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在其20世纪初创作的历史童话故事集《普克山的帕克》与《报偿与仙人》中,吉卜林通过童话的手段,重构了英国历史上的一些重要篇章,表达了自己对开始出现衰象的大英帝国的忧虑。同时,通过对一些英国重要历史人物和事件的重构,他也构建了吉卜林式的英国“民族性”:斯多噶般的坚韧、责任、荣誉感、自我牺牲精神和努力工作的态度,以及民族团结和宗教宽容精神。在吉卜林看来,英国人必须具备这些品质才能维护大英帝国的繁荣。
In his historical fairy tales “Parker Parker” and “The Reward and the Immortals”, which were created in the early 20th century, Kipling reconstructed some important chapters of British history through fairy tales and expressed his admiration for the beginning Worries about the decline of the British Empire. At the same time, he also built the Kipling-style British “nationality” through the reconstruction of some important historical figures and events in Britain: the stalwart, responsible, honorable, self-sacrificing and hard-working Stalks Attitude, as well as the spirit of national unity and religious tolerance. For Kipling, the British must possess these qualities in order to preserve the prosperity of the British Empire.