Part IV The Age of Enlightenment The Eighteenth Century
Jonathan Swift
辗转的意思mac全选快捷键•Literary status: one of the greatest
satirists; one of the greatest masters
of English pro
•Life: Dublin; private cretary of a
distant relative, a retired diplomat
(10 years); forced to enter the
Church of England; first rving for
the Whigs, then the Tories; an editor
of The Examiner; dean of St.
Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin; leader
简历特长
of Irish resistance to English
oppression
Swift’s Points of View
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•1. defender of human freedom
•Standing for truth, justice, equality and rights of man;
attacking all forms of hypocrisy, vile, corruption, war,
trickery, exploitation and oppression; hating the life of the nobles and showing contempt for the money grabbing
bourgeoisie; hating the English tyranny and corruption, and boundless sympathy for the oppresd, the wronged Irish people, calling upon him to defend their rights •2. an irreligious clergyman介绍近义词
• A clergyman by profession not by faith; tting a most devastating attack on the corruption and abu of religious belief, the falsity of deviant religious, and even
Christianity itlf in his writings
Swift’s Points of View
信贷资产证券化•3. Features
老人英语• A writer of satiric pro with a style of great simplicity, directness and vigor;
• “Proper words in proper places”: easy, clear, simple and concrete diction, uncomplicated syntax, economy and
conciness of language;烈火中永生观后感
•An outward earnestness, simplicity, innocence and an apparently cold impartial tone makes his satire all the more powerful and effective.
Chief Works
•The Battle of the Books: a satire on both parties in the controversy concerning the relative merits of the classics and modern literature
• A Tale of a Tub: a satire on the various churches at his time and religious corruption
•The Drapier’s Letters: a ries of letters under the pudonym of Drapier, calling on the whole country to refu the newly-minted English copper coins which would further deba the coinage of the already poverty-stricken country •Gulliver’s Travels
• A Modest Proposal
