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1、JonathanSwift(1667—1745)SwiftwasoneofthegreatestmastersofEnglishprose(散文),satirist,essayist,politicalpamphleteer(檄文执笔者),poetandpriest.Swiftwasamanofgreatmoralintegrityandsocialcharm.Swift’sWorksATaleofaTub(2)TheBattleofBooks《一个木桶的故事》1704《书的战争》1704asatireupo
2、nallreligioussectsanattackonChristianityitself(2)TheBattleofBooks《书的战争》1704anattackonpedantryintheliteraryworldofthetimeIntroductionSwift’sgreatestsatirework,Gulliver'sTravels,iswrittenin1726,thebookhasnotlostitssignificancetothepresentdayandcanbejustlyrank
3、edamongthebestnovelofworldliterature.Gulliver’sTravelsservesasabitingsatire,andSwiftensuresthatitisbothhumorousandcritical,constantlyattackingBritishandEuropeansocietythroughitsdescriptionsofimaginarycountries.PlotandMajorCharactersWrittenintheformofatravel
4、journal,Gulliver'sTravelsisthefictionalaccountoffourextraordinaryvoyagesmadebyLemuelGulliver,aphysicianwhosignsontoserveasaship'ssurgeonwhenheisunabletoprovidehisfamilywithasufficientincomeinLondon.1.Lilliput(小人国)asatireontheTories(托利党)&theWhigs(辉格党)2.Brobd
5、ingnag(大人国)asatireonEnglishlordsandladies4.FlyingIsland(飞岛)asatireoncorruptedphilosophers3.countryofhorses(马岛)asatireontheconflictsofEnglishsocietyandpeopleGullivermakesourdeep-seavoyages,whicharedescribedinthefourpartsofthebook.LilliputLaputaBrobdingnagHou
6、yhnhnmsFirstvoyage---LilliputOntheveryfirstvoyage,Gulliverisshipwrecked.Ofalltheship’screwhealonesurvives.Heswimstotheshoreofastrangeland,inhabitedbyLilliputians,thetallestofwhomissixincheshigh."WhenbendingmyeyesdownwardasmuchasIcould,Iperceivedahumannotsix
7、incheshigh!"LittlebylittlehegetsusedtotheirlifeandeventakespartinthewarwiththeneighbouringstateofBlefuseu.Treason叛国罪ThekingoflilliputcontrastHighHeeledPartyLowHeeledPartyThewarbetweenLilliput(小人国)andneighborutpprobablyoutofhumannature:mantendstothinkhighlyo
8、fhimself,nottobelittlehimself,thustosatisfyhisprobablyoutofhumannature:mantendstothinkhighlyofhimself,nottobelittlehimself,thustosatisfyhissenseofself-importance.senseofself-importance.robablyoutofhuma