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1、JonathanSwiftanAnglo-Irishsatirist.oneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose.oneofthemostimpassionedsatiristsofhumanfollyandpretension.LifeExperience1667,borninDublin,Ireland.1681-88,educatedatTrinityCollegeinDublin.1688,secretaryofSirWilliamTemple.1697,TheBattleoftheBooks17
2、04,TaleofaTub.1710,amemberofthemoreconservativeToryparty.1713,appointeddeanofSaintPatrick'sCathedralinDublin.1726,Gulliver'sTravels.1745,diedafteraperiodofmentaldecay.MajorWorksTaleofaTubAparable:asimplestoryillustratingamoralorreligiouslesson.Threesons:Peter→RomanCathol
3、icChurchMartin→ChurchofEnglandJohn→thedissenters/Puritans.AModestProposalForm:politicalpamphlet.Proposal:thepovertyoftheIrishpeopleshouldberelievedbythesaleoftheirchildrenasfoodfortherich.Thesis:amostheartbreakingpieceofsarcasmthatfieryindignationhasgivenandamostpowerful
4、blowattheEnglishgovernment’spolicyofexploitationandoppressioninIreland.IhavebeenassuredbyaveryknowingAmericanofmyacquaintanceinLondon,thatayounghealthychildwellnursedisatayearoldamostdelicious,nourishing,andwholesomefood,whetherstewed,roasted,baked,orboiled;andImakenodou
5、btthatitwillequallyserveinafricasseeoraragout.Achildwillmaketwodishesatanentertainmentforfriends;andwhenthefamilydinesalone,theforeorhindquarterwillmakeareasonabledish,andseasonedwithalittlepepperorsaltwillbeverygoodboiledonthefourthday,especiallyinwinter.Igrantthisfoodw
6、illbesomewhatdear,andthereforeveryproperforlandlords,who,astheyhavealreadydevouredmostoftheparents,seemtohavethebesttitletothechildren.Iprofess,inthesincerityofmyheart,thatIhavenottheleastpersonalinterestinendeavoringtopromotethisnecessarywork,havingnoothermotivethanthep
7、ublicgoodofmycountry,byadvancingourtrade,providingforinfants,relievingthepoor,andgivingsomepleasuretotherich.IhavenochildrenbywhichIcanproposetogetasinglepenny;theyoungestbeingnineyearsold,andmywifepastchild-bearing.Gulliver'sTravelsPlotOverview:Lilliput,Brobdingnag,Flyi
8、ngIsland&HouyhnhnmCharacterAnalysisGulliver- Thenarratorandprotagonistofthestory.Thoughheisintelligenta
