A Study of British Political Identity in “A Tale of Two Cities”

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10.2991/assehr.k.210609.004How to use a DOI?

Keywords

“A Tale of Two Cities”, democratic politics, British, National Identity

Abstract

Dickens’s “A Tale of Two Cities” was written in Britain, where the labor movement was fierce in the 1850s. The novel depicts the violence and inhumanity in Paris during the French Revolution, while London is portrayed as a savior. Through the comparison of killing and redemption, the novel actually constructs a community imagination of British democratic politics. British parliamentary politics has played a key role in alleviating social contradictions. In the turbulent society of British workers fighting for political freedom, the novel portrays the “two cities” literature. The image, while warning against violent revolution, also highly strengthened the British national identity.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Liu Yuan
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TI  - A Study of British Political Identity in “A Tale of Two Cities”
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Art and Cultural Exchange (ICLACE 2021)
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