Travel Literature and Its Historical Background in the Romantic Period: Changing Consciousnesses of Nation and National Identity in Britain

这项研究揭示了当英国开始在世界上扩张其海上霸权时，国家身份意识在旅行记录中出现的变化。七位研究人员合作研究了不同类型和类型的旅行叙事和关于“其他”文化的话语，以说明文学通过与文化“其他”的相遇反映英国身份不稳定感的方式。在五年的研究中，我们邀请了外国学者，并主办了几次国际研讨会和会议，同时在期刊和书籍上发表了许多文章。总的来说，这是一个成功和富有成效的项目。

The research has illuminated the changing consciousness about national identity as it emerges in travel accounts at the time when Britain began to expand its maritime hegemony over the world. Seven researchers collaborated to examine different genres and types of travel narratives and discourses on ‘other’ cultures to illustrate the way in which literature reflects the destabilised sense of British identity through encounters with the cultural ‘Other.’ During the five-year research, we invited foreign scholars and hosted several international symposiums and conferences, while publishing numerous articles in journals and books. As a whole, it proved to be a successful and productive project.