『에드거 헌틀리』에 나타난 국민정체성과 악몽의 역사

• 영문명: National Identity and Nightmarish History in Edgar Huntly
• 발행기관: 한국아메리카학회
• 저자명: 양석원(Seokwon Yang)
• 간행물 정보: 『미국학논집』제37집 2호, 79~104쪽, 전체 26쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2005.09.01

영문 초록

  Composed in the wake of and set around the birth of the United States, Charles Brockden Brown"s Edgar Huntly critically addresses the question of the identity of the new nation and its people. An orphan who, like his European double Clithero Edny, has to secure social and economic independence, Huntly embodies young America which had to fashion its national identity ex nihilo, and his journey symbolizes early American history.
  Huntly"s journey turns into a nightmare in which he strikes down five native Americans. Huntly"s justification of his killing spree as righteous retribution for Indian hostility appears to advocate the national identity of white America as the rightful owner of the land and endorse American colonialism and imperialism. By throwing Huntly"s flagrant violence into bold relief and making Huntly the American disinherited, however, Brown"s gothic fiction presents America"s founding violence as unforgettable nightmare that haunts its history and implicitly questions the legitimacy of American nationhood and American citizenship.

목차

Ⅰ. 미국의 탄생과 국민정체성
Ⅱ. 정복 서사의 수사학
Ⅲ. 악몽의 역사
인용 문헌
Abstract

키워드

찰스 브라운 『에드거 헌틀리』 미국 인디언 국민정체성 제국주의 식민주의 Charles Brockden Brown Edgar Huntly native American national identity nightmare American history imperialism colonialism