Transcript JONATHAN SWIFT AND GULLIVER’S TRAVELS

JONATHAN SWIFT
AND
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
JONATHAN SWIFT
Born on November 30, 1667 in Dublin
 The son of Protestant
Anglo-Irish parents
Jonathan and Abigail
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JONATHAN SWIFT
In 1673 began his education at Kilkenny
Grammar School
 graduated from Trinity College
 In 1689, he became secretary for Sir William
Temple
 There Swift also was the teacher of a young girl,
Esther Johnson
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JONATHAN SWIFT
In 1704 he wrote two satirical pieces: “Tale of
the Tub” and “Battle of the Books”
 In 1710 Swift tried to open a political career
among Whigs but changed his party
 When the Tories lost political power Swift
withdrew to Ireland where he served as Dean of
St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin
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JONATHAN SWIFT
In 1720 he began working on „Gulliver’s
Travels“
 „The Drapier Letters“ 1724-1725
 „Gulliver’s Travels” published in 1726
 „A Modest Proposal“ (1729)
 „Injured Lady“ (1746)
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JONATHAN SWIFT
Suffered from multiple diseases and from
deafness
 In 1738 he slipped gradually into senility, and
suffered a stroke
 Died on October 19, 1745
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GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
Also known as “Travels into Several Remote
Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver”
 Leading character is Lemuel Gulliver
 Consists of 4 parts
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GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
In part one, Gulliver is wrecked on an island
where human beings are six inches tall
 Gulliver's second voyage takes him to
Brobdingnag where he meets giants
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GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
In the third voyage Gulliver travels to the flying
island of Laputa and the nearby continent and
capital of Lagado
 He also travels the the island of Glubbdubdrib
and visits the Luggnaggians and the
Struldbrugs
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GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
In the fourth part Gulliver visits the land of
Houyhnhnms, where horses are intelligent but
human beings are not.
 “Gulliver's Travels” was social satire in which
Swift wanted to show the consequences of
humanity's refusal to be reasonable
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THE END