THE JUNGLE BOOK

Rudyard Kipling 지음

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The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by the English author Rudyard Kipling. Most of the characters are animals such as Shere Khan the tiger and Baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or "man-cub" Mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. The stories are set in a forest in India; one place mentioned repeatedly is "Seonee" (Seoni), in the central state of Madhya Pradesh.

A major theme in the book is abandonment followed by fostering, as in the life of Mowgli, echoing Kiplings own childhood. The theme is echoed in the triumph of protagonists including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and The White Seal over their enemies, as well as Mowglis. Another important theme is of law and freedom; the stories are not about animal behaviour, still less about the Darwinian struggle for survival, but about human archetypes in animal form. They teach respect for authority, obedience, and knowing ones place in society with "the law of the jungle", but the stories also illustrate th.....

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저자(글) Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (/rdjrd/ RUD-yrd; 30 December 1865 18 January 1936)[1] was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.

Kiplings works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888).[2] His poems include "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), "The White Mans Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands" (1899), and "If" (1910). He is seen as an innovator in the art of the short story.[3] His childrens books are classics; one critic noted "a versatile and luminous narrative gift."[4][5]

Kipling in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was among the United Kingdoms most popular writers.[3] Henry James said "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius, as distinct from fine intelligence, that I have ever known."[3] In 1907, he was awarded th.....