《格列佛游记》中的反殖民思想研究_英语论文

The Anti-Colonial Thoughts in J.Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels

摘要

《格列佛游记》是英国作家乔纳森·斯威夫特的一部杰出的游记体讽刺小说，全书讲诉了船长周游四国的经历。本文以原著为主体，结合爱尔兰历史上被英国殖民、被奴隶的悲惨历史以及作者本身命运多舛的人生履历和反暴政、爱自由的创作思想，来深刻剖析《格列佛游记》中的第三部分即飞岛国部分中所包含的反殖民思想，体会作品里面所使用的反讽等修辞手法，以及对英国殖民统治的隐射。其次，通过对乔纳森·斯威夫特其他作品的研究，来进一步剖析其反殖民思想。

关键词:  《格列佛游记》  飞岛国  反殖民思想

Abstract

Gulliver’s Travels is a great satiric novel in the form of report on current events written by British writer Jonathan Swift. The whole book focused on the experience that the captain traveled around four countries. This thesis will base on original version and analyze the anti-colonial thoughts included in the third part of the work Gulliver’s travels—Flying Island by combining the miserable history that Ireland was once in the situation of colonization and slavery under the control of the United Kingdom, the life experience that the writer had suffered a lot mishaps in his life and the anti-tyrannical and loving liberty creative ideas. Also, this thesis will focus on tasting the rhetorical devices used in the work like irony in the general and how to insinuate British colonial rule in the work. Then, in the way of researching Jonathan Swift’s other works, my aim is to dissect the anti-colonial thoughts there and the influence.

Key words: Gulliver’s Travels; Flying Island; the anti-colonial thoughts