James Joyce was known to be fascinated by the language of popular literature. His exposure to popular writing was extensive according to his letters. Joyce presents characters who are seduced and even shaped by the language around them. The consciousness of female characters in Ulysses and Dubliners has resonance of popular literature like novelettes, fairy tales, operas, lyrical poems, and pop songs. Gerty and Eveline look captives of surrounding discourses. Gerty could be regarded as grown-up Eveline after she refuses Frank's proposal of marriage. They are related intertextually to each other in that they have the same dream to get away from the family life with violent fathers. Romantic marriage is the picture of the Victorian happiness which strengthens the ideology of patriarchism. Gerty and Eveline long for marriage in vain. Gerty imagines Bloom is widowed or divorced, but that turns to be a false conjecture. Eveline selects one scenario for her own future and decides not to get involved in the marriage life. The scenario might be grounded on one of the novels she reads. A girl is subject to the tragic life if she is discarded after being sexually abused by a rogue in a story. And their futures are overshadowed by the ominous voices of their dead mothers. We hear the competing voices struggling to get the status of authority in the narrative. Narrative contains counter-narratives oriented to the opposite side. Polyphony of voices of opposition are inserted at odd angles to the major debates. Prevailing ideologies embodied in popular discourses over marriage and sexuality are subverted through Joyce's parody.
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]