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1、某某学校英国文学史学期论文题目：《格列佛游记》简析班级：姓名：学号：5BriefAnalysisofGulliver’sTravelsI.IntroductionJonathanSwift(1667-1745),Irishauthorandjournalist,deanofSt.Patrick’sCathedral(Dublin)from1713,theforemostprosesatiristinEnglishlanguage.SwiftisoneofthegreatmastersofEnglishprose,Hiswritingissimple
2、,direct,preciseprose.Hedefinedagoodstyleas"properwordsinproperplaces.”Swiftbecameinsaneinhislastyears,butuntilhisdeathhewasknownasDublin'sforemostcitizen.Swift'smostfamousworksisGulliver'sTravels(1726),wherethestoriesofGulliver'sexperiencesamongdwarfsandgiantsarebestknown.Swif
3、tgavetothesejourneysanairofauthenticityandrealismandmanycontemporaryreadersbelievedthemtobetrue.WhileSwiftwaswritingGulliver'sTravelsinthe1720s,Englandwasundergoingalotofpoliticalshuffling.GeorgeI,aHanoverianprinceofGermany,hadascendedtheBritishthronein1714afterthedeathofQueen
4、AnneendedtheStuartline.Althoughhewasnotabadorrepressiveking,hewasunpopular.KingGeorgehadgainedhisthronewiththeassistanceoftheWhigparty,andhisWhigministerssubsequentlyusedtheirconsiderablegainsinpowertooppressmembersoftheoppositionToryparty.SwifthadbeenaTorysince1710.‘Gulliver’
5、sTravels‘wasfirstpublishedin1726,Gulliver'sTravelsremainsoneofthemostexcitingfantasyadventureseverwritten.II.ThePlotoftheGulliver’sTravelsSwiftmakesLempelGulliver,asurgeonandaseacaptain,recounthisadventures.ThefirstvoyageistoLilliput,whereGulliverishugeandtheLilliputiansaresma
6、ll.TheLilliputianstreattheship-wreckedCaptainGullivercruellyasifheweretheirenemyandprisoner.Whatimpressesthecaptainmostistheirmannerofchoosingtheirhigh-rankingofficials.Peopleareevaluatedandemployedforgovernmentofficesaccordingtotheresultsofacompetitioninaslenderropedance.Theo
7、newhojumpsthehighestwillbequalifiedtoserveHisMajestytheEmperor.5TheLilliputianshavewars,andconductclearlylaughablewiththeirself-importanceandvanities-thesehumanfolliesonlyreducedintoaminiaturescale.Gulliver'ssecondvoyagetakeshimtoBrobdingnag."Icannotbutconcludethatthebulkofyou
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