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J.M. Coetzee’s Boyhood is part one of his autobiographical trilogy: Scenes from Provincial Life: Boyhood, Youth, Summertime. By defining Boyhood as an autobiography, this paper examines how Coetzee employs third-person present tense point of view as a strategy for revealing his truthful confession, (un)belonging. First, the use of the third-person present tense in Boyhood allows the narrator to present his estranged self and then to more objectively confront the historical self. The distance created by this point of view enables the narrator to avoid self-deception and generates a dialogue between the ‘self-of-writing’, which is doing the writing, and the written self. This leads the reader to consider the protagonist John’s confession as Coetzee’s own. Second, John, who experiences the prevalent (post)colonial dichotomy and discourse, resists belonging to the discriminatory system in South Africa. John responds to it by engaging in his unusual relationship between his father and mother and by experiencing emotional and physical reactions such as his vulnerable mind, illness, and even favorable response to English culture. Finally, John’s (un)belonging status between Afrikaans and English culture is transcended through identification with the farm. John recognizes that the farm, which is the land, does not represent any of the systems of Afrikaans Nationalism, English culture, or native South Africans.

목차

Ⅰ. 들어가며
Ⅱ. 작가의 고백
Ⅲ. 소속의 문제
Ⅳ. 나가며
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• 이영화 [ Lee, Younghwa | 전북대학교 강사 ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학21 [English21]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1738-4052

• 수록기간

  1967~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820