Anxieties of the British Empire Reflected in the British Novels in Late -19th Century to Early 20th Century

本研究以大英帝国衰落时期为研究对象，试图考察帝国的焦虑是如何在同一时期的英国小说中得到反映的。仔细阅读主要写于19世纪末和20世纪之间的作品，可以发现帝国对这一时期的焦虑表现在这一时期许多虚构人物的身份危机中。康拉德和吉卜林笔下反复出现的男性形象就是典型的例子。他们的角色经常在一个被期待的男性化的外在自我和一个反男性化的内在自我之间发生冲突。冲突使他们陷入身份危机，往往导致自我毁灭。

Focusing on a period during the decline of the British Empire, this three year study attempted to examine how the anxieties of the Empire were reflected in the British novels of the same period. Close readings of works chiefly written between the late 19th century and the 20th century led to a revelation that the Empire's anxieties of the period were being expressed in the identity crises of many of the fictional characters of that period. Male characters repeatedly presented by Joseph Conrad and Rudyard Kipling are typical examples. Their characters often suffered from a conflict between an expected outer masculine self and an anti-masculine inner self. The conflict led them to identity crises which often resulted in self-destruction.