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Gulliver’s Travels: An Example of Alienation

Cilt: 18 Sayı: 2 1 Nisan 2019
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Gulliver’s Travels: An Example of Alienation

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Written by the Irish author Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), and first published in 1726, Gulliver’s Travels can be roughly summed up as a personal narrative of several voyages that Capt. Lemuel Gulliver goes on within a time span of 16 years, extending from 1699 to 1715. The novel begins with Gulliver’s own narrative of his first voyage to Lilliput (the country of dwarfs), continues with his next voyages to Brobdingnag (the country of giants) first and subsequently to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib and Japan, and finally closes with an account of his experiences which he had during as well as following his last voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver’s status as a stranger to the inhabitants of each country he visits remains unchanged till his voyage to the country of Houyhnhnms where he begins to feel he should belong. This study is particularly aimed at explaining why Gulliver begins to feel he is now part of the Houyhnhnms by arguing that considered as a whole, his experiences among the Houyhnhnms work progressively towards and eventually culminate in forming what can be called a particular case of estrangement, or alienation, on his part. Especially the final pages of the novel depict Gulliver in a state of quasi-delirium which can best be phrased as a case of estrangement from the human race in general, and from the English society, his family and even himself in particular. The presence of the human Gulliver among the Houyhnhnms causes his ontological relation with himself as a human being to undergo an unexpected transformation, and consequently he splits from his human self—something which can most clearly and easily be spotted in instances where the reader finds him referring to human beings, including himself, as Yahoos, even after the publication of the novel.

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Kaynakça

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Sanat ve Edebiyat

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yazarlar

Yayımlanma Tarihi

1 Nisan 2019

Gönderilme Tarihi

28 Eylül 2018

Kabul Tarihi

14 Mart 2019

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2019 Cilt: 18 Sayı: 2

Kaynak Göster

APA
Serdar, H. A. (2019). Gulliver’s Travels: An Example of Alienation. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 18(2), 695-708. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.464911
AMA
1.Serdar HA. Gulliver’s Travels: An Example of Alienation. GAUN-JSS. 2019;18(2):695-708. doi:10.21547/jss.464911
Chicago
Serdar, Hamdi Ali. 2019. “Gulliver’s Travels: An Example of Alienation”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 18 (2): 695-708. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.464911.
EndNote
Serdar HA (01 Nisan 2019) Gulliver’s Travels: An Example of Alienation. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 18 2 695–708.
IEEE
[1]H. A. Serdar, “Gulliver’s Travels: An Example of Alienation”, GAUN-JSS, c. 18, sy 2, ss. 695–708, Nis. 2019, doi: 10.21547/jss.464911.
ISNAD
Serdar, Hamdi Ali. “Gulliver’s Travels: An Example of Alienation”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 18/2 (01 Nisan 2019): 695-708. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.464911.
JAMA
1.Serdar HA. Gulliver’s Travels: An Example of Alienation. GAUN-JSS. 2019;18:695–708.
MLA
Serdar, Hamdi Ali. “Gulliver’s Travels: An Example of Alienation”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, c. 18, sy 2, Nisan 2019, ss. 695-08, doi:10.21547/jss.464911.
Vancouver
1.Hamdi Ali Serdar. Gulliver’s Travels: An Example of Alienation. GAUN-JSS. 01 Nisan 2019;18(2):695-708. doi:10.21547/jss.464911