gulliver's travel as a colonial novel
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Gulliver’s Travels as a Colonial• Presented by Komal Shahedadpuri• Smt. S.B Gardi Department of English MKBU• Presentation Topic- Gulliver’s Travels as a Colonial Novel• Paper No-2 The Neo-classical Literature• M.A Sem-1• Roll no - 21• Batch – 2016-2018• Email Id – [email protected]• Enrolment No- 2069108420170027
Gulliver’s Travels• Gulliver’s Travels written by Jonathan Swift.• Full Title-Travels into Several Remote Nations of the world.• It is Satire on Human Nature.• It divided into Four Voyages: Lilliput,Brobdingnag,Laputa and The Country of Houyhnhnms. • Lamuel Gulliver is a Protagonist Of a novel.
Colonialism and Imperialism• Colonialism and Imperialism
are almost similar to each other.
• Colonialism means “exploitation of weak people by a large power or control over dependent nation.”
• Imperialism means “ a policy of extending a country power and influence through colonization, use of military force or other means.”
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Colonialism
Colonizer(Britishers)
Colonized(Indians)
Creation of Subaltern
Colonialism in Gulliver’s Travels
• A Voyage to Lilliput
• In Lilliput, Gulliver bound by innumerable tiny people.• He is Source of entertainment for the Emperor of Lilliput.• Lilliputians are people who revelin displays of authority and performance of power.
A Voyage to Brobdingnag• A Farmer brings Gulliver home and treats him as a Curiosity and exhibits him for Money.• When he was sick, Farmer sells him to the Queen of Realm.• Queen make ‘Travelling Box’ for Gulliver as a symbol of Confinement.
A Voyage to Laputa• He rescued by flying Island.• Here, he visits Balnibarbi , blind pursuit of Science without Practical results – satire on Royal society.• Then, he went to Glubbdubdrib, magician’s dwelling and discusses history with the ghosts of historical figures.• In Luggnagg, he encounters the Struldbrugs, people who are immortal.
A Voyage to the Country of Houyhnhnms
• Here, he meets Houyhnhnms, a race of talking horses.• They are rulers , while the deformed creatures called Yahoos, human beings in their base form.• Here, we can see Houyhnhnms as colonizers and Yahoos as colonized people.
