버지니아 울프의 『파도』에 나타난 언어의 다성적 타자성 연구 (A Study on the Polyphonic ‘Otherness’ of Language in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves)

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초록

This essay shows how the idea of the ‘otherness’ of language is represented in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves. Language is a system of interdependent terms in which the value of each term results solely from the simultaneous presence of the ‘other.’ We can see that the being of the ‘other’ is indispensable to communicate through words in the world. Human beings have polyphonic characteristics which make themselves distinguished from other people. Woolf makes an effort to represent the ‘other’ in her novel The Waves in which six characters(Jinny, Susan, Louis, Neville, Rhoda, Bernard) appear with different voices of personality through their distinctive languages. Jinny is in the habit of using the language of entertainment, favoring the performance of dance. Susan portrays as overcoming the fundamental features of conflict and anxiety among existential beings by depending on nature called the ‘other.’ Louis finds himself the ‘other’ because of his using a local English accent rather than the traditional English accent. Neville tries to survive as a being in order to maintain the homosexual relationships with Percival, just as Woolf does with Vita Sackville-West. Rhoda imagines that she alone diverges from others, while other five characters can get to be a self by taking a detour through some realization of the ‘other.’ She seems to float on the white petals, swimming from shore to shore. Bernard is an outstanding character for his magical use of words well to pay much more attention to the ‘other’ than any other characters. His life looks like the panorama of life, composed of quite a different features.

영어초록

This essay shows how the idea of the ‘otherness’ of language is represented in Virginia Woolf’s The Waves. Language is a system of interdependent terms in which the value of each term results solely from the simultaneous presence of the ‘other.’ We can see that the being of the ‘other’ is indispensable to communicate through words in the world. Human beings have polyphonic characteristics which make themselves distinguished from other people. Woolf makes an effort to represent the ‘other’ in her novel The Waves in which six characters(Jinny, Susan, Louis, Neville, Rhoda, Bernard) appear with different voices of personality through their distinctive languages. Jinny is in the habit of using the language of entertainment, favoring the performance of dance. Susan portrays as overcoming the fundamental features of conflict and anxiety among existential beings by depending on nature called the ‘other.’ Louis finds himself the ‘other’ because of his using a local English accent rather than the traditional English accent. Neville tries to survive as a being in order to maintain the homosexual relationships with Percival, just as Woolf does with Vita Sackville-West. Rhoda imagines that she alone diverges from others, while other five characters can get to be a self by taking a detour through some realization of the ‘other.’ She seems to float on the white petals, swimming from shore to shore. Bernard is an outstanding character for his magical use of words well to pay much more attention to the ‘other’ than any other characters. His life looks like the panorama of life, composed of quite a different features.

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