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。49120

毕业论文关键词  民族身份 新民族主义 超越 缺陷

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

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 persity.

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

Table of 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

1 Introduction

1.1 Research Background 

Neo-nationalism is a branch of nationalism. It is unique in that it reacts specifically to the globalization of capital. Neo-nationalism is primarily based on the world-system’s theory, and use the core-periphery model to analyze. During 1960-80s, national theoretical researches mainly focus on the formation of a national community and its evolution in human social development process. Neo-nationalists emphasize on national reconciliation and coexistence. Narrow nationalism not only damages colonized countries, but also does harm to themselves. Through the description of the novel The English Patient, it is easy to find, Ondaatje denounced the narrow nationalism. However, like a double-edged sword, nationalism can impose both positive and passive impacts on a country’s policy. New researchers focus on humanism, the only way to surpass the nationalism is to respect every nation, treat any member of a nation equally.