名著格列佛游記英文詳細(xì)圖文介紹

名著格列佛游記英文詳細(xì)圖文介紹AboutJonathanSwift(1667-1745)JonathanSwiftisoneofthemostfamouswritersinEnglishliterature.HeistheforemostprosesatiristintheEnglishlanguage,politicalJournalistandclergyman.Andheisalsothefounderoftheradicaldemocracy激進民主intheEnlightenmentofEngland.Hisworksarefullofsatireandcriticism.ThelifetimeofJonathanSwiftJonathanSwiftwasborninanEnglishfamilyinDublinin1667andbecameaproductofIrishcultureandlearning.Hisfatherdiedbeforehewasborn;hismotherwaspoor,andSwiftwascompelledtoacceptaidfromrelatives,whogaveitgrudgingly.Attheageofsix,hewassenttoKilkennySchool.In1682heenteredTrinityCollege(三一學(xué)院),Dublin,wherehewasgrantedhisbachelorofartdegreein1686.ThelifetimeofJonathanSwiftLater,hebecameanassistantofSirWilliamTemple.HeleftthepositionafterTemplediedin1699andbecameaclergymaninIreland.Atthattime,hebegantotravelthroughouttheUnitedKingdom.Hewrotedownthelifestyles,problemshewitnessedduringthetravel.ItisthiswritingthatmakesSwiftoneofthemostwell-knownsatiristsofEnglishsocietyandBritishhistory.Hethoughtthattheout-datedconventionsshouldbechangedandlovewasbasedonthequalitiesofmind.HealsofoundaheavyinterestinpolitiestakingupweightintheTorypartyofEngland’sgovernmentalpartysystem.Fromthefindingsofgovernment,religion,loveandgenderinequality.Swiftwroteplentyofbodyofwork.Hiswritingsincludepoetry,shortstories,politicalessaysandnovels.In1742,hewasdeclaredofunsoundmindanddiedin1745inDublin.Mainworks《書的戰(zhàn)爭》（1704）TheBattleofthebooks《一只桶的故事》（1704）TaleofaTub《斯特拉日記》（1710-1713）JournaltoStella《布商的信》（1724，1725）LettersofMercer《格列佛游記》（1726）Gulliver’sTravels《一個小小的建議》（1729）AModestProposalIneighteenthcenturyThepoliticalsystem:theconstitutionalmonarchy[君主立憲制]Therearetwoparties:theTory(托利黨)andtheWhig（輝格黨）Inthe18thcentury,BritishstartedtheIndustrialRevolution.Atthattime,thestrugglebetweentheToryandtheWhigbecameaggravatedforthesakeofpower.ThecontradictionbetweenProtestantism(新教)andCatholicism,andtheunrealisticRoyalSociety(英國皇家學(xué)會)makeEnglandseemchaotic.MainPlots大人國Brobdingnag飛島國Laputa慧馬國Houyhnhnm

小人國LilliputFirstvoyage---Lilliput

Onthefirstvoyage,Gulliverisshipwrecked.Ofalltheship’screw，hesurvives.Heswimstotheshoreofastrangeland,inhabitedbyLilliputians,thetallestofwhomisjustsixincheshigh."WhenbendingmyeyesdownwardasmuchasIcould,Iperceivedahumannotsixincheshigh!"ThekingoflilliputLittlebylittlehegetsusedtotheirlifeandeventakespart

inthewarwiththeneighbouringstateofBlefuseu.Secondvoyage---Brobdingnag

GulliverfinallyescapesLilliputandreturnsbrieflytoEnglandbeforeasecondvoyagetakeshimtoBrobdingnag.Whileonshore,Gulliveriscapturedbygiants,eachofwhomisthesizeofawater-tower.

Onthewhole,theBrobdingnagiansaregood-naturedcreatures,andtheytreatGulliverkindly,thoughtheyareamusedbyhistinysizeandlookeduponhimasaplaything.?No?hecriedinhorror?Don'ttellmeIdon'twanttoknowhowtomurderpeoplelikethatIwouldrathergivehalfmycountryawaythanknowthesecretofthispowderHowcanatinycreaturelikeyouhavesuchinhumancruelideasNeverspeaktomeofthisagain?

ComparewithLilliput,theBrobdingnagianshaveanenlightenedmonarch（開明的君主）.Sheofteninterrogates（詢問）GulliveronEuropeanaffairs.

GulliverabruptlydepartsBrobdingnagwhenagianteaglefliesoffwithhimanddropshimintheocean.Thirdvoyage---Laputa

HesoonembarksonhisthirdvoyagetotheflyingislandofLaputa.

Laputaisamysteriouslandinhabitedbyscientists,magicians,andsorcerers（男巫）whoengageinridiculousexperiment.Finalvoyage---Houyhnhnm

OnceagainGulliverreturnstoEnglandbeforeafinaljourney,tothelandoftheHouyhnhnmHouyhnhnmsareasuperiorraceofintelligenthorses.Inthecountry,theyarerulingclass.yahoo(野胡),avile(極壞的)anddepraved（墮落的）raceofape-likecreatures,istheruledclass.

GulliveriseventuallyexiledfromHouyhnhnmsocietywhenthehorsesgentlyinsistthatGullivermustreturntoliveamonghisownkind.Afterthisfourthandfinalvoyage,hereturnstoEngland,wherehehasgreatdifficultyadjustingtoeverydaylife.AllpeopleeverywhereremindhimoftheYahoos.

“IwillsaynomoreClearlythereisnohopeforhumanbe-ingsIwasstupidtothinkthatIcouldbringreasonandtruthintotheirlivesandthoughtsHumansareallYahoosandYa-boostheywillremain”

InLilliputIn BritishTheofficialpositionsaredeterminedbyskippingThepoliticalpartyisdistinguishedbytheheightofshoesWhichendofaneggapersoncracksbecomesthebasisofadeeppoliticalriftwithinthatnationBritishwasdominatedbythechurchandmonarchThedisputationbetweenTorypartyandWhigpartyThedivergenceofCatholicandProtestantchurchesontheceremonyBrobdingnagTheterriblesocialsystemHatredtowarLaputa

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