Gulliver's Travels is a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift, published in 1726. It follows the voyages of Lemuel Gulliver and can be analyzed through the theme of colonialism. The novel is divided into four parts where Gulliver visits four different lands and faces struggles as both a colonizer and colonized. Swift uses these voyages and Gulliver's experiences to critique greed, selfishness, and flaws in human nature. The theme of colonialism, with its power dynamics between colonizers and colonized, helps to understand the plot and social commentary within Gulliver's voyages.

1. • Gulliver’s Travel As A Colonial
Novel
• Smt. S. B. Gardi Department Of English
• M. K. Bhavnagar University
• Presentation Topic : Gulliver’s Travel As a
Colonial Novel
• Paper no : 2 The Neo – Classical Literature
• Presenter : Drashti Dave v.
• M. A. Sem. 1
• Roll no : 9

2. Gulliver’s Travels As a colonial Novel

3. About Author and Novel:
• Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift. It is
published in 1726.
• Swift is a Satirist. Here Swift is
challenging the traditional idea that
humans are rational animals.
• The novel is a bitter harsh satire.
• Gulliver is a protagonist. Novel focus on
his voyage and struggle on four island.

4. Content of the novel:
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The novel devided into four parts.
1) A voyage to Lilliput
2) A voyage to Brobdingnag
3) A voyage to Laputa &
4) A voyage to the country of
Houyhnhnms
• Gulliver’s Travels is a multi- layered text
so many themes related here.

5. The Theme of Colonialism :
• Major part of the novel depended on the
theme of Colonialism.
• What is colonialism?
• Colonialism is a term. Colonialism word
comes from Colony.
• There are two groups.
• 1. Colonizers & 2. Colonized
• Both are different.

6. Colonialism
Colonizers
Colonized
Ruler, Master
Subordinate
Have power
Slave & Suppressed

7. • Colonized in the hand of “Colnised”
• Gulliver is a colonised man.
• Part one - known as a power
position, Lilliputians in illusion. Here Gulliver’s
enjoyment being ‘a big fish in a small pond’.
• Main conflict between big Endians and little
Endians.
• Part two – Decolonization, rejection of
eng.language. Here we are shown
marginalization of Gulliver.
• Part – three Christian v/s Heathen.

8. • Deformed human beings, deformed culture.
• This is also known as Floating island. Society
seems non human.
• Part fourth – Transformation in Gulliver. Here
animals are rational & cultured.
• Gulliver  trained yahoo, socking part of this
part is yahoo’s identity as a human being.
• Dehumanization of human being. Swift
focuses on Greed & Selfishness of human
nature.
• All parts are easy to understand the theme of
colonialism.

9. Conclusion
• At the end of the novel Gulliver come to
his society.
• The novel is a work of fantasy.
• Juxtaposition between real and unreal
world.
• Term colonialism is very helpful to
understand the plot.
• Swift does not try to change the system
but he attempt to find out flaws.

10. Thank you