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This essay aims to explore the possibility of recovering the ethics of the other, which has become lost in contemporary society as portrayed in Sarah Ruhl’s Dead Man’s Cell Phone. It examines the (un)representability of otherness and investigates the figuration process of the other, who defies representation. This study delves into the role of language in representing lost memories through the perlocutionary acts of others, and its contribution to reviving a human life within a community. To address these inquiries, the essay commences with a fundamental question: “Is it possible to unconditionally mourn for others who have lived an unethical life?” At the core of Ruhl’s play lies the theme of recovering humanity through the “confabulations” (65) of others. This theme explores how the perlocutionary acts of others can transform an inhuman existence into a human configuration, even though it is impossible and inappropriate to represent it directly. The study employs the concept of melancholia to analyze Ruhl’s play, which captures the dreamlike phenomenon of animating a lifeless object as a stranger within oneself. Through Ruhl’s nonlinear writing, the essay unveils the ethics of others at the juncture where human active subjectivity fades away and passive vulnerability takes hold.

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Ⅰ. 들어가는 글
Ⅱ. 타자성과 비밀의 재구성
Ⅲ. 언어의 취약성과 비선형적 작화
Ⅳ. 우울증적 동일시와 인간다움의 회복
Ⅴ. 나가는 글
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• 이지현 [ Jihyeon Lee | 부산대학교 박사수료생 ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학21 [English21]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1738-4052

• 수록기간

  1967~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820