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JonathanSwift:1667-1745 Jonathan Swift,son of the English lawyer Jonathan Swift the elder,was born in Dublin,Ireland,on November 30,1667.He grew up there in the care of his uncle before attending Trinity College the age of fourteen,where he stayed for seven years,graduating in 1688.In that year,he became the secretary of Sir William Temple,an English politician and member of the Whig party.第1页/共11页From 1707 to 1709 and again in 1710,Swift was in London,petitioning the Whig Party which he had supported all his life.And Swift was recruited to support their cause as editor of the Examiner,the principal Tory periodical,when they came to power in 1710.In 1711 Swift published the political pamphlet The Conduct of the Allies,attacking the Whig government for its inability to end the prolonged war with France.第2页/共11页Swiftwasconservative,bynature:heinstinctivelysoughtstabilityinreligionasinpolitics,butstabilitywhichinsuredpersonalfreedoms.HebelievedthatthedivisivetendenciesofMankindhadpromotedthegeneraldecay.ofChristianityitself,whichhadlostitsoriginalclarity,simplicity,andcoherence.第3页/共11页LiterarypositionHe is one of greatest masters of He is one of greatest masters of English prose;English prose;He is a master satirist(He is a master satirist(讽刺诗作者););Even today,he is still regarded as Even today,he is still regarded as a national hero in Ireland.a national hero in Ireland.第4页/共11页SwiftsStyleclear,vigorous(充满激情的)language;simple,direct and precise(恰好的，清晰的)prose;deadly irony;powerful satire.第5页/共11页MajorWorksA Tale of a Tub(1697)The Battle of the Books(1697)published in 1704Journal to Stella(1710-13)第6页/共11页第7页/共11页Bickerstaff Almanac(1708)比克斯塔夫先生的历书The Drapiers Letters(1724)给布商的信Gullivers 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)第8页/共11页Gullivers Travels第9页/共11页第10页/共11页感谢您的观看！第11页/共11页