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1、1,Jonathan Swift乔纳森斯威夫特 (16671745,Little Circle Joanna,2,Jonathan Swift (16671745,Life Works Style and paragraph analysis,3,疯狂的爱尔兰牧师”(16671745,Life story,posthumous child (遗腹子,aid grudgingly (unwillingly,at war with Authorities “special favor” 特许学位证书,Temples house,help for the talented young man,bra

2、in disease,4,Jonathan Swift: 1667-1745,At 19, he is employed by Sir William Temple a powerful English statesman Tutors 8 year old “Stella” 1694: Deacon and later Priest in Dublin,5,Jonathan Swift,1696: returns to Temples service. Temple dies in 1699. does series of clerical jobs in Ireland 1704: Tal

3、e of the Tub: satire on corruptions in religion and learning. Also Battle of the Books, a mock-epic on the debate between Ancients and Moderns,6,Jonathan Swift,1707: Involved with The Tatler. Adopts pseudonym Issac Bickerstaff. 1720: Involved with Irish causes. 1726: Gullivers Travels 1729: A Modest

4、 Proposal 1742: establishes site for insane asylum( St. Patricks Hospital,7,Illness and Death,Brain disease Unmarried life-time Madness Died Dr. Swifts Madhouse,8,Swifts Works,A Tale of a Tub (2) The Battle of Books 一个木桶的故事1704 书的战争书战1704,in the form of a parable(寓言故事,a satire upon all religious sec

5、ts an attack on Christianity itself,an attack on pedantry(买弄学问,3) Bickerstaff Almanac (比克斯塔夫先生的历书) 1708 Predictions for the Year 1708对1708的预言 (4) Vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff 比克斯塔夫先生第一个预言的应验,9,5) Gullivers Travels格林佛游记1706,Lilliput (小人国,a satire on the Tories(托利党) simple, direct and precise pros

6、e; a master satirist; deadly(非常有效的) irony; powerful satire,15,1.Swifts satire is relatively unique in that he offers no resolutions. 2.He never offers the reader a positive set of values to embrace. 3.He does not persuade to any position, but he does persuade readers from an assortment of positions,

7、16,Swifts 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.,17,L

8、iterary Position and influence,Swift is one of the greatest masters of English prose. Swift is a master satirist. Swift was a man of great moral integrity and social charm,18,I profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that I have not the least personal interest in endeavoring to promote this necessary

9、 work, having no other motive than the public good of my country, by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich. I have no children by which I can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing,A Modest Proposal,19,Discussion Questions,Whats your attitude towards such an opinion: will animals ruled human beings if the later still do what they want