Abstract: Gulliver’s Travel is the master work of Britain ironist-- Jonathan Swift. It is a special voyage adventure novel which describes the protagonist—Gulliver who has a series of fortuitous meeting on the sea. But Gulliver’s Travel not only describes adventures, but also satirizes and derides social reality of England in its entirety. The success of this novel is that the author transforms the satire objects to cruel, even absurd situation. This thesis intends to analyze the exquisite satire in Gulliver’s Travel from the aspects of irony, hyperbole, insinuation and comparison, combining with the temporal social background and political situation in Britain, and to improve the readers’ understanding of this masterpiece. In addition, the article elaborates the satirical art of Gulliver’s Travel influence on the writers in the beginning of 20th century as well.
Key words: Gulliver’s Travel, Jonathan Swift, satire
摘要：《格列佛游记》是英国讽刺作家乔纳森·斯威夫特的代表作，是一部独具特色的航海冒险小说，叙述主人公格列佛在海上漂流的一系列奇遇，但《格列佛游记》并不是单纯的在写历险，而是通过历险的遭遇和见闻，全面讽刺，揶揄了英国的社会现实，本小说的成功就在于作者把讽刺对象夸张变形到残酷甚至荒诞的地步。本文作者希望从反语，夸张，影射和对比这四个方面，结合英国当时的社会背景和政治现状，分析《格列佛游记》中的精湛讽刺艺术，进而使读者更加全面的了解这本讽刺巨作，并且阐述《格列佛游记》的讽刺艺术对20世纪初作家的写作影响。
关键词：《格列佛游记》，乔纳森·斯威夫特，讽刺
