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The Enlightenment

Explore the period of Enlightenment with a focus on satire, reason, and social criticism. Learn how figures like Jonathan Swift used irony and humor to challenge societal norms and push for change, as seen in works like "Gulliver's Travels" and "A Modest Proposal."

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The Enlightenment

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  1. The Enlightenment The Age of Reason

  2. Age of Reason • Decrease in church • Increase in science • Facts • Reason

  3. Satire • “Uses irony, humor, and other techniques to point out problems and criticize the people who are causing them” (565) • Video

  4. Jonathan Swift • Born in Ireland • Became minister • Later satirized church • Wrote and satirized on great social problems • Gulliver’s Travels • A Modest Proposal

  5. A Modest Proposal • Satirizing the state of starving children in Ireland • Identify two types of proposals • Satirical or speaker’s ideas • Real solutions

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