International Journal of English Literature and Culture
 

International Journal of English Literature and Culture

Vol. 3(10), pp. 269-271, October, 2015

 ISSN: 2360-7831

DOI: 10.14662/IJELC2015.089

Review paper

Swift’s Use of Satire in Gulliver’s Travels   

Ankit Tyagi

PhD Scholar- English, S.R.M. UNIVERSITY, Haryana. E-mail: tyagiankit785@gmail.com

Accepted 2 November 2015

This paper satirizes the politics involved in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. Through Gulliver's Travels, Swift attempted to satirize the proud eighteenth century population, who were too proud of the rapid scientific progress. Through my paper, I am trying to show how Swift uses Gulliver to satirize the society in the eighteenth century England and beyond. In showing Swift's satire of the social condition, the discussion of Lemuel Gulliver's voyages to four different lands becomes symbolic and significant. After going through his all four volumes of “Gulliver Travels” I believe that swift does not hate men rather hate Satan in men.

Key words: satirize, voyage, Lemuel Gulliver, politics and Criticism
 

Cite This Article As: Tyagi A (2015). Swift’s Use of Satire in Gulliver’s Travels. Inter. J. Eng. Lit. Cult. 3(10): 269-271

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