셔만 알렉시의 『열 꼬마 인디언』과 『독설』에 나타난 미래 인디언 표상

• 영문명: New Native Americans in Sherman Alexie’s Ten Little Indians and Blasphemy
• 발행기관: 한국영미문학교육학회
• 저자명: 노헌균(Heongyun Rho)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미문학교육』영미문학교육 제24집 2호, 49~78쪽, 전체 30쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2020.09.30

영문 초록

Native American writer Sherman Alexie insists on “unsettling the Spirit of ’76” in his collections of short stories, Ten Little Indians and Blasphemy. By the Spirit of ’76 he means the Indian revolution spirit at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, the last war Indians won over the whites. America Indian Movement, the organization of radical and progressive Indians, made the centennial commemoration of the Spirit of ’76 in 1976 expecting that Indians will enjoy their complete sovereignty, independence, and de-colonization in 2076, the bicentennial year of the Spirit. Unlike its initial promises, the Spirit, however, has worsened the life conditions of Indians off as well as on reservations. Statistics tells that Indians live shorter, suffer from alcoholism and diabetes with higher rates, earn much less than poverty levels, and possess lower self-esteem. Alexie attributes the causes of the 3rd world-like Indian communities to the old fashioned ideas of the Spirit like tribalism, the priority of indigenousness over settlement, exclusive understanding of Indian authenticity, and strong resistance to get associated with other ethnic groups. Alexie exemplifies specific strategies to overcome the limited and obsolete Spirit in his short stories. Those Indians, Alexie assures, who are fully equipped with the post-Spirit can become re-born New Native Americans, navigating the despondent Indians into the promising ones.

목차

I. 들어가는 말

II. 『열 꼬마 인디언』에 나타난 탈 76 정신과 미래 인디언

III. 『독설』에 나타난 탈 76 정신

IV. 나가는 말

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키워드

76 정신 동화 원주민 이민자 아메리칸 드림 폭력 부족주의 아메리카 인디언 the Spirit of ’76 assimilation indigenous immigrant American dream violence tribalism Native American