英語(yǔ)專業(yè)畢業(yè)論文-the social significance of gulliver’s travels

1、青島科技大學(xué)本科畢業(yè)論文 1 Introduction Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was a great Irish satirist, poet, political pamphleteer and writer. Coming from a family which had several interesting literary connections, Jonathan Swift was well-

2、educated. Jonathan Swift wrote his own epitaph which William Butler Yeat poetically translated it from the Latin as: Swift has sailed into his rest; Savage indignation there Cannot lacerate his breast. Imitate him if yo

3、u dare, World-besotted traveler; he Served human liberty. From this epitaph, it is not hard to have a general understanding of Jonathan Swift?s whole life. He held the belief his whole life that each man is born to be eq

4、ual and should have their freedom, which was showed widely in his masterpieces. Jonathan Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. He is well-known for

5、 many works such as A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Battle of the Books, Gulliver’s Travels, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity and A Tale of a Tub. The most famous is Gulliver’s Travels(1726, amende

6、d 1735) which describes Lemuel Gulliver?s travels into several remote nations of the world, in four parts (Lilliput、 Brobdingnag、 Laputa、 Houyhnhnms). The protagonist is Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a capta

7、in of several ships. This book became popular as soon as it was published. Gulliver?s Travels serves as a biting satire which is both humorous and critical, constantly attacking British and European society through its d

8、escriptions of imaginary countries. Gulliver’s Travels has been the recipient of several designations: from Menippean satire to a children?s story, from Proto-Scence Ficton to a forerunner of 青島科技大學(xué)本科畢業(yè)論文 3 In conclusion

9、, Gulliver’s Travels uses satire through narration, setting, character, and plot to illustrate the weaknesses of human, and suggest ways of improvement. In other words, the novel portrays the ideal (or not so ideal) soci

10、ety and how Jonathan Swift views England. Each society has its own exaggerated feature. The Lilliputians presents the animalistic nature of humanity. Man?s capability of reason is shown in the Houyhnhnms. Therefore, the

11、Houyhnhnms serve as an example of the ideal for man. At the beginning, he is a standard issue European adventurer, by the end, he has become a misanthrope who totally rejects human society.Gulliver changes his attitude t