THE CONCEPT OF PATRIOTISM IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LITERATURES: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY OF THE LITERARY WORKS OF LEO TOLSTOY AND ERNEST HEMINGWAY

Abstract

Patriotism is regarded a fundamental source of inspiration for the people in defending their countries and desire for self-sacrifice to achieve liberty. The writers in the Russian and English Literatures clearly stated this idea in their literary works. Both of Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) and Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961) addressed the theme of Patriotism in depth in their respective literary works of War and Peace and A Farewell to Arms. Leo Tolstoy and Ernest Hemingway in their works tackled the idea of patriotism through war from a modern perspective. The View of Tolstoy and Hemingway is based on modern interpretations for the negative and positive effects of war on people. Further, both of them envisioned Patriotism as a source of inspiration for achieving the sublime goals during wartime.The study analyzes Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace (1869) and Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms (1929) according to the post-colonial approach. The study is divided into five chapters and a conclusion. Chapter one will concern with the background of the study which included preliminary, the problem, the significance, the aims the hypotheses, Data and Limits of the Study, the title and definition of the basic terms. Chapter two is an introductory chapter that consists of three sections. The first section discusses the political, social and cultural background. The second section deals with the post-colonial approach, along with the idea of Patriotism. The third section deals with the biography and works of both writers Leo Tolstoy and Ernest Hemingway.