Sunday, 24 June 2018

Compare the use of verisimilitude in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.

Verisimilitude refers to how closely a fictitious literary work resembles reality and
is considered plausible to the reader. Verisimilitude is essential in a work ofto convince the
audience that the events taking place in the story are possible, given that the reader has
suspended disbelief.

When examining the verisimilitude of 's
 and Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, one can delineate
a stark contrast in reference to the purpose of both fictional works. Swift's fantasy story,
which includes six-inch citizens, giants, floating islands, and talking horses, is an. His goal
was to satirize European culture, particularly the English...

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