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1 Jonathan Swift

2 BIOGRAPHYJonathan Swift was born in Ireland in of English parentsHis works are characterized by his polemical genius(expressed in various literary genres)A great satireSwift, through sharp satire, criticises society because it is very poor; in order to fight poverty he writes a satirical work named “A Modest Proposal”Utopian narrativiesGulliver’s Travels in which he mixed utopian fiction and travel writing in a novel form.

It was first published in in DublinIn he died because of an illness that caused the loss of his mental power

3 THEMES The four books First book Second book Third book Fourth book
GULLIVERGoes on voyagesNarrator and protagonistSurgeon on shipsOrdinary manThe four booksFirst bookSmall Lilliputians exemplify the meanness and pettiness of the worldSecond bookThe gigantic allows Gulliver to see the physical imperfections of manThird bookThe voyage to Laputa is a direct satire of contemporary EnglandFourth bookGulliver is faced with the degraded humanity of the Yahoos and at the same time with the superior intelligence of the wise horses

4 The first voyage: «the empire of Lilliput»
On his first voyage Gulliver is shipwrecked in the empire of utians were very small people.

They look like insects compared to the beginning Lilliputians make Gulliver a prisoner, but gradually they come to trust him.

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Gulliver is allowed to leave the country on a second voyage:«The country of Brobdingnag»On his second voyage Gullivers lands in the country of is a population of giants are civilized and treat Gulliver with great is used as a toy. Gulliver leaves the country by accident: the house box in which he is kept is picked up by an eagle and it’s lost in the open sea.

5 The third voyage: «Laputa»
On his third voyage Gulliver lands in Laputa.

Laputa is a flying island moved by a magnet. The inhabitants have heads bent to one side and an eye turned live in badly built houses and their fields are badly worked because they despise all manual works.

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In their Scientific Accademy absurd experiments were conducted and their laws were abstract. Laputians were totally out of touch with reality.

6 The fourth voyage: «The land of Houyhnhnms»
Gulliver’s final voyage is set in the land of Houyhnhnms. These are intelligent and rational horses. This land is also inhabited by the Yahoos, cruel and filthy er admits that these creatures are very similar to the men.

He decided to stay with Houyhnhnms for ever but they don’t want a Yahoo with them, so he has to leave.