英国文学美文赏析.pptx

Gullivers Travels ;;;;;;;;;;It is a satire on the political, religious, legal, military, scientific, philosophical and literary institutions and people who work there. The theme in Gullivers Travels, the first science-fiction-voyage tale, is that no human is beyond corruption. In spite of his contempt for the ruler and social evils, Swift cherished a great love for the common people;Lilliputian Politics Brobdingnagian Morals, Laputan Sloth Yahoos and Horses ;Gulliver visits Lilliput first, where tiny citizens employ him as a war machine against their enemy Blefuscu; when he refuses to enlarge their empire, he is condemned. The political satire is inescapable, as well as the sinister message that those not for us are against us. ;Gullivers next voyage takes him to Brobdingnag, a land of morally upright giants who are horrified at European depravities; he escapes them only to encounter the flying city of Laputa, whose citizens know -- but ignore -- mathematics, while they bomb enemies with rocks. Swift shows two human extremes, overzealous morality and slothful treachery. ;Gulliver is disgusted by the savage Yahoos he meets on his last voyage, and enchanted by the peaceful horse race, the Houyhnhnms -- whose name neighs -- but the latter hate the human, and Gulliver is rescued by the former. Swift satirizes prejudice and judging by appearances. ;;;;;