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In dealing with the issues of race, masculinity, and individualism in the nineteenth century antebellum milieu, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’s representation of the interracial relationship between Huck and Jim has been heavily contested. This is mainly because the novel’s portrayal of Huck’s individualism is intrinsically associated with his pursuit of control over his own body, which is threatened by his abusive father. These unstable psychological underpinnings are transformed upon his escape from his father and the emergence of Jim as his companion. This relationship is complicated by Jim’s racial identity, and the power and privilege at play in the interracial friendship. The symbiotic relationship between the white protagonist and his African- American comrade serves as a vessel that transports the protagonist’s immature desires from reality to fantasy, bringing him closer to the yearning emblematic of the American cultural ethos. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn prioritizes the mythic hero of the frontier, emphasizing self-determination and self-sufficiency achieved by navigating white-male selfhood. The adolescent fantasies of adventure and adult aspirations of independence, masculinity, and race amid the politico-cultural circumstances of the nineteenth century basically establish the novel’s notion of African American culture, which supports Huck’s frontier individualism. Consequently, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains a white-male commentary on slavery and antebellum southern culture, allegorically projecting antebellum anxieties into Huck’s psychology.

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Ⅰ. Introduction
Ⅱ. American Hypercanon and White Male Individualism
Ⅲ. Adolescent Fantasy and the Heir of Southern Antebellum Culture
Ⅳ. Conclusion
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• Myungsung Kim [ Assistant Professor, Mokpo National University ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학21 [English21]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1738-4052

• 수록기간

  1967~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820