![]() Swift admitted to want to " vex"the world with his satire and it is certainly in his tone, more than anything else, that one most feels his intentions. Angus Ross, op.cit., p.37.īut we can recognize the limitation of satire. The topic is man's inner make-up and man's social role. Narrative, wit and imagination, goes over and over the puzzle of man's nature. Swift, in a shifting kaleidoscope of argument, Is there any kind of unity in it? It seems that there may be. Of 'explaining' the book by simply arguing Swift's misanthropy or the like If the conduct of the satire is complex, and there is little possibility It is easy to satirize human beings' vices, but to satirize human beings themselves. " I have finished my Travels, and I am now transcribing them: they are admirable things, and will wonderfully mend the world." Robert A. Swift himself said in the letter to Charles Ford. Greenberged., Gulliver's Travels, New york: W.W.Norton & Company. Written to promote self-knowledge will lead to right action.5) Robert A. Holy Monk agreed to this point.Īll of Swift's satire was written in anger, contempt, or disgust, but it was To criticize and protest the absurdities of the world is to remedy them in order not to happen again. Therefore readers' agreement to the writer's views is very important. Arthur Pollard, Satire, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1970, p.1. Him in identifying and condemning behavior and men he regards as vicious. His hearers accept virtue the former must make his readers agree with Position in relation to those he addresses is more delicate and moreĭifficult than that of the preacher. Like the preacher, the satirist seeks to persuade and convince, but his James Suthland, English Satire, London, 1958, pp.3-4. Others more serious) he is driven to protest. It is, on theĬontrary, the mark of satirist that he cannot accept and refuses to tolerate.Ĭonfronted with the same human shortcomings as the writer of comedy(and his normal position is among spectators in the public gallery. James Suthland said that the difference between satire and irony is the former is neutral to moral aspect, the latter reveals the contradiction between reality and idealism. The purpose of this article is to know what is satire and how Swift expressed his ideas. the reader are forced to take examine things we ordinary take for granted. He attacted what he considered were man's most conspicuous vices. Swift kept the form of the voyage book but expended his target. Therefore it is not a proper study to criticize about its defects even if we recognize them. Angus Ross, Swift: Gulliver's Travels, (Copied by Hong Sung Co., 1982), p.9. Settled views of the complacent reader off balance. Two of the most valuable weapons of the satirist, with which he knocks the May be in kind: these are strenuous energy and concise expression. Two qualities are common to all Swift's greatest works, however different they But Swift expressed his thoughts with his imaginary, energetic, shocking style, and it is the reason for many readers to love Gulliver's Travels. For instance, it has no plot, development of character in a sense. In fact, it has some defects as a true novel. (But some critics he was not moral, 'a mad parson' who never forgave the world.) Arnold Kettle, An introduction to the English Novel, London: Hutchinson&Co. According to Arnold kettle, he thought Gulliver's Travels is not a true novel because it is moral fables. And there are many different ideas about it. Some read it as a fairy tale, others read it as a moral book which shows many aspects of human being. Even though he wrote many works in the fields of poem, critics and prose, without Gulliver's Travels, he would not known as a famous writer. Jonathan Swift is well known by his work, Gulliver's Travels. After Queen Anne died, the Tory government fell. But consequently shifted his allegiance to the Tories in 1710. Patrick's cathedral and wrote articles and letters for the English Whigs. After Temple died he became one of the canons of St. he read widely and met many scholars, politicians there. In 1988, the political turmoil that followed the Glorious revolution made academic life seem dull, and he took a post as a secretary to the Whig statesman and essayist, Sir William Temple. Swift entered Trinity College, at the age of fourteen. ![]() ![]() He lives with his uncle who provided him a good education. His father who was a lawyer died before his birth. He was born in Dublin on November 30,1667. Jonathan Swift's life is ambiguous and contradictory, has many different aspects.
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