《英语国家社会与文化入门》课程PPT教学课件（上册）The Society and Culture of Major English-Speaking Countries An Introduction Book 1 Unit 06 British Literature

IV.The 18th Century .Jonathan Swift (1667-1745): His Gulliver's Travels is a great satire,touching every vice,folly,and mere weakness of mankind.In its fourth part,the human race, represented by filthy creatures called Yahoos is shown as inferior to a noble breed of thinking,talking, high-minded horses known as Houyhnhnms.(right)

IV. The 18th Century • Jonathan Swift (1667-1745): His Gulliver’s Travels is a great satire, touching every vice, folly, and mere weakness of mankind. In its fourth part, the human race, represented by filthy creatures called Yahoos is shown as inferior to a noble breed of thinking, talking, high-minded horses known as Houyhnhnms. (right)

IV.The 18th Century ·Robert Burns(1759- 1796):widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland whose poems “ARed,Red Rose', Comin'thro'the Rye" and“Auld Lang Syne” are well-known across the world

IV. The 18th Century • Robert Burns (1759- 1796): widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland whose poems “A Red, Red Rose”, “Comin’ thro’ the Rye” and “Auld Lang Syne” are well-known across the world