文档介绍：Jonathan Swift
Life
Works
Style and artistic features
The satirists of 18th C.
(1667—1745)
Jonathan Swift
Birth date: 30 November 1667 Death date: 19 October 1745 Nationality: Irish Languages           English           French           Latin           Greek Education           Grammar school at Kilkenny (科尔克尼) Trinity College, Dublin (. Bachelor of Arts- 文学士)        
Hart Hall, Oxford (.)       Dublin (.-Doctor of Divinity神学博士);
Religion: Anglican(英国国教教徒)
Politics: Whig(辉格党)-Tory(托利党)
Occupations:          Satirist (讽刺小说家), essayist(评论家), political pamphleteer(小册子作者) , poet, priest
Burial site: St. Patrick’s Cathedral(圣帕特里克大教堂)
1667 born in a poor family in Dublin, Ireland.
1682-1689 Trinity College in Dublin(都柏林三一学院)
1688, he worked as a secretary of Sir William Temple威廉·邓波尔爵士
1710 be the editor of the Examiner《考察报》when Tory came to power
1713 he became dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral
1745, Swift died buried in his own cathedral
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Major Works
A Tale of a Tub ( 1704). 《一个澡盆的故事》
Battle of the Books ( 1704). 《书战》 The Abolishing of Christianity ( 1708 ). Meditation upon a Broomstick ( 1710 ). Journal to Stella ( 1710-13 ). 《给斯黛拉的信》 The Drapier's Letters ( 1724 ).《布商的信》
Gulliver‘s Travels ( 1726 ). 《格列佛游记》 A Modest Proposal ( 1729 ) 《一个温和的建议》
The Day Of Judgment ( 1731 ). Verses on the Death of Dr Swift ( 1731 ).
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Swift’s Style
simple, clear, vigorous language;
simple, direct and precise prose; a master satirist;
deadly irony;
powerful satire.
Swift’s Artistic Features
Satire
His satire is usually masked by an outward gravity and an apparent earnestness which renders his satire all the more powerful.
Simplicity and Directness
Swift is always most unsurpassed in the writing. He defined a good style as “proper words in proper places makes the true definition of a style”
Literary Position
Swift is one of the greatest masters of English prose.
Swift is a master satirist.
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Satirist of 18th century
In 18th century