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The purpose of this study is to analyze Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible from the perspective of subalterns’ voices. The five females, Orleanna, Rachel, Leah, Adah, and Ruth May, tell their own stories with the Congolese history. An abusive father and self-righteous husband, Nathan Price risks his whole family in pursuit of missionary obligation in Congo, Africa. The Congolese can’t understand his speech, “Tata Jesus is Bangala!” which means the poisonwood tree by his mispronunciation. His domination of his family and Kilanga people ended with Ruth May’s unexpected death. Initially, as a dutiful wife, Orleanna follows Nathan’s decision, but she initiatively takes a role of guiding her remaining daughters. Rachel, who wants to go back her materialistic world, stays in Africa with her own‘The Equatorial’ hotel after several marriages. After Adah returns to her American home, she becomes a doctor and embraces her hemiplegia. Leah, who was an advocate of her father, remains in Africa with Anatole and their four sons. As the youngest, Ruth May’s naive and energetic character doesn’t care about Nathan’s religious mission, race, language, or politics. Her death makes her mother and sisters recover their own voices.

목차

I. 서론
II. 본론
1. 어머니가 부르는 노래: 올리애나 프라이스
2. 자신을 위한 노래: 레이첼 프라이스
3. 지성인이 부르는 노래: 에이다 프라이스
4. 콩고의 노래: 리아 프라이스
5. 순수의 노래: 루스 메이
III. 결론
Works Cited
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저자

• 이영애 [ Yi, Young-ae | 한라대학교 ]

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간행물

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810