『아메리칸 환갑』에 나타난 디아스포라의 의미 변화 연구

• 영문명: Transformative Meaning of Diaspora in American Hwangap
• 발행기관: 한국아메리카학회
• 저자명: 조숙희
• 간행물 정보: 『미국학논집』제50집 2호, 171~190쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 기타인문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2018.09.30

영문 초록

Today, Korean American playwrights actively participate in enriching cultural and social diversity of the North American countries such as USA and Canada. One of their favorite motifs in their plays is the diasporic experience of the Koean immigrants into the New Continent. American Hwangap by Lloyd Suh deals with Chun Min Seok--a Korean man who emigrates to the States, returns to Korea, and then goes back to the States again. After three migrations, he finally decides that the home in the USA is the place he really belongs to. Witnessing the process while his children as well as Chun suffer from various diasporic hardships leads one to realize that the meaning of diaspora has been changing from that of the past. If the original meaning of diaspora is the people or experiences the immigrants have to face in alien places as a result of political scapegoats, modern diaspora is more often than not created by those who are willing to emigrate to new places for economic reasons. Therefore, American Hwangap shows the extended and transformative meaning of diaspora.

키워드

Lloyd Suh American Hwangap diaspora immigration home