. The correct option is "C".

Yanıt Açıklaması: Naturalism is a literary movement that began to be formed through the end of the 19th century and developed in the 20th century. The idea of naturalism is driven from the Darwinian Theory that one’s character is shaped by heredity and social conditions s/he lives in and that people have little control over their lives. Naturalism focuses on and questions the conditions that lead the characters into conflict.