비밀의 열쇠로서의 여성 —번연의『천로역정』과 크리스티애나의 천로역정 (Woman as Key to Unlocking Secrets: Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress and Christiana’s Pilgrimage)

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초록

This essay examines the ways in which Bunyan’s heroine, Christiana, establishes
her identity as an essential and leading figure of a pilgrimage, independent
of Christian, the hero. As indicated in the “Author’s Preface,” Christiana
functions as a key to unlocking secrets left from joint sessions with her husband.
This role is merely solidified when she receives an invitation from the
Lord via Secret, an allegorical figure, waiting to be unveiled. Through the performance
in the Interpreter’s House, Christiana displays a capacity of understanding,
no less deep than Christian’s and demarcates a gendered sphere of
interpretation distinctive from the one occupied by Christian.
Christiana’s identity as a key to unlocking Christian’s secrets is shown most
powerfully in terms of her exercising her female spiritual principles. Her sensitive
response to the burden of interpretation forms the basis of principles, epitomized
as sympathy and sacrifice. In particular, through imaginatively experiencing
Christ’s sacrifice and suffering, she emotionally internalizes his spirit
and morality. The female principles that are strengthened in the model of
Christ help to overcome all the obstacles and difficulties faced by the pilgrim
community. Whereas Christian concentrates his own salvation, Christiana puts
her first priority in successfully completing the communal pilgrimage.
Through this pilgrimage, she, in turn, breaks the curse of Eve as a bearer of sin
and destruction and is reborn as Maria, a mother of life and model of patience.
Through this pilgrimage, she also recognizes fear as a source of emotional
power rather than a hindrance to the pilgrimage. In other words, she recognizes
how fear, by emphasizing respect for God, can propel rather than hinder
the journey towards salvation. That is how the community of the physically or
spiritually weak and exhausted in Part II arrive safely at their destination. They
follow the example set by Christiana, who fears God and embodies sacrifice
and sympathy. In Christiana, we can thus see Bunyan’s intention to create a
heroine equal to the hero.

영어초록

This essay examines the ways in which Bunyan’s heroine, Christiana, establishes
her identity as an essential and leading figure of a pilgrimage, independent
of Christian, the hero. As indicated in the “Author’s Preface,” Christiana
functions as a key to unlocking secrets left from joint sessions with her husband.
This role is merely solidified when she receives an invitation from the
Lord via Secret, an allegorical figure, waiting to be unveiled. Through the performance
in the Interpreter’s House, Christiana displays a capacity of understanding,
no less deep than Christian’s and demarcates a gendered sphere of
interpretation distinctive from the one occupied by Christian.
Christiana’s identity as a key to unlocking Christian’s secrets is shown most
powerfully in terms of her exercising her female spiritual principles. Her sensitive
response to the burden of interpretation forms the basis of principles, epitomized
as sympathy and sacrifice. In particular, through imaginatively experiencing
Christ’s sacrifice and suffering, she emotionally internalizes his spirit
and morality. The female principles that are strengthened in the model of
Christ help to overcome all the obstacles and difficulties faced by the pilgrim
community. Whereas Christian concentrates his own salvation, Christiana puts
her first priority in successfully completing the communal pilgrimage.
Through this pilgrimage, she, in turn, breaks the curse of Eve as a bearer of sin
and destruction and is reborn as Maria, a mother of life and model of patience.
Through this pilgrimage, she also recognizes fear as a source of emotional
power rather than a hindrance to the pilgrimage. In other words, she recognizes
how fear, by emphasizing respect for God, can propel rather than hinder
the journey towards salvation. That is how the community of the physically or
spiritually weak and exhausted in Part II arrive safely at their destination. They
follow the example set by Christiana, who fears God and embodies sacrifice
and sympathy. In Christiana, we can thus see Bunyan’s intention to create a
heroine equal to the hero.

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