Mary Rowlandson’s Dual Positions as Ideal Puritan Wife and Acculturated Captive in The Sovereignty and Goodness of God

• 영문명: Mary Rowlandson’s Dual Positions as Ideal Puritan Wife and Acculturated Captive in The Sovereignty and Goodness of God
• 발행기관: 한국아메리카학회
• 저자명: Heui-Yung Park
• 간행물 정보: 『미국학논집』제49집 1호, 221~241쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2017.05.30

영문 초록

This essay looks into Mary Rowlandson’s 1682 captivity narrative, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God, Together with the Faithfulness of His Promises Displayed; Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson. Examining this narrative reveals how Rowlandson represented herself as a devoted Puritan woman and also presented her own perspectives that diverged from those of the Puritan leaders and community. This essay first explains the background in which Puritan captivity narratives appeared in New England in early America. It then argues that the twofold representations of Rowlandson as a faithful religious woman and an acculturated captive to the American captors point to how she deliberately negotiated her captivity experience to meet the expectation of her native English community and to show her own standpoint. While conforming to the ideal image of Puritan women according to the demand of her religious and male-centered culture, Rowlandson managed to disclose her voice that denied the dominant religious and cultural ideologies of her time.

목차

Introduction

I. Puritan Captivity Narratives in Colonial America

II. Between Faithful Puritan Wife and Acculturated Captive

Conclusion

키워드

Acculturated Captive Captivity Narratives Colonial America Mary Rowlandson Puritan