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1、《格列佛游记》的批判性分析ACriticalAnalysisofGulliver’sTravelsAbstract:BasedonGulliver’sfourvoyagesinJonathanSwift’sGulliver’sTravelsthispaperana2lyzestheauthor’ssatiricalviewofthestateofEuropeangovernmentandreligions,andinquiryintothecorruptionofmen,andhisdesiretoestablishaharmoniousanddemocrat
2、icHouyhnhm-likesociety.Keywords:satirical;Houyhnhm-likesociety;Gulliver’sTravelsThenameofJonathanSwiftisoneoftheverygreatestnamesinEnglishliterature,andTheTaleofaTubandGulliver’sTravelsaretwoofthegreatestsatiresintheEnglishlanguage.JonathanSwiftwasbornofEnglishparentsinDublinin1667a
3、ndbecameaproductofIrishcul2tureandlearning.HewaseducatedattheKilkennySchoolandTrinityCollegeinDublin,andbecameanassistanttoauthoranddiplomatSirWilliamTem2ple.HeleftthispositionafterTemplediedin1699toearnhispriest’sordination.HeworkedasaclergymaninIreland,travelingthroughouttheUnit2e
4、dKingdom,andexploringhisfrustrationswithso2cietythroughhiswritings.Hewroteaboutthepover2tyhesawamongthepeople,thetypicaldailylifeofcityfolkandtheproblemshewitnessedinthesocialorder.ItisthiswritingthatmakesSwiftoneofthemostrenownedsatiristsofEnglishsocietyandBritishhistory.Hebelieved
5、thatsocialconventionswereoutdatedandmustbechanged,andqualitiesofmind(andnotphysicalbeauty)shouldbethefoun2dationsoflove.Healsofoundaheavyinterestinpolitics,takingupweightintheTorypartyofEng2land’sgovernmentalpartysystem.Fromsuchob2servationsingovernmentandreligion,andloveandgenderin
6、equality,Swiftproducedanenormousbodyofwork.Hiswritingsfallintoseveralcategories,in2cludingpoetry,shortstories,politicalessays,andnovels.In1742,hewasdeclaredofunsoundmind,anddiedin1745inDublin.①作者简介:李 江,云南大学大学外语教学部讲师(云南昆明,Gulliver’sTravelsistheimmortalworkofJon2athanSwift.Thebookbec
7、ametremendouslypopularassoonasitwaspublishedin1726,andcanbejustlyrankedamongthebestnovelsoftheworldlit2eratureandhasnotlostitssignificanceeventothecurrentsociety.ItisaclassicwhichalwaysarousestheinterestofeverychildtoshareGulliver’sad2venturesintofantasticlands,andmakeseveryma2turer
8、eaderbroodoverhisbi