Prior Walter as a Challenger and a Prophet of Hope in Tony Kushner"s Angels in America

• 영문명: Prior Walter as a Challenger and a Prophet of Hope in Tony Kushner"s Angels in America
• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: Yong-Nam Park(박용남)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』영미어문학 제88호, 155~173쪽, 전체 19쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2008.09.30

영문 초록

  Tony Kushner"s Angels in America challenges homophobic American conservatism, which stigmatizes and marginalizes homosexuals and PWAs as sexual "others." Prior Walter, a gay man with AIDS, transforms into a challenger and becomes a prophet of the new hope for America. According to Kushner"s political vision, Roy Cohn"s political immorality, selfishness, and self-contradiction parallel the angel"s and God"s selfishness, since God has seemingly abandoned Heaven, angels, and human beings, who are in desperate need. A dilapidated and chaotic Heaven symbolizes the contemporary barren America, where there is no justice and love. Thus, Prior quixotically challenges against the angel and refuses the angel"s demand to stop moving. Prior"s wrestling with the angel symbolizes Kushner"s struggle against American conservatism for liberalism, equal gay rights, and sexual subjectivity.
  In spite of dystopian aspects of America is a hopeful play, focusing on hope, healing, forgiveness, and interconnectedness between people who form whole communities, since socio-politically marginalized people - like Belize, Hannah, and Louis-show the possibility of loving, forgiving, and embracing "others" as citizens.

키워드

Tony Kushner Angels in America AIDS Homosexuality Hope Sexual subjectivity