Lit and Culture

This is a course exploring the relationship of literature and culture through a variety of genres, including satire.

[Lit and Culture @satireRus]

Candide was just going to jump after him, but was prevented by the philosopher Pangloss, who demonstrated to him that the Bay of Lisbon had been made on purpose for the Anabaptist to be drowned.
#Candide #Voltaire #Satire #ENG205

[Lit and Culture @satireRus]

Honest James ran to his assistance, hauled him up, and from the effort he made was precipitated into the sea in sight of the sailor, who left him to perish, without deigning to look at him.
#Candide #Voltaire #Satire #ENG205

[Lit and Culture @satireRus]

"Yes, they did," said the beautiful Cunegonde; "but those two accidents are not always mortal."
#ENG205 #Candide #Satire #Voltaire2018

[Lit and Culture @satireRus]

"What, is it you?" said Candide, "you live? I find you again in Portugal? then you have not been ravished? then they did not rip open our belly as Doctor Pangloss informed me?"

[Nidhi Pandya @Nidhi_1629]

@satireRus It's so simple like that saying , without testing sour you can't identify the taste of sweet!!

[Nidhi Pandya @Nidhi_1629]

@satireRus By saying that , Candide still stick to Pangloss's theory that whatever the situation they face, all happens for the best!

[Blke Lambdin @blke_lambdin]

Candice
Voltaire style is definitely satire and fast paced. There is not much realism so far in this book, we are thrown in the middle of the story so all the pieces are not put together quite yet. #Candide #Satire #ENG205 @satireRus

[Humanities Division @OxHumanities]

Lines on the Birthday of Dr Swift via @OxfordModLangs #Voltaire Foundation https://t.co/hQdRyI5tJP

[Lit and Culture @satireRus]

What is your final assessment of Voltaire's purpose and meaning in his satire? What does he see as the major faults of humanity, and what does he seem to be proposing? What do you think he means with the intriguing phrase, "we must cultivate our garden"? #Candide #Satire #ENG205

[Lit and Culture @satireRus]

Is pain necessary for us to appreciate pleasure? Does life depend upon variety for meaning, and does experiencing only good things mean that our life is less meaningful? Or is this kind of thinking evidence that we live on the other side of the Fall? #Candide #Satire #ENG205

[Lit and Culture @satireRus]

Voltaire is clearly taking on what was known as “philosophical optimism,” the idea that, as Alexander Pope put it, “whatever is, is right.” What do you admire about Pangloss’s outlook on life, and what do you find troubling? #Candide #Satire #ENG205

[Cacambo @ServantCacambo]

"All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontier" Is man free? What is the role of government? @MrAllenSD35 #bannedbooks #candide #freedom

[Julia Goddard @JuliaMarie8]

#Voltaire said it in #Candide- #humans just #never #appreciate #ElDorado, & find ineffectual reasons to move on @UkuleleRambler @Quirkulele

[Santa Fe Opera 🌈⚡️🌵 open-air opera #SantaFeOpera @santafeopera]

Where will YOU be on Friday, June 29th? We'll be singing the National Anthem and then opening our first-ever #Candide for this #BernsteinAt100 year! Just 15 weeks to wait, so get tix here: https://t.co/IcfeVjkrvw

[Playbill ClassicArts @playbillarts]

More casting announced for @carnegiehall #Candide: @Ryan_Silverman and @BryonhaMarie Parham to join @JohnLithgow https://t.co/B6Mn9GtL64

[Nidhi Pandya @Nidhi_1629]

Optimism: is Mania for saying things are well when one is in hell #candide #voltair

[Lit and Culture @satireRus]

What do you notice about Voltaire’s style that seems strikingly different from what we've been reading? At what pace does the narrative move? What is the level of realism in the work? What do you think his purpose is in creating these stylistic effects? #Candide #Satire #ENG205

[Lit and Culture @satireRus]

"Observe, that the nose has been formed to bear spectacles--thus we have spectacles." --Voltaire
#Candide #Satire #ENG205