영국 노예무역 폐지 운동의 두 여성 목소리

• 영문명: Two Female Voices in British Abolition Movement of Slave Trade
• 발행기관: 융합영어영문학회
• 저자명: 송기호(Ki-ho Song)
• 간행물 정보: 『융합영어영문학(구.English Reading and Teaching)』제9권 2호, 1~21쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2024.08.31

국문 초록

Hannah More’s Slavery: A Poem and Ann Yearsley’s A Poem on the Inhumanity of the Slave Trade deserve more critical attention in the eighteenth-century British poetry because they strongly condemned slave trade when most of the contemporary (male) writers ignored the topic. More and Yearsley were equally sympathetic to the Africans sold as slaves, however, they differ regarding how the matter could be solved. More’s claim for abolition is politically liberal enough but it is limited by her sense of racial and class superiority, so she emphasizes the restoration of degraded Christian morals of the white people rather than addressing the root cause. On the other hand, Yeasley blames laws and customs for tolerating slave trade. While claiming abolition, from her experience as a working-class woman Yearsley also reminds readers of the various forms of oppression within Britain. That is the reason why Yearsley is more worthy of our critical attention in the eighteenth-century poetry than More.

키워드

모어 이어슬리 18세기 여성 시인 노예무역 계급 Hannah More Ann Yearsley 18th Century women poets slave trade social class