Jonathan swift biography powerpoint assignment

Presentation on theme: "Jonathan Swift."— Presentation transcript:

1 Jonathan Swift

2 BIOGRAPHYJonathan Swift was born in Ireland in 1667 of English parentsHis works are characterized by his polemical genius(expressed in various literary genres)A great satireSwift, through sharp satire, criticises society because it is very poor; in order to fight poverty he writes a satirical work named “A Modest Proposal”Utopian narrativiesGulliver’s Travels in which he mixed utopian fiction and travel writing in a novel form.

It was first published in 1726 in DublinIn 1742 he died because of an illness that caused the loss of his mental power

3 THEMES The four books First book Second book Third book Fourth book
GULLIVERGoes on voyagesNarrator and protagonistSurgeon on shipsOrdinary manThe four booksFirst bookSmall Lilliputians exemplify the meanness and pettiness of the worldSecond bookThe gigantic allows Gulliver to see the physical imperfections of manThird bookThe vo