Swift Voltaire And Utopian Satire

Continue your exploration of the early history of utopia by examining notable works produced during the two centuries fo... (more)

Continue your exploration of the early history of utopia by examining notable works produced during the two centuries following More's initial work. Compare and contrast the ideas of "classical utopia" and "critical utopia" and understand how laughter was an integral part of 18th-century utopian storytelling, focusing on Voltaire's Candide and Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. (less)