Thise presentation deals with the biography of Jonatha Swift and his famous works in brief.

1. Jonathan
Swift
Presented by
Unnati Baroliya
Bhumiba Gohil

2. • Born on 30 November 1667 in
Dublin Ireland
Introduction
• He was an Author, Satirist,
Essayist and Political
Journalist.
• His deadpan writing style, has
led to such satire being
termed "Swiftian".

3. Life and Education
• Parents- Jonathan Swift the
elder and Abigail Erick.
• Bachelor's degree
from Trinity college,
Dublin.
• Death of his Father and
other struggles
• Schooling in Kilkenny
in Ireland
• Esther Johnson
(Stella)
• Not considered
officially married
• Did not have children

4. • Started his career as
a diplomat and
writer.
• His masterpiece of political satire are:-
"Gulliver's Travels"
"A Tale of Tub"
"A Modest Propsal"
Career
• Also won the 'National
Book Critic Circle
Award'.
• Worked for English
government.
• He supported Whig
Party

5. • Satire
• Irony and sarcasm
• Political corruption
• Religious hypocrisy
Writing style

6. Works of Jonathan
Swift
1704
A TALE OF A TUB
AN EXAMINATION OF
CERTAIN ABUSES…
1726
GULLIVER’S TRAVELS
1710 1729
A MODEST PROPOSAL
1733-1737
VERSES ON THE
DEATH OF DR. SWIFT

7. Gulliver’s Travels
• Published in 1726
• Satire on Human Nature,
British Government and
Travelogues
• Published in 4 parts
• 3 types of Satire used:-
• Verbal Irony
• Situational Irony
• Dramatic Irony

8. • They fail to recognise their insignificance
• Gulliver gets accused of treason
and escapes
A Voyage to Lilliput
• Land of Small people
• Complex political and Social Structures
• They have petty conflicts and absurd wars

9. A Voyage to Brobdingnag
• Land of Giants
• Vain, Proud and Superficial
• Triviality of physical appearance
• Swift criticises British Government
through the Brobdingnagian King
• Gulliver is captured by a Farmer,
treated as an entertainment and sold
off to the Queen

10. A Voyage to Laputa, Blanibarbi,
Luggnag, Glubbdubdrib and Japan
• Laputa is a flying island inhabited by extremely intelligent people
• Blanibarbi is the land beneath them where common people live
• Impractical use of knowledge
• People of Glubbdubdrib can call ghosts
• People living in Luggnagg are immortals
• They have eternal life but not eternal youth
• Gulliver gets to talk to Julius Caesar, Aristotle,
Descartes and many more

11. A Voyage to the Land of Houyhnhnms
• Land of intelligent Horses who were devoid
of greed, selfishness and deceit
• Savage Yahoos who resembled humans and
possessed human traits
• Contrasting nature of both species raises
philosophical and moral questions
• Gulliver is rejected as he resembles a Yahoo and
sent back to England
• He lives the rest of his life away from people, in the company of horses

12. References
Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver’s Travels. Edited
by Robert A. Greenberg, W. W. Norton &
Company, 2012.
Albert, Edward. A History of English
Literature; a Practical Text-Book by
Edwardalbert. T.Y. Crowell Co., 1924.

13. Thank
you