Chapter I. Jonathan Swift’s and politics

Contents

Introduction……………………………………………………………….……		3
Chapter I. Jonathan Swift’s and politics
1.1	Jonathan Swift’s biography……………………………………………….	5
1.2	Swift’s attitude to politics…………………………………………………	12
Chapter II. Swift’s radicalism in “Gulliver's Travels”
2.1	Humour and Seriousness in “Gulliver's Travels” as a tool of expressing political dissatisfaction……………………………………………………	15
2.2	Irony and Satire in Gulliver's Travels as a tool of expressing political dissatisfaction……………………………………………………………..	17
2.3	The Politics of Gulliver’s Travels and radicalism of Lemuel Gulliver…...	19
Conclusion………………………………….………………………………......		25
References…………………………………..………………………………….		28

Introduction
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Actuality of the investigation. Jonathan Swift was the great writer who made a huge contribution to development of English literature. His radicalism was that he satirized real political issues of Britain. His Gulliver's Travels (written between 1721-1725) was published in 1726, and was a satire on the current politics between the Whigs and the Tories. Though he wrote several works throughout the thirties, ill health began to trouble him, and he took a turn for the worse until his death on 19th October 1745. Swift's age was an age in which there was an abundance of political controversies and ideological clashes, particularly within the Church. Swift and his contemporaries, like Pope, Steele and Addison, satirised prominent institutions as well as political figures in their writings.
The aim of our work consists in a theoretical studying of the radical features Jonathan Swift’s works and characters.
The aim of our work has defined the next tasks:

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  To give general information on political attitude of Jonathan Swift;
  
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  To consider the features of Jonathan Swift’s works and characters;
  
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  To analyse the character of Gulliver;
  
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  To analyse radicalism of Gulliver's Travels;
  
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  To analyse Gulliver's Travels as an example of irony and satire above political system.