乔纳森·斯威夫特是十八世纪英国的著名讽刺作家。十八世纪时期的英国充 满腐败，斯威夫特目睹了英国政局的种种阴暗面。因此，他写了一部他著名的 作品《格列佛游记》，通过他的讽刺手法揭示十八世纪英国的黑暗。本文通过 分析主人公在不同地方的奇遇，分析了格列佛游记的反讽手法。 本文首先论述了格列佛游记中所运用的讽刺手法，以格列佛所经历的事件 为基础分析反讽、比喻 、尖锐对比和夸张手法的使用。此外，本文特别指出， 斯威夫特独特的讽刺手法与他对十八世纪英国的严厉指责办法的联系。 第二部分论述了《格列佛游记》反讽的原因和意义。在十八世纪的英国，议 会和内阁滥用权利统治国家和殖民地人民的权力。因此，本文分析了斯威夫特 对十八世纪英国贪婪政府的谴责，以及腐败的根源‘贪婪’。 综上所述，斯威夫特在写作格列佛游记时运用的独特讽刺手法，使斯威夫 特成为一个著名的和创新的讽刺作家。它对文学世界产生了深刻的影响，同时 成为了后代崇高的反讽之美的源泉。

Jonathan Swift was a typical sarcastic author in the 18th-century Britain. In the 18th-century of Britain, the corruption of the government was so serious that Swift was unable to avoid any form of political connection. So he wrote one of his famous works Gulliver’s Travels to reveal the corruption of 18th-century Britain through his sarcastic techniques. This paper analyzes the satire of Gulliver’s Travels through the description of the protagonist’s adventures in different places. The paper firstly discusses satirical techniques used in Gulliver’s Travels such as irony, metaphor, sharp contrast, and hyperbole that are based on the events that Gulliver experienced, and the sophisticated contrast between people and places that Gulliver met and visited. Moreover, the paper specifically indicates that Swift’s methods of sarcasm connote his harsh condemnation against 18th-century Britain. The second thing the paper demonstrates is the cause and significance of the satire of Gulliver’s Travels. In the 18th-century Britain, the parliament and cabinet abused their authorities and powers to manipulate the country and the colonized people. So the paper analyses Swift’s condemnation of the greedy government of the 18th-century Britain, and the greed humanity that is the root of corruption. Overall, Swift cleverly used unique sarcastic skills in Gulliver’s Travels which made Swift become a famous and innovational satirist. It has a deep influence on literary world that raises the beauty of the lofty satire.