Louis Becke's Pacific Tales: British Adventure in Realism

• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: Hye Ryoung Kil
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』영미어문학 제115호, 51~77쪽, 전체 27쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2014.12.31

영문 초록

Louis Becke, one of the best writers of the Pacific at the turn of the century, though mostly forgotten, deserves scholarly examination. His works, particularly short stories, depicting colonial reality and not imperial adventure, are stronger than Stevenson's Pacific tales. The strongly realistic narrative in Becke's stories, based on his own experiences as a trader, a supercargo, and even a short-time beachcomber, renders the author a critic instead of a supporter of British imperialism. This essay, discussing his major books such as The Ebbing of the Tide, Pacific Tales, Rodman the Boatstreerer and Other Stories, and His Native Wife, as colonial texts, explores how the realistic narrative on imperial adventure in the Pacific suggests criticism against British imperial expansion, instead of advertising it.

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adventure tale beachcomber Louis Becke missionary natives Pacific islands realism slaver trader