十八世紀(jì)小說(shuō)及斯威夫特 英國(guó)文學(xué)史

1、18th-Century Fiction and Jonathan SwiftMain Contents The reason for the rise of 18th-century fiction Features of 18th-century fiction Jonathan Swift Gullivers TravelsThe Reason for the Rise of 18th-Century Fiction Enlarging readers of fiction The public library widely open The prosperity of newspape

2、r industry Features of 18th-Century Fiction Realistic method of presentation and closer to real life. Break the previous tradition of the medieval romances. The novelists try to approximate the behavior of the people of flesh and blood. The novelists try to borrow from the common speech of people.La

3、urence SterneJonathan SwiftDaniel DefoeSamuel RichardsonHenry FieldingTobias SmollettJonathan Swift (16671745） Life IntroductionLife storyposthumous childSenior editor of the journal The ExaminerBecome the Dean of St. Patricks Cathedral in Dublinhelp the talented young manbrain diseaseMajor Works Th

4、e Battle of the Books ( 1704 ) Tale of a Tub ( 1704 ) Journal to Stella ( 1710-1713 ) The Irish Drapiers Letters ( 1724 ) Gullivers Travels ( 1726 ) A Modest Proposal ( 1729 ) Gullivers Travels (1726) Gullivers Travels, Jonathans best fictional work, was published in 1726. The book contains four par

5、ts, each recording one voyage to one outlandish “remote” place.Part “A Voyage to Lilliput”Part “A Voyage to Brobdignag” Part LaputaBalnibariGlubbdubdribLuggnaggJapanPart “A Voyage to Houyhnhnm”Analysis Satire For his contemporaries, Swift offered them an opportunity of self-scrutiny. It is a fantasy

6、 but people of all time with any amount of imagination could feel the reality of human life.Analysis Many readers and critics have tended to confuse Gulliver with the author and see the narrator as Swifts surrogate. This critical position is on the whole untenable. For this book is a delicate and strenuous irony, which stems from the implied discrepancy between Gulliver and the author. “ I will say no more. Clearly, there is no hope for human beings. I was stupid to think that I could bring reason and truth into their lives and thoughts. Humans