Sense of the Nation and Morality in English Literature

几个世纪以来，英国文学一直受到宗教、政治和思想变化的影响。特别是17世纪以后，英国历史上出现了一些与民族危机有关的关键时刻，如反抗君主制和建立政权等。通过他们的哲学信息，英国文学的主题对于维护和构建英国人的民族意识具有重要意义。换句话说，英国文学的主题总是暗示着英国人的某种道德理想。英国文学的道德教育一直是建立公共价值观的关键。这项研究的目的是证明英国文学的建设性和公共性对于保持英国人及其社会的民族意识是多么重要。17世纪的文学作品与社会和政治主题紧密联系在一起，反映了内战、…危机带来的社会混乱更多的是君主制，等等。怀疑的氛围成为当时的社会风气。在那个时期，17世纪英国文学的主题继续具有社会批判性和艺术性。在这些文献中，英国人的道德困惑令人深感震惊。18世纪的英国文学，尤其是浪漫主义文学，表现出在法国大革命后得到显著发展的启蒙思想和平等主义情感影响下的意识形态。在这些文献中，关于人的自由和平等的人文主题被强调，以表明英国人思想的理想目标。19世纪以后，工业革命、科学的发展、政治和社会制度的变化对文学的主题产生了强烈的影响。由于道德、宗教、哲学的混乱，文学题材受到悲观的社会氛围的影响。在追求艺术理想和道德的现代主义之后，人们清楚地认识到英国文学的道德性形成了一种英国人的民族感，例如菲利普·拉金的作品。通过这些分析，我们检验了英国文学的道德性与英国人的民族感的构建密切相关。这也证实了英国文学的公共价值因其道德性而得到加强。较少

English literature has been influenced by the change of religion, politics, and thoughts through centuries. In particular after 17th century, there were some crucial moments in English history in the relation with national crisis such as the rebel against the monarchy and the establishment. Through their philosophical messages, the theme of English literature has been significant for maintaining and making up a sense of the nation of English people. In other words, the theme of English literature has always suggested a certain moral ideal for English people. A moral instruction of English literature has been a key for establishing a public value. The aim of this research is to prove how the constructive and public nature of English literature is important for maintaining a sense of the nation of English people and its society.The literary outputs of the 17th century strongly connected with social and political theme reflecting the social disorder by the civil revolution, the crisis of … More the monarchy, and so on. Skeptic atmosphere became social climate at that time. During those times the theme of 17th English literature continued to be socially critical as well as artistic. In these literatures a moral confusion among English people was seriously alarmed. The 18th century English literature, particularly the Romantic literature, showed the ideology influenced by enlightenment thoughts and egalitarian sensibility that were remarkably developed after the French Revolution. In these literatures the humanistic theme regarding human liberty and equality was emphasized to suggest the ideal goal for English minds. After 19th century, the Industrial Revolution, the development of science, the change of political and social systems strongly influenced the theme of literature. Literary theme was influenced by pessimistic social climate due to moral, religious, and philosophical chaos. After modernism that pursued the artistic ideal and morality, it was clearly recognized that the moral nature of English literature formed a sense of the nation of English people, for instance, in Phillip Larkin's works.Through these analyses, it is examined that the moral nature of English literature strongly related to construct a sense of the nation of English people. It is also confirmed that public value of English literature was reinforced by its moral nature. Less