The Development of Unionism and the Formation of Early-Modernist Narrative in British Fiction

这个项目主要涉及约瑟夫·康拉德和H. G.威尔斯，研究了19世纪后期工会主义和劳工运动的发展如何影响早期现代主义叙事的形成。本研究以大众媒介中劳工“声音”的增加与当代小说叙事的特徴之间的关系为切入点，说明在一系列成功的劳工运动后，阶级社会中的话语增多，如何引发早期现代主义文学独特的唯美主义。此外，人们还发现，在工会主义时代，随着劳动者作为一个群体的社会影响力的增加，群体的虚构角色也在扩大。

This project, dealing mainly with fictional works by Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells, investigated how the development of late nineteenth-century trade unionism and labour movements influenced the formation of early-modernist narrative. By focusing on the relationship between the rise in labourers' "voices," observed in the popular media, and the specific features of contemporary fictional narrative, this research demonstrated how the unique aestheticism of early-modernist literature arises in response to the multiplication of speeches within the class society after a series of successful labour campaigns. Furthermore, it was discovered that the fictional role of crowds expands as the social influence of labourers as a mass increases in the age of unionism.