V. S. 나이폴의『비스와스 씨를 위한 집』의 자아의 공간

• 영문명: A Place for the Ego in A House for Mr. Biswas. The Discourses of the Colonized as Personal Experience
• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: 손나경(Nagyung Sohn)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』영미어문학 제98호, 23~42쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2011.03.30

영문 초록

This paper investigated the quest for the individuality in A House for Mr. Biswas by V. S. Naipaul. V. S. Naipaul was a Nobel laureate for literature in 2001, and has been recognized as an illustrious British novelist from Trinidad and Tobago, a former British colony. On the other hand, some post-colonialists including Edward Said have adversely criticized Naipaul's attitude on Colonialism. This is caused by Naipaul's cynical and pessimistic description of the post-colonial situations, which led to Said's assertion that Naipaul misses and advocates the former British rule. However, Naipaul's and Mr. Biswas's abhorrence toward Hindu groupism and the quest for their ego as writer and individual can also be interpreted as a way to understand the colonial situation that they experienced personally. Mr. Biswas was a descendant of the Indian immigrants hired by the indentured labor system under British colonial rule. He and other Indians in Trinidad were in the state of 'exile'. They were rooted away from their homeland and thrown unwillingly into the new land. They tried to adhere to the communitycontrolled by traditional orthodox Hinduism to keep their old Hindu identity and to survive at a different and fast-changing society. At the same time, their groupism was helpful for them to face the hard reality under colonial rule and a drastic change from the feudalistic life into the capitalistic one. The Tulsis, the main source of Mr Biswas's agonies, is a symbol of this groupism, and his efforts to have his own house signify the quest for his ego, or individuality. The process of his quest goes through mimicry, self-awareness, and distortion or change of archetype.

목차

I. 작가 나이폴과『비스와스 씨를 위한 집』의 식민지적 경험

II. 망명객(Exile)으로서의 서인도제도인, 망명객으로서의 작가

III. 툴시 집안

IV. 비스와스 씨의 집짓기: 정체성의 탐색, 자신의 자리 찾기

키워드

포스트콜로니얼리즘 『비스와스 씨를 위한 집』서인도제도인 망명객 모방성 Post-colonialism A House for Mr. Biswas West Indian exile mimesis