Posljednja izmjena 01/10/21 by Ivan Palijan
Kada su „Gulliverova putovanja“ Jonathana Swifta objavljivana u različitim oblicima za njegovog života smatrana su bijesnom, opscenom i ljutom satirom bez obzira na to što su izdavači originalni tekst kratili i mijenjali kako bi izbjegli moguće tužbe. Ne treba nas čuditi, jer se autor dotakao svekolikih aspekata građanskog života prve polovice 18. stoljeća, te opleo po društvenim odnosima, ljudskoj prirodi, politici, međunarodnim odnosima, znanosti, umjetnosti, muškarcima, ženama, bogatašima, sirotinji, vladarima, slugama, mladome, starome, ljudima i životinjama.
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ISBN-10: 0141439491
ISBN-13: 9780141439495
Goodreads: 7733
Author(s):Publisher: Penguin
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A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Gulliver's Travels describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. In Lilliput he discovers a world in miniature; towering over the people and their city, he is able to view their society from the viewpoint of a god. However, in Brobdingnag, a land of giants, tiny Gulliver himself comes under observation, exhibited as a curiosity at markets and fairs. In Laputa, a flying island, he encounters a society of speculators and projectors who have lost all grip on everyday reality; while they plan and calculate, their country lies in ruins. Gulliver's final voyage takes him to the land of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses whom he quickly comes to admire - in contrast to the Yahoos, filthy bestial creatures who bear a disturbing resemblance to humans. This text, based on the first edition of 1726, reproduces all the original illustrations and includes an introduction by Robert Demaria, Jr, which discusses the ways Gulliver's Travels has been interpreted since its first publication. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born in Dublin.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Satira je formirana u žanru putopisnog romana, vrlo popularne forme u to vrijeme, a Jonathan Swift ju je počeo pisati uslijed najveće popularnosti „Robinsona Crusoea“. Njegov Lemuel Gulliver opisuje kako je tijekom svog života i karijere brodskog liječnika, a kasnije i kapetana vlastitog broda na putovanjima svjetskim morima doživio nekoliko nezgoda koje su ga bacile u nepoznate krajeve u kojima je doživio neobične avanture. Prva ga je bacila u zemlju Liliput, gdje žive maleni ljudi, druga u Brobdingnag koji nastanjuju divovi, treća ga vodi do letećeg otoka Lapute, te zemalja koje nastanjuju ljudi opsjednuti znanošću i čarobnjaci, da bi na kraju dospio do zemlje koju nastanjuju inteligentna i plemenita rada konja, dok su im stvorenja nalik na ljude sluge potpuno lišene racionalnog ponašanja. Segmenti romana služe jedno drugom kao ogledalo (patuljci/divovi, znanost/priroda) u kojima Swift razmatra različite aspekte ljudske prirode dok njegov Gulliver samo promatra i bilježi, bez da daje komentar, apsurdne situacije i ponašanja žitelja zemalja iz fantazije govore za sebe i odražavaju ljudsku prirodu i društvo na koje se autor okomio.
„Gulliverova putovanja“ je univerzalna satira bez obzira na specifičnosti vremena i mjesta u kojima je nastala i uboda prema tadašnjim figurama iz politike i društva. Veliki fan joj je bio George Orwell na čiju je „Životinjsku farmu“ utjecala, smatra se pretečom znanstvenofantastičnog žanra, a njen prvi dio i klasikom dječje književnosti.
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