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Although its spiritual power does not call so much attention as that of Howards End, Wickham Place is certainly another house in Forster's Howards End that deserves careful examination. The house constitutes the origin of the Schlegels, and the Schlegel sisters' physical separation from the house betokens the novel's disavowal of Romantic idealism associated with the late Mr. Schlegel. In the earlier part of the novel, Helen's critical voice dominates, penetrating the reification of the contemporary British society and recognizing the existence of class struggle. Yet, following the sisters' move out of Wickham Place, the narrator gradually distances himself from Helen's idealistic voice and endorses the view of the novel's ultimate heroine Margaret. As a member of “the rentier class”—those who live mainly on investment income, Margaret chooses to resolve the moral dilemma of her class by reconciling with the industrial capitalists such as the Wilcoxes. In order to achieve a difficult harmony, Margaret invents a symbolistic vision of unity that can replace a reality full of problems and struggles. Thus, Howards End, which represents England as a whole, comes to function as a synecdoche. However, this use of synecdoche displaces the other parts of the whole, while cultivating the particular and polishing the fragment. This inorganic synecdoche reveals Forster's tentative solution to the problems surrounding the relationship between the aesthetic and the practical in the contemporary society.

목차

I. 들어가는 말
 II. 헬렌의 내러티브 : 비판적 이상주의의 좌절
 III. 마가렛의 내러티브 : 실용적인 예술적 비전의 확립
 IV. 나오는 말
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저자

• 조희정 [ Cho, Heejeong | 중앙대학교 ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810