‘불확실한 정체성’에 대한 불안과 처벌의 욕망: 디킨즈의 『리틀 도릿』과 영국성

• 영문명: Anxiety over 'Uncertain Identities' and the Desire for Punishment: Dickens's Little Dorrit and Englishness
• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: 허정애(Jeong-ae Huh)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』제155호, 173~201쪽, 전체 29쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2024.12.31

국문 초록

This paper delves into the anxieties surrounding the Crimean War among the English, focusing on the portrayal of ‘uncertain identities’ as absolute evil in Little Dorrit, and Charles Dickens's desire to eradicate this evil to secure a firm sense of Englishness. Dickens presents Blandois, a “cosmopolitan gentleman” who infiltrates and corrupts English society with his ambiguous identity, and Miss Wade, an Englishwoman with Eastern traits whose un-English “unsubduable” anger and defiance incite fears of rebellion, as embodiments of this perceived evil. By ensuring Blandois’s death and condemning Miss Wade to alienation and eventual exile from England, Dickens seeks to punish these evils and soothe the anxieties of the English populace. Moreover, Dickens offers characters like Amy Dorrit, Arthur Clennam, and Daniel Doyce as counterexamples—steadfast individuals who maintain their unwavering Englishness despite their encounters with ‘uncertain identities.’ These characters exhibit “self-subdual” by enduring and persevering without complaint in the face of unjust English realities. In light of these elements, Dickens emerges as a conservative figure who reinforces the existing English social order rather than a reformer aiming to change it. A re-reading of Little Dorrit thus reveals “the other Dickens.”

목차

1. 들어가며

2. “코즈모폴리턴 신사”에 대한 불안과 처벌의 욕망

3. “자제력 없는” 비영국적 여성에 대한 불안과 처벌의 욕망

4. 디킨즈의 대안: 확고한 영국 정체성

5. 나가며

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키워드

찰스 디킨즈 『리틀 도릿』 영국성 불안 불확실한 정체성 처벌 선 악 Charles Dickens Little Dorrit Englishness anxiety uncertain identities punishment good evil