加拿大民族特性的代言人——休·迈克伦南

Hugh MacLennan——Spokesman for Canadian National Identity

加拿大著名的民族主义作家休迈克伦南的作品涉及到了加拿大民族主义思想的各个方面。其代表作《晴雨表上升》的主题是加拿大民族特性的出现。通过这部作品,迈克伦南告诉人们战争虽然给加拿大带来了巨大的灾难,但它却唤醒了加拿大人的民族意识,催生了一个崭新的加拿大,崛起后的加拿大必将在世界发挥更大的支柱作用。迈克伦南的另一部代表作《两地孤栖》探讨了加拿大英法两个民族关系的问题,他旨在告诉人们,加拿大要想成为世界的中坚力量,首先必须是个真正统一的国家,而爱与尊敬是民族统一的关键。

Hugh MacLennan is a famous Canadian nationalist writer. His works deal with different aspects of Canadian nationalism. Barometer Rising, one of his representative works, deals with the emergence of Canadian national identity. MacLennan implies that the war might be Canada＇s disaster, but it awakens the national awarness of Canadian people and gives birth to a new Canada, which will become the central arch of the world. Two Solitudes, another representive work, deals with the English-French relationship in Canada. He points out that if Canada wants to become the key stone of the central arch, she must first stand as a nation untied in fact and that love and respect are the keys for national unity.