Paper no.105 History of English Literature From 1350 to 1900

1. Neo Classical age in Jonathan
Swift and his work
Presented by Bhavna Sosa

2. Presentation
Topic :
Jonathan Swift
and his work
▪Name: Bhavna Sosa
Email ID:
bhavnasosa211@gmail.com
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3. Jonathan
Swift
(1667-1745)
▪Jonathan Swift, author of
Gulliver’s Travels,was born in
Dublin in 1667& died on 1745
in Dublin.
▪Considered one of the greatest
English writers and satirist.

4. Gulliver’s
Travels
▪This is a satirical novel written
by Anglo- Irish writer Jonathan
Swift.
▪In 1726 when Gulliver’s Travels
was published anonymously.
▪The voyage of Gulliver has four
major sections and the book is
divided into chapter.

5. ▪Gulliver’s Travels is Swift’s best
known full-length work and a
classic of English literature.

6. Four Journey
by Gulliver :
▪Satire in Gulliver’s Travels in the
first voyage to Lilliput, Swift
satirises on politics and political
practiced in England through
Lilliputians, the dwarfs of sin
inches height.
▪In the second voyage to
Brobdingnag, there is a general
satire on human body, human
talents and human limitations.

7. Continue...
▪In the third voyage to Laputa,
there is a satire on human
intellect,human mind and on
science, philosophy and
mathematics.
▪In the fourth voyage to
Houyhnhnms,there is a biter
poignant satire on human
moral short comings.

8. Title
▪The full title of Swift’s work was
“Gulliver’s Travels” or “Travels
into Several Remote Nations of
the World”,in four parts, by
Lemuel Gulliver, first a
surgeon, and then a Captain of
several ship’s”.

9. Setting
▪England and the imaginary
nations of Lilliput, Blefusu,
Brobdingnag, Laputa and the
land of the Houyhnhnms.

10. How is this
novel a
satire?
▪This novel is a masterpiece of
satire there is a grand satire on
the nature of mankind and
especially on Europe.
▪There is religious satire when
the Big and Endians are shown
which slows the Catholic and
Protestant conflicts.

11. Continue...
▪There is a political satire and it
indicates the conflict between
the Parliament and monarchy.
▪There is a satire on English law.
▪Briefly this novel is written to
make the leaders and people
of Europe reform society.

12. Style and
Literary
Devices:
▪ This is novel written from the first person
point of view.
▪ It is a prose satire.
▪ It is simply written and has a narrative style.
▪ Tone of the novels is engaging as Gullivers
talks to the reader in a casual way.

13. References:
▪www.britannica.com
▪Encyclopedia.cim
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