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1 Jonathan Swift

2 BIOGRAPHYJonathan Swift was born in Ireland in of English parentsHis works are characterized by his polemical genius(expressed in various literary genres)A great satireSwift, through sharp satire, criticises society because it is very poor; in order to fight poverty he writes a satirical work named “A Modest Proposal”Utopian narrativiesGulliver’s Travels in which he mixed utopian fiction and travel writing in a novel form. It was first published in in DublinIn he died because of an illness that caused the loss of his mental power

3 THEMES The four books First book Second book Third book Fourth book
GULLIVERGoes on voyagesNarrator and protagonistSurgeon on shipsOrdinary manThe four booksFirst bookSmall Lilliputians exemplify the meanness and pettiness of the worldSecond bookThe gigantic allows Gulliver to see the physical imperfections of manThird bookThe voyage to Laputa

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Jonathan Swift

1. A M ODEST P ROPOSAL Jonathan Swift

2. Childhood Born November 30 th Born in Dublin, Ireland Father was an Englishman Mother was Abigail Erick Father died suddenly before his was born and while his sister was a baby Grew up fatherless and depended on his uncles

3. Education Attended Kilkenny School at age 6. Was the best school at the time Trinity College at fifteen. Achieved his Bachelor of Arts in February , bygd special favour. Wanted to pursue his M.A. at Trinity but was forced to flee to England to live with his mother’s relative, Sir William Temple Became Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral

4. Career Acted as a secretary to Temple Returned twice to Ireland in his time at England. During the second time he was ordained präst in January , and within weeks was appointed vicar of Kilroot. Came to intellectual maturity at Moor Park, where meeting Esther Johnson.

5. Career Received M.A. at University of Oxford. Between wrote many poems, notably six odes

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