The … Revival national_awakening.1 · dlc014
The efforts of the … state to foster national fervor have led to a cultural renaissance. Even in the remotest villages of …, our citizens now understand their place as part of the … nation.
The census-taker watched as the door to the hut swung open. It was the most remote village he had yet visited, a place of two horses and a single winding road. A man stood in the doorway, and crisply saluted at the sight of his brass buttons. "What is your name?" "…," answered the man in the doorway. "And where are you from?" "I am a …, sir, like my father and his father before him."
Village Schooling national_awakening.2 · dlc014
… on the payroll of the government have founded village schools across the countryside of …. These village schools seek to increase literacy rates and foster a sense of … national identity amongst the peasantry.
"Our nation has had bad luck," the teacher began. "It has not yet been completely united. In these lands, our people are dependent on foreigners." She indicated towards the map on the wall, at the several regions shaded in black. "In these provinces, the foreigner rules, and it is very difficult for our brothers..."
The National Epic national_awakening.3 · dlc014
A recently-released compilation of traditional … poems and songs has captivated …'s increasingly literate populace. A well-read copy of … may now be found on every bookshelf in ….
The print-shop had never been so busy. Workers bearing palls of warm paper bustled to the stations at which they would be glued and bound in leather. In the back, the vast presses churned out page after page, each decorated with elegant knotwork and images of flowers. This stack of fifty was bound for …, this for …. Letters from private individuals and book-sellers alike were stacked atop a counter, awaiting entry into the ledger. A shout rang out from the front, from which a man in uniform has just departed. "An order from the Ministry - they want two hundred by Friday!
In Vernacular national_awakening.4 · dlc014
The famed scholar … has translated the New Testament into the … language. The growing corpus of …-language works has spurred an increase in the language's prestige amongst priests and intellectuals.
"I've ordered a copy of the Principia in …, and one of my colleagues has requested a full Bible in the same. If we can have one work of merit translated per year, and each translation done by a student that goes on to teach others, we shall have a sizable corpus by the end of the century. Far more than that, if the suppliers recognize the demand." "An ambitious undertaking, indeed. Do you believe you could manage to change the department over?" "I dream of a future where our language is one that others desire to learn - where a Swede may request essays from a … publisher. And, furthermore, I dream that one of my own students shall be the author of those essays."
National Romanticism national_awakening.5 · dlc014
Inspired by the rising tide of … nationalism, the … … has recently produced a magnificent romanticist painting portraying our nation's founding myth.
The personification of the … nation stood in the foreground, clad in robes and bearing a … flag. A broken chain leading into the shadow of the inglorious past trailed from her ankle. In the background lay a background of a beauty that could only be found in …, lit by a radiant rising sun whose light shone in the national colors. It bore a message that anyone could understand, yet few could replicate. Out of the dark past, a radiant new spring. Out of oppression, freedom.
Folklore national_awakening.6 · dlc014
The search for a shared national identity has turned the interests of the … to the countryside. Studying the traditions of the … is widely seen as a glimpse into a primordial … culture, untouched by foreign rule.
"They say Alexander the Great was the first …. That when his empire splintered, his generals formed the first … kingdoms." "Is that so?" "That they say it, or that it's true?" "The latter." "There's no difference, is there? If enough people say it, we will make it true."
One Nation, One People national_awakening.7 · dlc014
The state's efforts to define the nation by a shared … identity have spurred a feeling of alarm amongst its … population. Many … people fear that they will be forced to assimilate into the dominant culture.
"If he wishes to graduate, he is to learn the … language, and pass an exam written in …. We cannot make allowances at this time." The woman replied in …. Her son, an apologetic look on his face, relayed her statement in the official's own language. "And what of learning …? There are many of us here, and that is what we speak at home. Without … classes, he will forget it once he leaves home, and lose all connection to his family." "My advice to you, madam, is to learn …. You are a … citizen, are you not?"
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