Laputa and its Satire: From Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels to Miyazaki’s Castle in the Sky

dc.contributor.advisorNelson, Karen
dc.contributor.authorDallimore, Elissa
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Englishen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-14T17:09:12Z
dc.date.available2022-03-14T17:09:12Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-11
dc.description.abstractThis research project aims to shed light on Jonathan Swift's satire present in the third part of Gulliver's Travels (1726). The paper examines current discourse regarding whether Swift sought to satirize absolute sovereignty or the Royal Society and evaluates these claims using textual evidence and two Royal Society pamphlets. In doing so, this project argues that the Royal Society's corruption demonstrates the dangers of absolute sovereignty that can impose faulty innovations upon the populace. The paper also compares the novel to Hayao Miyazaki's film, Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1989), to demonstrate how it effectively embodies and adapts Swift's warnings for the present day.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/qkxe-xkex
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/28546
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subjectjonathan swiften_US
dc.subjectgulliver's travelsen_US
dc.subjectlaputaen_US
dc.subjecthayao miyazakien_US
dc.subjectcastle in the skyen_US
dc.subjectroyal societyen_US
dc.titleLaputa and its Satire: From Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels to Miyazaki’s Castle in the Skyen_US
dc.typeResearch Paperen_US

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