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【正文】 ? Is it a modest proposal? “一個小小的建議” However, the proposal is not modest at all, on the contrary, it is bloody and devouring. Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style. Jonathan Swift IV Swift’s style ? One of the greatest masters of English prose。 ? simple, clear, vigorous language。 ? simple, direct and precise prose。 ? a master satirist。 ? powerful satire. ? deadly irony。 Swift on Satire Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody39。s face but their own. Appendix: Development of Prosewriting in the 18th Century ? The appearance of coffeehouses stimulated the development of paper and style of prosewriting. ? Richard Steele started the first paper “The Tatler” (an issue of 3 times a week) in 1709. ? Steele and Joseph Addison collaborated “The Spectator” during 171112the first daily papersupposed to be edited by a small club headed by Mr. Spectator, a man of travel and learning. Richard Steele (16721729) Joseph Addison (16721719) ?Their careers run parallel courses ? Both attend the same school and university ? Both enjoy the patronage of the Great Whigs ? Both serve government and get official positions ? Both are political writers and newspaper editors ? Significance of “The Spectator” ? The essays in the paper deal mainly with the manners, morals and literature of the time. the object is to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality. ? Another feature is the character sketches of Mr. Spectator, a type of a new culture. Character sketches are the forerunner of the modern English novel. In general ? Their writings shape a new code of social morality for the bourgeoisie. ? They give a true picture of the social life of England in the 18th century. ? In the hands of Addison and Steele, the English essay had pletely established itself as a literary genre. They ushered in the dawn of the modern novel.
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