イギリス文学にみられるスポーツについて(3) : C.Dickensと「合理的娯楽」運動

Abstract

The aim of this study is to make clear rational recreation movement in relation to the social structure in the nineteenth century England. C.Dickens' "Hard Times" is examined h e r e . Literature works have been thought to be a useful means of assessing of sport Literature makes it possible to analyse contemporary society more realistically than by social science because it tends to show the time and society more vividly its free imagination. To explain sport through literature seems to be most suitable approch. From this point of view, rational recreation movement in the nineteenth century England will be discussed in this paper, mainly concerning power in modern society and traditional recreation in the work of C.Dickens.