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1、JonathanSwift——oneoftheverygreatestnamesinEnglishLiteratureJonathanSwift:1667-1745JonathanSwift,sonoftheEnglishlawyerJonathanSwifttheelder,wasborninDublin,Ireland,onNovember30,1667.HegrewupthereinthecareofhisunclebeforeattendingTrinityCollegetheageoffourteen,wherehestayedfor
2、sevenyears,graduatingin1688.Inthatyear,hebecamethesecretaryofSirWilliamTemple,anEnglishpoliticianandmemberoftheWhigparty.From1707to1709andagainin1710,SwiftwasinLondon,petitioningtheWhigPartywhichhehadsupportedallhislife.AndSwiftwasrecruitedtosupporttheircauseaseditoroftheExa
3、miner,theprincipalToryperiodical,whentheycametopowerin1710.In1711Swiftpublishedthepoliticalpamphlet"TheConductoftheAllies,"attackingtheWhiggovernmentforitsinabilitytoendtheprolongedwarwithFrance.Swiftwasconservative,bynature:heinstinctivelysoughtstabilityinreligionasinpoliti
4、cs,butstabilitywhichinsuredpersonalfreedoms.HebelievedthatthedivisivetendenciesofMankindhadpromotedthegeneraldecay.?ofChristianityitself,whichhadlostitsoriginalclarity,simplicity,andcoherence.LiterarypositionHeisoneofgreatestmastersofEnglishprose;Heisamastersatirist(諷刺詩作者);E
5、ventoday,heisstillregardedasanationalheroinIreland.Swift’sStyleclear,vigorous(充滿激情的)language;simple,directandprecise(恰好的，清晰的)prose;deadlyirony;powerfulsatire.MajorWorksATaleofaTub(1697)TheBattleoftheBooks(1697)publishedin1704JournaltoStella(1710-13)BickerstaffAlmanac(1708)—《
6、比克斯塔夫先生的歷書》TheDrapier’sLetters(1724)—《給布商的信》Gulliver’sTravels(1726)—《格列佛游記》AModestProposal(1729)—《一個溫和的建議》TheDayofJudgment(1731)VersesontheDeathofDr.Swift(1731)Gulliver'sTravelsThankyou!!!
