Enlightenment Satire

Viewing: two moral satires by William Hogarth:

• A Harlot’s Progress (1731-1732)
• A Rake’s Progress (1732-1734)

Reading: Voltaire, Candide, Chs 1-14 (pp 1-47)

Writing: Respond to ONE of the following prompts. Keep your response short, posting as a reply under the appropriate heading in the comments section:

1. Finding the funny: Hogarth’s engravings can feel a bit preachy, but they’re filled with humorous details. Draw our attention to a key detail and comment. (Feel free to attach a closeup image of the detail you’re interested in.)
2. Finding patterns: a lot happens in Voltaire’s satirical novel; help make sense of the chaos of events by noting a pattern, something that happens repeatedly.
3. Progress: what sort of “progress” happens over the course of Hogarth’s image series—or Voltaire’s novel? Cite a particular detail from one of these three “texts” as example or illustration.