Émile (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- First Published: 1762
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Novel of ideas
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism, Problem novel
- Subjects: Child rearing or parenting, Children, France or French people, Education or educators, Eighteenth century, Orphans or orphanages, Tutors or tutoring
- Locales: France
Places Discussed
Nature. Place from which all education springs. It is in Nature that the French orphan boy Émile is to learn the most important lessons, with the help of a tutor. Sunrises and storms reveal the beauty and power of the Creator, ripples caused by stones cast into ponds reveal Newtonian physics, watching the Sun rise in one place and set in another introduces Émile to cosmology. Nature also provides ample stimulus for healthy physical development. For Jean-Jacques Rousseau the role of the tutor is merely to ensure that the path is not strewn with glass as the...
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