Journal of Economic Studies in Literature
JESL, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026, pp.51-71.
Print ISSN: 3107-3492; Online ISSN: 3107-3506
Journal homepage: https://www.jesljournal.com
DOI: https://doi.org/10.64058/jesl260103cernc
杨国静（Yang Guojing）
摘要：作为维多利亚王朝和不列颠殖民统治的文学代言人，丁尼生的诗歌深刻折射出当时的政治经济状况，以及他对时代困局的回应。对殖民经济体制及其后果的再现和反思，构成其文学创作的重要动机之一。丁尼生早期作品对忧郁思乡与盼归的书写，不仅渗透着对庞大殖民经济棋局中那些倦怠棋子的深切同情，也体现出他对经济扩张所引发的族共同体解离危机的警醒和焦虑，他的中后期作品通过《洛克斯利田庄》等长诗，不仅抒发对殖民经济体制的盛世忧思，同时更是致力于通过重写亚瑟王传说，实现其凝聚与重塑不列颠民族共同体意识的企图。
关键词：阿尔弗雷德·丁尼生 殖民经济 思乡 民族共同体 亚瑟王诗歌
作者介绍：杨国静，教授，上海财经大学人文经济思想与战略研究院院长，主要研究领域包括英美文学、批评理论、文学与经济跨学科研究。邮箱：yang.guojing@shufe.edu.cn。
Title: Colonial Economy and the Reconstruction of National Community Consciousness in Tennyson’s Poetry
Abstract: As the literary spokesperson of the Victorian era and British colonial rule, Tennyson’s poetry profoundly reflects the political and economic conditions of his time as well as his response to the predicaments of the era. The representation and critique of the colonial economic system and its consequences constitute a major motivation behind his literary work. His melancholic writings of homesickness and boudoir yearning not only convey deep sympathy for weary pawns entangled in the vast chessboard of the colonial economy but also reveal his alertness to the ongoing disintegration of national community brought about by economic expansion. In his middle and later works, he continues to express his anxious meditation on the colonial economic system in long poems such as “Locksley Hall” and commits himself to rewriting the Arthurian legend in an attempt to reconsolidate a sense of British national community.
Keywords: Alfred Tennyson; colonial economy; homesickness; national community; Arthurian poems
Author Biography: Yang Guojing, Professor, Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies of Humanities and Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China. His research interests include British and American literature, ethical criticism, disability studies, interdisciplinary studies of literature and economics. E-mail: yang.guojing@shufe.edu.cn.
Received: 01 May 2026 / Revised: 20 May 2026 / Accepted: 05 Jun. 2026 / Published online: 15 Jun. 2026 / Print published: 25 Jun. 2026.
