Literature review 2

By reading the introduction of Pecora’s article, I acknowledged some conceptions about nations and states.

In the author’s opinion, he insists that the use of the word “democracy” is much older than that of the word “nation-state.” The language has a close relationship with the government. Ethnicity is a word that can be used to describe different situations. The nation being as a political term since the mid-eighteenth century. Some big war events such as French Revolution all cause-related with this. It is hard to estimate whether reformation is a significant transformation of the Europe or not. The change brings about the attention to the importance of the domestic language. If we want to understand the history of the nation, it is essential to study the ancient Israel and Greece. Between the ancient Hebrews & reformation, it is critical for the humanists to increase the loyalty of national idea. In the ancient Greece & Rome, they make an excellent contribution to the literature for the later generations. By appreciating their works, the later generation acquires a vast amount of knowledge and skills. Anthology is an ironic enterprise by its nature. Nowadays, the anthology is more or less likely to this kind of type. It has been studied that the nation-state & nationalism are rising in the Europe & its colonies. But it is not mean that all of the non-western nationalisms adopt the European model even though many have done that.

By reading his article, I know that if we would like to study the modern literature, we need to get back to the ancient times, such as Israel and Greece. The literature of those times helps us better know how the essay develops with time. We can certainly learn new things from those books, and it can illuminate our future life.