Jonathan Swift

a cura di R. Aimo e R. Palmer
 Fantasy and satire are the main ingredients of the novel, parody of travel literature, and vitriolic criticism of Swift's society and of human nature.
 Lemuel Gulliver recounts his travels to exotic lands: Lilliput, where he meets tiny beings; Brobdingnag, the country of the giants; Laputa, the flying island inhabited by scientists and philosophers; finally, he describes his encounter with rational horses, the Houyhnhnms, wise beings who live together with savages, the Yahoos, similar to men.
 The book contains in-depth analyses connected to the issues of the novel. 
 
 Teacher's Resources available online: Answer Key - Audioscripts - Key to Summing-up Activities.
 
 Fantasia e satira sono gli elementi costitutivi del romanzo, parodia della letteratura di viaggio e feroce critica della società del tempo e della natura umana.
 Gulliver narra di viaggi in terre strane: Lilliput, dove incontra minuscoli esseri; Brobdingnag, il paese dei giganti; Laputa, l'isola volante degli scienziati e filosofi; infine, la terra dei cavalli razionali, gli Houyhnhnms, esseri saggi che convivono con esseri brutali, gli Yahoos, simili agli uomini.
 Il libro contiene approfondimenti legati alle tematiche del romanzo.

Chapter 1 – Lilliput, a strange island

Extension: Famous Explorers and Navigators

Chapter 2 – Life on Lilliput

Extension: Famous British ships

Chapter 3 – Brobdingnag

Extension: Utopias

Chapter 4 – Life at court

Extension: Life in the 18th century

Chapter 5 – The flying island

Extension: Imaginary places in legend and fiction

Chapter 6 – The land of horses

Extension: Gulliver at the cinema

Summing-up activities

Glossary

E X T E N S I O N FAMOUS BRITISH SHIPS DISCOVERY. The Discovery was a 20-ton1 boat of the British East India Company sailing at the beginning of the 17th century. It was the smallest of three ships that were led by Captain Christopher Newport on the voyage to the colony of Virginia in 1607. When Captain Newport returned to England, he left the Discovery for the use of the colonists. During the 1610-1611 expedition to the Canadian Arctic, the crew of the Discovery mutinied2. Their captain, Henry Hudson, was left in a small boat and the crew returned to England. MAYFLOWER. The Mayflower was the ship that transported the English Separatists (better known as the Pilgrim Fathers) from Plymouth in England to Plymouth in Massachusetts (US) in 1620.. There were 102 passengers and a crew of 25-30. The ship left England on September 6, 1620. After a 66day journey, it arrived at Cape Cod on November 11 of the same year. The Mayflower has a famous place in American history as a symbol of early European colonization of the future US. The Pilgrim Fathers on the ship desired a life where they could practise their religion freely. 2. mutinied: refused to obey the order of their superior. 1. ton: a unit of weight equal to 900 kg. 26 

HMS Endeavour was a British Royal Navy research vessel commanded by James Cook on his first voyage of discovery to Australia and New Zealand from 1769 to 1771. She was purchased3 by the Navy in 1768 for a scientific mission to the Pacific Ocean and to explore the seas. She left Plymouth in August 1768, rounded Cape Horn, and reached Tahiti. Then she set sail4 into the ocean to the south, stopping at the Pacific islands of Huahine, Borabora, and Raiatea. CUTTY SARK. The Cutty Sark was built in 1869 at Dumbarton, Scotland, for Captain John Willis. Cutty Sark was destined for the trade of tea: at that time there was a race5 across the globe from China to London, with a bonus6 to the ship to arrive with the first tea of the year. TITANIC. RMS Titanic was the largest passenger steamship7 in the world when she set off 8 on her maiden voyage9 from Southampton, England to New York City on 10 April 1912. After four days, at 23.40, the Titanic struck10 an iceberg and sank at 2.20 the following morning. 1,517 people died and it is probably the most famous maritime disaster in history. 3. purchased: bought. 4. set sail: began a trip by sea. 5. race: competition between people, animals, vehicles, etc. to see which one is the fastest and finishes first. 6. bonus: extra amount of money. 7. steamship: a ship driven by steam (the hot gas that is produced when water boils). 8. set (set-set-set) off: started. 9. maiden voyage: a ship s first voyage. 10. struck: hit. 27 

Fantasia e satira in Gulliver, parodia dei viaggi e critica sociale. Scopri Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa e gli Houyhnhnms.

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