classical literature

1. Neoclassical literature
Prepared by payal chudasama
Department of English.
Paper name: The Neoclassical literature
Topic:Discuss about Guliver’s travels novel
Name: payal chudasama
study: M.A part -1
Sem: 1
Roll No: 24
Enrollment no: 20691084202000005
Email I’D: chudasmapayal1997@gmail. Com
Batch: 2019 – 20
Submitted by : Maharaja Krishna Kumarshihaji bhavanagar university

2. ♧ Introduction of
Johnathan swift :
☆ Jonathan swift was an Anglo-Irish
satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer,
poet, Priest
☆ Born : 30 November 1667, Dublin ,Ireland
☆ Died : 19 October 1745, Dublin Ireland
☆ His major works are:
《1》 “A Tale of A Tub” (1704)
《2》 “ An Argument Against Abolishing C
christianity” (1722)
《3》 “ Guliver’s travels” (1726)
《4》 “ A Modest Proposal” (1729)

3. ♧ About novel:
• ◇ Four parts :
• [1] A voyage to
Liliput
• [2] A voyage to
Brobdingnag
• [3] A voyage to Laputa
• [4] A voyage to the
Land of the
Houyhnhnms

4. ♧ Character of this novel:
• Lemuel Guliver
• Mary Burton
• Mr. James Bates
• The Lilliputians
• The Lilliputian Emperor
• The Brobdingnagians
• The Laputian
• Laputian king
• Lord Munodi
• Captain

5. ♧ Guliver’s travels novel : plot (summary)
• Guliver’s travels is the story of Lemuel Guliver, a surgeon who takes
to the seas.He Completes many voyages without incident, but his
final four journeys take him to some of the..strangest lands on the
planet, where he discovers the virtues and flaws in his own culture
by comparing it with others.

6. ♧ Theme of the novel:
◇Travel
◇Truth and Deception
◇perspective and Reactivity
◇Literature and Language
◇Narrow kindness
◇classicism
◇The individual v/a society
◇The limits of human understanding
◇politics
◇Foreigness
◇ science
◇Morality and Ethics

7. ♧Symbol of this novel:
◇ Lilliputians:
The Lilliputians symbolize humankind’s widely excessive pride in it own puny ..existence.
◇ Brobdingnagians:
The Brobdingnagian symbolize the private,personal and physical side of humans when examined up close and in great detail.
◇Laputians:
The Lapuians represent the folIy of theoretical knowledge that has no relation to human life and no use in the actual world.
◇ Houyhnhnms:
The Houyhnhms represent an ideal of rational existence, a life governed by sence and moderation of which philosophers
since plato have lond dreamed . Houyhnhnms should not be considered human ideal s at all. In any case, they symbolize a
standard of rational existence to be either espoused or rejected by both Guliver and us.

8. ♧ conclusion:
Inshort, Guliver’s travel novel is the great novel . Jonathan swift
represents many ideas of this novel . Throughout of the novel swift
use of satirical tone . Now present situation of the time you can see
the many issues for example. Cast problem, political problems etc.

10. Reference:
• Wikipedia
• https:/www.courcehero.com.>li