Gulliver's Travels : Key info
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Key info
Gulliver’s Travels is a famous novel written by Jonathan Swift. He was born in 1667 AD and died in 1745 AD. He was a famous prose writer, poet, politician, and Anglo-Irish satirist. He is mainly known for his satirical literature. His four main satirical works of literature are:
- A Tale of a Tub (1704) (prose and tragedy)
- An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712) (satirical essay)
- Gulliver’s Travels (1726) (satirical fiction)
- A Modest Proposal (1729) (satirical essay)
Key Information about the novel:
- Full title: “Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships.”
- Author: Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
- Genre: Satirical fiction based on fantasy / Satirical fiction.
- Type of work: Novel
- Time of composition: 1712-1726
- Published date: 28 October 1726
- Point of view for the novel: First-person point of view.
- Time setting: The Early eighteenth century means the age of prose and reason.
- Place setting: England. But in the novel, Swift uses some imaginary places such as Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, Balnibarbi, and Glubbdubdrib.
- The number of voyages/ parts: There are four parts of the Novel, such as:
Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput (4 May 1699 – 13 April 1702)
Part II: A Voyage to Brobdingnag (20 June 1702 – 3 June 1706)
Part III: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib and Japan (5 August 1706 – 16 April 1710)
Part IV: A Voyage to the Land of the Houyhnhnms (7 September 1710 – 5 December 1715)