The Concept of Englishness and the Interwar English Culture in A.G. Macdonell´s England, their England

Abstract

The bachelor thesis presents and analyses how the depiction of English national identity in the Interwar period in the novel England, their England by A.G. Macdonell. In order to understand the concept and the epoch in which the novel was written, the bachelor thesis will provide historical, socio-economic and cultural context of the Interwar period and English national identity. The novel simultaneously reflects notions and perspectives of a real historical epoch in a hyperbolic nature.