Roll no:23
Paper No: 2
:The neo classical literature
Topic :
STUDY OF JONATHAN SWIFT
Submitted:
MAHARAJA KRISHNA KUMARSHINJI
UNIVERSITY
DEPT.OF. ENGLISH
INTRODUCTION:-
Jonathan swift (30 november-19 october1745
indo Anglo Irish satire ,political pamphleteer
poet and cleric who became dean of ST.PATRIC’S DUBLIN.
INFORMATION
ABOUT JONATHAN SWIFT:-
1.
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Born
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30 november 1665 DUBLIN,IRELAND
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2.
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Died
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19 OCTOBER 1745
Dublin IRELAND
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3.
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Pen name
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LAMUEL GULLIVER
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4.
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occupation
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SATIRIST,POET,ESSAYIST
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5.
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Alma mater
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Trinity college ,Dublin
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6.
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language
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English
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7.
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Nationalism
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Irish
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8.
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Notable work
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1.Gulliver Travels
2.A Modest proposal
3.A Tale of Tub
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LIFE OF
JONATHAN SWIFT:-
Jonathan swift was born in Dublin 30th
November 1665.His father died before he was in born ; his mother was a poor.
Jonathan swift was a second child and he was the only son of his family and his
father native of Goodrich. Swift father was died in Dublin about seven month before he was
born. And then his mother went to
England after his birth leaving him in the care of his influential uncle .His
father dying before Jonathan’s birth, the boy was thrown upon the charity of an
uncle ,who paid for his education in Ireland .At his school at KILKENNY and
TRINITY college DUBLIN, where his
experience when to confirm in him that savage and endure his life. After the
graduation the only position upon to him was with the distant relatives. His
real chance came in 1710 when the TORISE overthrew the Marlborough fiction and
came and came in to office.he was first for whigs and then he was join the
TORIES . He was spent the last thirty years of his life in gloom and largely
years in retirement. His last years were passed in silence and at the very end,
lunacy .He was died in 1745.
WORKS BY
JONATHAN SWIFT :-
1. A TALE OF TUB [1704]
2. THE BATTLES OF
THE BOOK [1704]
3. A LETTER CONCERNING THE SCRAMENTALT TEST
[1709]
4. A MEDITATION
UPON A BROOM -STICK [1710]
5. GULLIVER TEAVELS
[1726]
6. A MODEST
PROPOSAL [1729]
7. THE JOURNAL TO
STELLA [1710-1713]
8. DRAPIER’S LETTERS [1724-1725]
SUMMERY OF SOME FAMOUS BOOK
BY JONATHAN SWIFT:-
1. A TALE
OF TUB [1704]
A TALE OF TUB was the major satire work written by Jonathan swift. It was composed between
1694 to 1697 that was eventually published in 1704.It is arguably his most masterly .The tale is a prose
parody. It is a religious allegory perhaps suggested by the work of bunyan. In
this story about the three person:-
1.)Peter:- who stands for the Roman
Catholic church.
2.)Jack:- who reprsents the
Dissenters.
3.)Martin:- who represents the
Anglican and Lutheran church.
All the three brothers each
representing on of the main branch of western Christianity. A tale was long
regard as a satire on religion. The tale present consistent satire of religious
excess. The over arching paradoy is of enthusiasm, pride,credulity. At that
time it was written about political and religion where still linked very
closely in England and than the religious and political aspects of satire
hardly separated. These three names stand for 1.)catholic 2.)Lutheran
3.)Calvinists and the way in which the sons evade their father’s will and the
fashion of their garments is a part of bitter satire upon all religious church.
So the novel is one of the best allegories even by himself. It was a very
popular novel.
2.) THE BATTLE OF BOOKS {1704}
The battle of books first not a
worthy book. The theme of the book is the dispute between ancient and modern
authors. The battle of books is simple mock-heroic. The battle among these
resting in the king’s library at st.james’s
place. Sometimes the battle called the ancients and the moderns. Swift
in his book treat the whole question with a satirical humour. The books that
are advocated of the modern take up the matter and dispute the areas between
spider and bee. Spider living in the corner of the library as well as bee that
got entangled in the spider web. Spider is like the moderns, whose spain their
scholastic. Bee is like the ancients, she go to their nature of honey.
3.) THE GENERAL TO STELLA{1710-13}
The general to stella is the series of
the letters written in the year between 1710-1713 by Johnathan Swift in London
to Esther Johnson and companion Rabecca Dingley in Ireland. Esther but her
another name was Stella. Esther was the daughter of the widowed companion of
Sir William Temple’s sister. Swift was employed by Sir William was Stella’s
tutor when she was child and he formed lifelong attachment to her. Swift wrote
to Stella about current political and social events.
Esther Johnson is interesting to us
for two reasons:-
1.)
An
excellent commentary on contemporary character and political events.
2.)
In
it’s love passage and purely personal description it gives a best picture we
posses of Swift himself.
Swift was
given her nickname “Stella”. Swift the two maintained a close ambiguous
relationship for the rest of the Esther’s life.
4). DRAPIER’S LETTER ( 1724-1725):-
Drapier’s letter is the collective name for the series of
seven pamphlets written between 1724 to
1725 in Dublin. swift represent the Ireland constitutionally and
financially independent of Britain in
the DRAPIER’S LATTER. This novel a model
of political harangue and of the popular argument
Which an unthinking English public
and did much benefit to Ireland.
The first complete of the
DREPIER’S LETTER and in appeared in the1734.Today this novel are an important
part of the swift political writings.
Swift was believed to be of inferior quality. Swift was later honored for this
service the people of Ireland.
“ OUR IRISH COPPER FARTHEN DEAN”
And this line is direct connected to
ending the controversy stuck.
5). GULLIVER TRAVELS (1726):-
Gulliver travels was begun
in 1920 and finally published in 1726. Gulliver
is famous of the all works of the swift .The full title of swift famous
work is :
“TRAVELS IN THE SEVERAL REMOTE OF THE WORD IN FOUR PARTS BY LAMUEL
GULLIVERS FIRES SERGEON AND THEN A CAPTAIN OF SEVERAL SHIPS “
The book is written in the form of a
travelogue.
=THIS BOOK DIVIDED IN TO THE FOUR
PARTS:-
⇨PART -1:-LILIPUT
⇨Describes Gullivers voyage to country known as Liliput and his
experience in that country.
⇨ In this part religious and political
division are mingled.
⇨In this part all people are Tiny and
Gulliver was a big one in that country.
⇨2).BROBDINGNAG
⇨ Describes his voyage to Brobdingnag and
his experience all about in this part
⇨ Swift shows us the people of immense
stature.
Liliput
was a land of inhabited by pigmies or dwarfs.
⇨Brobdingnag
is the land of giants or of person
Of an immense stature.
⇨ 3)
LAPUTA
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⇨ Deals with his voyage to some countries like
Laputa, Glubdubrib, Balnibaribi, Luggnagg ,and japan. In
this part the abused of science are the aim of satire
⇨4).HOUYHNHNMS:-
⇨Tells
about his voyage to the country of Houyhnhnms and the yahoos .
⇨
This voyage represent mankind in a
satire is too exaggerated.
⇨The
Houyhnhnms do not appeal to us as model of perfection.
⇨6)
MODEST PROPOSAL :-
⇨’A
MODEST PROPOSAL ‘ written by Jonathan
Swift in 1729.swift clarify this is
satire and thus he is using the symbol and present theme. He wishes to discuss
about the not seriously advocating this demise of children. Swift discuss in
MODEST PROPOSAL .The narrator of this
novel is very cold and rational his early description of the poverty. This narration is key to the satire and irony. He
belives in the cycle of poverty and thus their children remains poor and thus useless to their socity and then it what
happened in socity? children be put to use.
He is also suggest that are
not necessarily the victims .A modest
proposal is very short satire, I would humble advice to have the first time
read of this text so to go over it ,twice fully
and appreciate the humor language and Brilliant satire of “A modest
proposal “
⇨CONCLUSION:-
Jonathan swift was
satiric and prose writer also
writer also. As satiric writer he wrote many satirical novel like :-1.A modest
proposal ,2.Gulliver travels ,3. Tale of
tub ,4.journal to stella. Its all are satirical
writer .swift was the most original
writer of his time and one of the greatest master of English ,Prose is
undeniable .sir William Temple ,who gave
him the position of private secretary largely on account of the unwelcome
relationship with swift .his real chance came in 1710. His also other work is
AN ESSAY ON MODERN EDUCATION,THE CONDUCT OF ALLISE ,AN ACCOUNT OF THE EMPIRE OF
THE JAPAN.Its all are works of the jonathan swift. Then Jonathan swift was died in 19th
October 1745 Dublin Ireland in age of 77 year.
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