Despite the material richness and comfort brought by science, which appears as a New God, modern man has lost not only his faith and sense of belonging, which once were the concomitants of his primitive oneness, but also his true self and identity. One of the most important themes in Eugene O’Neill’s plays is a problem of “identity.” His characters, through the struggle against “Force behind,” which means “fate,” try to achieve the pursuit of identity to overcome their alienation and frustration in their lives. We can find our true self and identity by the struggle against “fate” as well as the acceptance of the absurdity of the human condition. This paper studied The Hairy Ape and All God’s Chillun Got Wings by O’Neill. Yank of the former finds his true self and identity through his death in a gorilla cage while Jim of the latter, through his failure of a lawyer examination and the sacrifice of Congo mask.
한국중앙영어영문학회 [The Jungang English Language And Literature Association Of Korea]
설립연도
1968
분야
인문학>영어와문학
소개
본 학회는 영미어문학의 학술연구와 이에 부합하는 아래의 사업을 기획 수행하며,
또한 회원 상호간의 친목을 도모함을 목적으로 한다.
1. 학회지 발간
2. 연구 발표회, 강연회, 공동연구
3. 영미어문학 관련 도서출판
4. 영미어문학 관계 도서 및 자료의 모집 및 비치
5. 기타 본회의 목적 달성에 필요한 사업
간행물
간행물명
영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]