포우의『낸터킷의 아서 고든 핌의 이야기』: 자전적인 삶과 정체성 탐색의 여행 (Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket: Autobiographical Life and Journey of Search for Identity)

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 한국영미문화학회
· 수록지 정보 : 영미문화 / 13권 / 3호 / 97 ~ 118페이지
· 저자명 : 민경택

초록

The aim of this study is to analyze Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket to reveal his autobiographical elements and search for identity. In The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Poe created the narrator and hero, Pym, as his fictional alter ego, and reflected his own autobiographical elements to him. Pym's friend Augustus Barnard represents Poe's real brother William Henry Leonard Poe as Augustus is two years older than Pym, the same difference between poe and his elder brother Henry. Also Augustus died at the same date of Henry's death. Poe attempted to demolish or blur the boundary between reality and fiction to search for his own identity.
Pym's journey toward the Antarctic symbolizes a journey of search for his own identity. Even though this journey seems to be an adventurous journey, it is imaginary or fictitious rather than real and visible. Throughout the journey, Pym is often confronted with many difficulties and mysteries in the boundary between life and death. Pym's voyage is also an attempt to disintegrate the invisible wall between appearance and reality. In this book, there are many symbolical values and philosophical implications about our life besides Poe's personal search for identity. Therefore, this work is a philosophical exploration about the inexplicable mistery of our life and nature.

영어초록

The aim of this study is to analyze Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket to reveal his autobiographical elements and search for identity. In The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Poe created the narrator and hero, Pym, as his fictional alter ego, and reflected his own autobiographical elements to him. Pym's friend Augustus Barnard represents Poe's real brother William Henry Leonard Poe as Augustus is two years older than Pym, the same difference between poe and his elder brother Henry. Also Augustus died at the same date of Henry's death. Poe attempted to demolish or blur the boundary between reality and fiction to search for his own identity.
Pym's journey toward the Antarctic symbolizes a journey of search for his own identity. Even though this journey seems to be an adventurous journey, it is imaginary or fictitious rather than real and visible. Throughout the journey, Pym is often confronted with many difficulties and mysteries in the boundary between life and death. Pym's voyage is also an attempt to disintegrate the invisible wall between appearance and reality. In this book, there are many symbolical values and philosophical implications about our life besides Poe's personal search for identity. Therefore, this work is a philosophical exploration about the inexplicable mistery of our life and nature.

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