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"Gulliver´s Travels" is the name of a book written by the famous author Jonathan Swift. Most of the people recognize it as a book for children, but it is actually a critical work. "Gulliver´s Travels" was written between 1721 and 1726. Until today this is the work that we combine with the name Jonathan Swift, altough he wrote different other stuff.
Written by the famous author [[Jonathan Swift]]. Most of the people recognize it as a book for children, but it is actually much more: a parody of travel literature, a political satire, a philosophical tract about humankind. ''Gulliver´s Travels'' was written between 1721 and 1726.  


"Gulliver´s Travels" contains four parts and it is written as a travel diary. This form of writing suggests us that it is a real diary, but it is not real and altough some parts in the book seem to find a match in reality, the whole story is imaginary.
''Gulliver´s Travels'' contains four parts and it is written as a pseudo-authentic travel narrative.  


In the first part Gulliver comes to the Land named Liliput, the land of dwarfs.  
In the first part Gulliver comes to the Land named Liliput, the land of miniature people. In the second part he travels to Brobdignag, the land of the giants. In the third part he visits Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdrib, Luggnagg and Japan and in the fourth and last part he comes to the land of the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos.
In the second part he travels to Brobdingnag, the land of the giants.
Swifts work is a very critical satire concerning the society in which he lived.
In the third part he visits Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdrib, Luggnagg and Japan and in the fourth and last part he comes to the land of inhabitants called the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos (there is no deeper connection between the Yahoos and a famous web domain)
 
Swifts work is a very critical satire concerning the society in which he lived.
 
Today we can find a multiplicity of childrens stuff that is based on "Gulliver´s Travels" and also a lot of film adaptations.

Revision as of 12:56, 17 July 2009

Written by the famous author Jonathan Swift. Most of the people recognize it as a book for children, but it is actually much more: a parody of travel literature, a political satire, a philosophical tract about humankind. Gulliver´s Travels was written between 1721 and 1726.

Gulliver´s Travels contains four parts and it is written as a pseudo-authentic travel narrative.

In the first part Gulliver comes to the Land named Liliput, the land of miniature people. In the second part he travels to Brobdignag, the land of the giants. In the third part he visits Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdrib, Luggnagg and Japan and in the fourth and last part he comes to the land of the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos. Swifts work is a very critical satire concerning the society in which he lived.