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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:BriefAnalysisofGulliver^sTravelsLIntroductionJonathanSwift(1667-1745),Irishauthorandjournalist,deanofSt.Patrick^Cathedral(Dublin)from1713,theforemostprosesatiristinEnglishlanguage.SwiftisoneofthegreatmastersofEnglishprose,Hiswritingissimple,direct,preciseprose.Hede
2、finedagoodstyleas"properwordsinproperplaces；Swiftbecameinsaneinhislastyears,butuntilhisdeathhewasknownasDublin'sforemostcitizen.SwiftsmostfamousworksisGulliver'sTravels(1726),wherethestoriesofGulliversexperiencesamongdwarfsandgiantsarebestknown.Swiftgavetothesejourneysanairofauthenticityandrealisma
3、ndmanycontemporaryreadersbelievedthemtobetrue.WhileSwiftwaswritingGulliver'sTravelsinthe1720s,Englandwasundergoingalotofpoliticalshuffling.GeorgeI,aHanoverianprinceofGermany,hadascendedtheBritishthronein1714afterthedeathofQueenAnneendedtheStuartline.Althoughhewasnotabadorrepressiveking,hewasunpopul
4、ar.KingGeorgehadgainedhisthronewiththeassistanceoftheWhigparty,andhisWhigministerssubsequentlyusedtheirconsiderablegainsinpowertooppressmembersoftheoppositionToryparty.SwifthadbeenaTorysince1710・'Gulliver'sTravels'wasfirstpublishedin1726,Gulliver'sTravelsremainsoneofthemostexcitingfantasyadventures
5、everwritten.II.ThePlotoftheGulliver'sTravelsSwiftmakesLempelGulliver,asurgeonandaseacaptain,recounthisadventures.ThefirstvoyageistoLilliput,whereGulliverishugeandtheLilliputiansaresmall.TheLilliputianstreattheship-wreckedCaptainGullivercruellyasifheweretheirenemyandprisoner.Whatimpressesthecaptainm
6、ostistheirmannerofchoosingtheirhigh-rankingofficials.Peopleareevaluatedandemployedforgovernmentofficesaccordingtotheresultsofacompetitioninaslenderropedance.TheonewhojumpsthehighestwillbequalifiedtoserveHisMajestytheEmperor.TheLilliputianshavewars,andconductclearlylaughablewiththeirself-importancea
7、ndvanities-thesehumanfolliesonlyreducedintoaminiaturescale.Gulliver'ssecondvoyagetakeshimtoBrobdingnag・MIcannotbutconcludethatthebulkofyournativestobethemostperniciousraceoflittleodiousverminthatnatureevers
