ENGLISH CULTURE IDENTITY MANIFESTATIONS IN GRAHAM SWIFT’S WORK
ENGLISH CULTURE IDENTITY MANIFESTATIONS IN GRAHAM SWIFT’S WORK

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the aspects related to English culture present in Graham Swift’s work through the grid provided by culture identity manifestations, which includes values, symbols, rituals and practices, and heroes/ personalities (Baciu 2013). The analysis offered by this paper wishes to complete the analyses in previously existing papers and works of literary criticism regarding Englishness and Britishness in Swift’s work, which can be used to understand the frame of mind that is specific to Great Britain during various historical ages, from 1947 in his debut novel, The Sweet-Shop Owner (1980), to the present age in his short stories collection England and Other Stories (2014).

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