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Yi, Jae Eun. “Evolutionary Analysis of Identity: After Darwin.” Studies in English Language & Literature 43.2 (2017): 219-243. This study explores Timberlake Wertenbaker’s play, After Darwin and her comparison of the process of variation in the theory of evolution to the shifting identities of modern people. Whereas for animals the aim is reproduction, for humans the aim is evolution for the purpose of exploring these identities. In the play, Darwin and FitzRoy are forced to confront their contrasting world-views. The actors who play them, and also the other characters appearing in this ‘play within a play’ continually come into conflict with each other because of their differing views on existence. But throughout the arguments they never lose the sense of their own individuality. This conflict is one element of culture that evidences the evolution of humans. Culture acts as a pointer towards the evolution of human society. History can be seen as a text recording the evolution of the cultural environment, the symbiosis of the individual, embodying a range of identities, and culture. As with biological evolution, human identities evolve through cultures and histories. Rather than approaching evolution from the standpoint of evolutionary biology, This study sees it as ‘a step by step process of improvement’ individuals, culture and history, which serves to frame discourse within the humanities. (Chungnam National University)

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Abstract
 I. 서론
 II. 정체성: 진화하는 생명체
 III. 문화: 정체성의 변이와 변형을 이끄는 진화의 장
 IV. 역사: 문화충돌과 혼종의 진화텍스트
 V. 결론
 Works Cited

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• 이재은 [ Yi, Jae Eun | 충남대학교 ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [Studies on English Language & Literature]

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  1226-8682

• 수록기간

  1972~2020

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820