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JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745), BOOK - Coggle Diagram
JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745)
LIFE (1)
Dublin
left Ireland for England (1688)
work for Sir William Temple
write satirical works
returned to Ireland (1694)
became Anglican priest
writings in opposition Whig administration
become Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral
marked to lose his mental faculties
national hero in Ireland
MAIN WORKS (2)
A Tale of a Tub (1704)
The Battle of the Books (1704)
Gulliver’s Travels (1726)
Satirical novel
A Modest Proposal (1729)
CONTROVERSIAL WRITER (3)
He was a
misanthrope
lover of mankind
angry with politics and society
pessimistic
HIS ATTITUDE TO REASON (4)
REASON
instrument that must be used properly
intensive use of reason
error of judgement
irony and satire
STYLE (5)
first person narration
matter of fact
free of literary colouring
precision of a scientific instrument.
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS (6)
London 1726
four books
four different settings
protagonist
ship’s surgeon Lemuel Gulliver
GULLIVER
middle aged, well educated, sensible
supports the culture
develops a critical awareness
disgusted by everything at home
STYLE
invented character
first person
precise language
ORIGINALITY
displacement
comparison with animals
both
object
instrument of satire
INTERPRETATIONS
tale for children
political allegory
parody of voyage literature
misanthropy
SATIRIC TECHNIQUE
SATIRE (7)
distortion
exaggeration
traveller
human behavior constantly changed
BOOK
2
inhabitants
GIANTS
becomes the king’s pet
dropped in the Ocean
sails for India
arrives in "Brobdingnag" (Alaska)
rescued by a ship
1
inhabitants
"LILLIPUTIANS"
six inches tall
sails from Bristol
shipwrecked in South Pacific
arrives in "Lilliput"
3
inhabitants
immortal absent-minded astronomers
philosophers
scientists
find flying island
"Laputa"
drops Gulliver on Japan
his ship was attacked by pirates
4
inhabitants
"HOUYHNHNMS" (horses with reason)
rule over (regnano su)
"YAHOOS" (vile species of animal)
they banish Gulliver
return to England
can't stand the smell of humanity (live in the stable)