베트남과 흔들리는 미국 남성성의 신화

• 영문명: Vietnam and the Shaky Myth of American Manliness Revealed in Tim O'Brien's Works
• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: 이승복(Seung-bok Yi)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』영미어문학 제113호, 1~19쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2014.06.30

영문 초록

This paper discusses the shaky and unsteady American mythology of manliness in Tim O'Brien's works. American society, as O'Brien himself has experienced and thus described so poignantly in his works, has long been proud of its dependence of military force for nation-building and expending its border. Since the closure of American frontier in the 1890s, America has looked for new frontiers. Vietnam is considered a New Frontier by American policy-makers and they are about to reenact the frontier virtues of the past and thus restore the manliness for American soldiers and public as well. American soldiers, accustomed to their society's respect for military force through army plays and mass media, try to relive their ancestors' manliness in Vietnam. The tough environmental forces of Vietnam, however, defy American desire and American soldiers witness the breakdown of their myth and suffer from traumatic experiences. To heal their hurt pride, the soldiers quite often commit serious crimes against civilians, and the wrongly conceived and ill-practiced acts of vengeance are no exception when they return to America, targeting their female partners as the very objects of restoring their hurt pride. O'Brien seems to suggest the possible solution to this hurt pride of male characters by presenting more flexible and accommodating femininity or feminine virtues, but soon finds that feminine virtues has limits in America where the myth of frontier and of manliness is still too strong and deep-rooted.

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Abstract

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2. 미국, 베트남, 뉴 프론티어, 그리고 상무(尙武)의 전통

3. 도전받는 남성성과 병사들의 대처

4. 폭력적인 남성성과 여성성의 한계

5. 결론

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키워드

팀 오브라이언 미국의 프론티어 남성성 신화 베트남 전쟁 상무주의 트라우마 경험 폭력 여성적 가치 Tim O'Brien American myth of manliness Vietnam War militarism traumatic experience violence feminine virtues