『어둠의 심연』(Heart of Darkness)에 재현된 상징과 실재의 갈등

• 영문명: The Conflict between the Symbolic and the Real Represented in Heart of Darkness .
• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: 이선정(Seon jung Lee)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』영미어문학 제130호, 79~101쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2018.09.30

영문 초록

This study aims to explore the textual unconscious at work beneath the surface of Heart of Darkness using Lacanian psychoanalysis. To accomplish this, it firstly analyzes how the fantasy of imperial ideology functions to cover up the lack in the symbolic Other of 19th century Europeans. The fantasy of racism in which colonial blacks are considered as non-humans or sub-humans is the most effective device to conceal the inconsistency and irrationality of European colonialism. Secondly, it discusses in what way encounters with the real affect the psychological lives of individual subjects, by tracing the journeys of Marlow and Kurtz in the Congo. Through his journey, Marlow gains a new mode of subjectivity with which he can embrace the real within himself without being overwhelmed by it. On the other hand, Kurtz is thoroughly destroyed morally and physically by enjoying jouissance excessively, ignoring the warnings of the symbolic order. By understanding the conflict between the symbolic and the real ongoing in the social unconscious as well as in the individual unconscious, we can live down its disgrace as imperialist literature and deem it a brilliant guide for a deep journey into the human mind.

목차

1. 들어가는 말

2. 서구사회의 상징질서와 제국주의의 환상

3. 야생의 매혹과 위협: 실재의 두 얼굴

4. 나가며

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키워드

Conrad darkness Lacan the symbolic the real desire ideology imperialism post-colonialism 콘래드 어둠 라캉 상징계 실재계 욕망 이데올로기 제국주의 탈식민주의