名著格列佛游记 英文详细图文介绍(课堂PPT)

• Jonathan Swift was born in an English family in Dublin in 1667 and became a product of Irish culture and learning. His father died before he was born ; his mother was poor, and Swift was compelled to accept aid from relatives, who gave it grudgingly. At the age of six, he was sent to Kilkenny School. In 1682 he entered Trinity College(三一学院), Dublin , where he was granted his bachelor of art degree in 1686.
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Second voyage---Brobdingnag
Gulliver finally escapes Lilliput and returns briefly to England before a second voyage takes him to Brobdingnag. While on shore, Gulliver is captured by giants, each of whom is the size of a watertower.
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"When bending my eyes downward as much as I could, I perceived a human not six inches high!"
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The king of lilliput
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• Little by little he gets used to their life and even takes part in the war with the neighbouring state of Blefuseu.
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Main works
• 《书的战争》 （1704）The Battle of the books • 《一只桶的故事》 （1704）Tale of a Tub • 《斯特拉日记》 （1710-1713）Journal to Stella • 《布商的信》 （1724，1725）Letters of Mercer • 《格列佛游记》（1726）Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver's Travels
Group3:张媛瑶 尹莎莎 蒋怡璇
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About Jonathan Swift(1667-1745)
• Jonathan Swift is one of
the most famous
writers in English
literature. He is the
foremost prose satirist
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In eighteenth century
• The political system: the constitutional monarchy[君主立宪制]
• There are two parties: the Tory(托利党) and the Whig（辉格党）
• In the 18th century, British started the Industrial Revolution. At that time, the struggle between the Tory and the Whig became aggravated for the sake of power. The contradiction between Protestantism(新 教)and Catholicism, and the unrealistic Royal 6
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On the whole, the Brobdingnagians are goodnatured creatures, and they treat Gulliver kindly, though they are amused by his tiny size and looked upon him as a plaything.
Main Plots
小人国
Lilliput
飞岛国 Laputa
大人国 Brobdingnag
慧马国 Houyhnhnm
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First voyage---Lilliput
On the first voyage, Gulliver is shipwrecked. Of all the ship’s crew， he survives. He swims to the shore of a strange land, inhabited by Lilliputians, the tallest of whom is just six inches high.
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The lifetime of Jonathan Swift
• Later, he became an assistant of Sir William Temple. He left the position after Temple died in 1699 and became a clergyman in Ireland. At that time, he began to travel throughout the United Kingdom. He wrote down the lifestyles, problems he witnessed during the travel. It is this writing that makes Swift one of the most well-known satirists of English
in the English language,
political Journalist and
clergyman . And he is
also the founder of the
radicnlightenment of
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The lifetime of Jonathan Swift