Jonathan Swift's classic satirical narrative was first published in 1726, seven years after Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (one of its few rivals in fame and breadth of appeal). As a parody travel-memoir it reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, and the Yahoos i...
Jonathan Swift's classic satirical narrative was first published in 1726, seven years after Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (one of its few rivals in fame and breadth of appeal). As a parody travel-memoir it reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, and the Yahoos in Houyhnhnmland, where talking horses are the dominant species. It spares no vested interest from its irreverent wit, and its attack on political and financial corruption, as well as abuses in science, continue to resonate in our own times.
为教课重读。虽然行文略长,但是读起来并不困难,很多地方确实很有趣,特别是narrator一本正经的讽刺英国政治文化的第四章(也是我要用来与Oroonoko and Interesting Narrative对比的章节)。但是正是由于本身的讽刺和戏仿,导致无法断言叙述者本身是否支持这种奴役行为,以及他本身建立的那种master-slave binaries (civilization vs. bar...为教课重读。虽然行文略长,但是读起来并不困难,很多地方确实很有趣,特别是narrator一本正经的讽刺英国政治文化的第四章(也是我要用来与Oroonoko and Interesting Narrative对比的章节)。但是正是由于本身的讽刺和戏仿,导致无法断言叙述者本身是否支持这种奴役行为,以及他本身建立的那种master-slave binaries (civilization vs. barbarism, good vs. evil, noble vs. indecent, rational and irrational etc.)是真的反应了人性的阴暗面还是在为正在扩张的英帝国的殖民寻求一种文本上的支持。(展开)
A monument in literature. The satire is sharp and the imagination is wild, we can see many masterpieces originate from this work. An interesting fact: the computer science has introduced the big-endia...A monument in literature. The satire is sharp and the imagination is wild, we can see many masterpieces originate from this work. An interesting fact: the computer science has introduced the big-endian and little-endian to describe how the data arrange.(展开)
"Gulliver's Travels can be ranked among the greatest satirical works of world literature. The book contains four parts, each dealing with one particular voyage during which Gulliver meets with extraordinary adventures on some remote island after some misfor...
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0 有用 爆炒妙蛙种子 2022-05-24 00:35:31
He thought that all you need to run a country was common sense and fairness.
0 有用 薄荷味桔子水儿 2022-06-24 11:19:03
这是作者自己的“理想国”或者“乌托邦”。他将自己对现实世界的认知,批判,修正和向往,以游记的形式完全呈现。小人国里的小人,和慧骃国里的野人,将人性的愚蠢和恶展露无疑。尽管作者并没有和死去先贤们谈论国家治理和政治体制的问题,但他借由在巨人国里跟王子和老国王的问答中,提出了对当时,也是延续至今的英国制度的疑问。借虚构的国度的人物,说出了自己的疑问,每个问题,都扣住了资本主义制度或者君主制的咽喉。如果转... 这是作者自己的“理想国”或者“乌托邦”。他将自己对现实世界的认知,批判,修正和向往,以游记的形式完全呈现。小人国里的小人,和慧骃国里的野人,将人性的愚蠢和恶展露无疑。尽管作者并没有和死去先贤们谈论国家治理和政治体制的问题,但他借由在巨人国里跟王子和老国王的问答中,提出了对当时,也是延续至今的英国制度的疑问。借虚构的国度的人物,说出了自己的疑问,每个问题,都扣住了资本主义制度或者君主制的咽喉。如果转换角度想一下,作者思想已超出时代框架,其智不亚先贤。这部分,在我看来,应该是本书最精彩的一段。此外,生死的问题的终极思考,以及作者将人性的善与恶完全分离出来。让我觉得似乎是听和鸟山明画笔下的神仙的谆谆教导,同时,短笛大魔王也在冷眼旁观,不时嗤之以鼻。(我之后会为这本书写一个长评。)真·人间好书。 (展开)
0 有用 Like A Drum 2015-11-30 10:55:24
还记得十多年前中译本床头书带给我的奇妙想象,画面感太强现在还在。只是再读时发现的新东西让人更觉悲哀。
0 有用 刀刀 2010-12-28 20:45:40
有些句子和单词还挺好的...
6 有用 野次馬 2013-06-04 20:43:17
儿童读物是对这本书最反讽的classification。
0 有用 Faithful 2023-01-08 01:42:00 美国
为教课重读。虽然行文略长,但是读起来并不困难,很多地方确实很有趣,特别是narrator一本正经的讽刺英国政治文化的第四章(也是我要用来与Oroonoko and Interesting Narrative对比的章节)。但是正是由于本身的讽刺和戏仿,导致无法断言叙述者本身是否支持这种奴役行为,以及他本身建立的那种master-slave binaries (civilization vs. bar... 为教课重读。虽然行文略长,但是读起来并不困难,很多地方确实很有趣,特别是narrator一本正经的讽刺英国政治文化的第四章(也是我要用来与Oroonoko and Interesting Narrative对比的章节)。但是正是由于本身的讽刺和戏仿,导致无法断言叙述者本身是否支持这种奴役行为,以及他本身建立的那种master-slave binaries (civilization vs. barbarism, good vs. evil, noble vs. indecent, rational and irrational etc.)是真的反应了人性的阴暗面还是在为正在扩张的英帝国的殖民寻求一种文本上的支持。 (展开)
0 有用 Y-Selene 2022-12-13 21:15:17 广东
2015.11.26(整理记录自己看过的书)
0 有用 秦川 2022-10-11 13:17:21 北京
A monument in literature. The satire is sharp and the imagination is wild, we can see many masterpieces originate from this work. An interesting fact: the computer science has introduced the big-endia... A monument in literature. The satire is sharp and the imagination is wild, we can see many masterpieces originate from this work. An interesting fact: the computer science has introduced the big-endian and little-endian to describe how the data arrange. (展开)
0 有用 blithe 2022-08-31 09:53:50 北京
几百年前的小书,让我们发现其实我们并没有进步太多
0 有用 糖墩不是葫芦 2022-07-08 12:08:32
可能还是需要读下译本