Jonathan Swift: Leading Questions

English 171, Sages, Satirists, and New Journalists, Brown University, Spring 2005

• The Foreigner in "A Modest Proposal"
• Tongue In Chic: Rhetoric, Satire, and Fiction
• Manipulating the Inured Reader
• Satire and Significance in Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal
• An insight into the Meaning of "Modest Proposal"
• Swift's use of "devoured" as pun
• The Satirical Truths of Swift's "Modest Proposal"
• Swift's bitter attack on fellow colleagues
• Satire as a Means of Societal Change in "A Modest Proposal"
• Satire and Authority Swift's "Modest Proposal"
• Reaffirming Culture in Order to Condemn It
• Sentence Structure and Juxtaposed Ideas in Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"

English 171, Brown University, Autumn 2003

• Is"A Modest Proposal" Nonfiction?
• Questions of Tone in "A Modest Proposal"
• Solving the plight of the poor children in Ireland in Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal
• Dismissing Legitimate Solutions (1)
• Dismissing Legitimate Solutions (2)
• Preventing Infanticide
• The Projector's language of finance and exchange
• Swift's Rational Arguments
• Swift's Changing Tone
• Pigs, Americans, and Jews in "A Modest Proposal"
• Swift's exchange with his audience in "A Modest Proposal"
• Swift's Satiric Target and National Identity
• Swift's ironies
• Appealing to the Palate: A Gourmet's Justifications to Enact Swift's Modest Proposal
• Inducements to Marriage and Better Child Care
• Swift and His Audience
• The Characterization of Swift's Speaker
• The Projector's Friend in "A Modest Proposal"

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