从新民族主义视角探究《英国病人》对狭隘民族主义的超越及其缺陷_英语论文

Transcendence to Narrow Nationalism in The English Patient and Its Drawbacks ---- From the Perspective of Neo-nationalism

摘要

出生于斯里兰卡的加拿大籍作家迈克尔·翁达杰，在他的作品《英国病人》中表达了对民族身份定义的关注和困惑，而他的这种关注与新民族主义的观点不谋而合。因此，本文以新民族主义为理论支撑，通过对翁达杰的小说《英国病人》中体现出的民族身份缺失和重构，来揭示翁达杰对消除狭隘的民族观念的渴望。同时，本论文希望展示《英国病人》倡导的对狭隘民族主义的超越也有其缺陷，这种超越具有不完全性。《英国病人》期待一种对国别、民族、政治的超越，却忽视了民族文化的差异性和平等性。

关键词  民族身份 新民族主义 超越 缺陷

Abstract

Sri Lanka-born Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje expressed his concern and confusion of national identity in his work The English Patient and this kind of attention coincides with the idea of new nationalism. Based on the theory of neo-nationalism, this article reflects the lack of national identity in Ondaatje’s novel The English Patient, and reveals Ondaatje’s desire to eliminate narrow national concepts. At the same time, this paper hopes to show that surpass of narrow nationalism in The English Patient also has its drawbacks of incompleteness. The English Patient expects a transcendence of nation, race, politics, but ignores cultural and national diversity.

Key words：National identity; neo-nationalism; surpass; defect

Contents

1 Introduction 2

1.1Research Background 2

1.2 Research Object 2

2 Literature Review 2

2.1 The Evolution Of Nationalism 2

2.2 Different Schools Of Nationalism 4

2.3 Studies On The English Patient 5

2.4 Ultranationalism 6

3 The theme Of Nationalism In The English Patient 6

3.1 Neo-Nationalism VS Traditional Nationalism 6

3.2 Nationality Confusions 7

3.3 Reconstruction Of Identity 9

3.4 Transcendence To Traditional Nationalism In The English Patient 10

4 The Defects Of Neo-Nationalism In The English Patient 12

4.1 The Discrimination Of Hungarian Showed In The English Patient 12

4.2 Almásy Is An Escapist In Essence 12

4.3 Consciousness Of Nationality Can’t Be Eliminated On Every Accounts 13

4.4 The Author Ondaatje’s Time Limitation 13

Conclusion 14

Acknowledgements 15

References 16