‘권력투쟁’과 ‘주체성’으로 살펴본 『귀향』
‘Struggles for Power’ and ‘Subjectivity’ in The Homecoming
- 발행
- 2013 등록이 논문은 발행 시점을 확인하지 못해 원문 등록일을 적었습니다. KCI가 2005~2008년에 옛 논문을 몰아서 올린 탓에, 그 시기 등록분은 발행보다 평균 3~5년 늦습니다. 실제 발행연도는 더 이를 수 있습니다.
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- 국내 KCI
- DOI
- 10.18853/jjell.2013.55.3.018
- 원문
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개념
키워드
핀터, 『귀향』, 권력, 권력투쟁, 주체성, 폭력, 주도권, Pinter, The Homecoming, power, struggles for power, subjectivity, violence, hegemony
초록
The characters in Pinter’s works play games with words not only to face the reality of life, but also to protect themselves from others. In The Homecoming, the main characters use abusive words and sometimes fight against each other to secure their own field. Especially, the male characters fight for hegemony even before Teddy coming back home with his wife, Ruth. They fabricate the pasts and idealize themselves to vie for power. But they all give in to Ruth’s power, including Teddy.
 Ruth’s intuitive words, which are well contrasted with Teddy’s metaphysical words, elicit immediate responses from her opponents. Besides, The Homecoming illustrates the violent force that abusive words bring about and the negative effect that distorted words cause.
 The Homecoming starts with family rows, specifically a quarrel between father and son in a ‘motherless’ home. Their conflict intensifies on the ground of the breakdown and change of family structure, which occurs in the motherless home. In a traditional home, a mother internalizes family ideology and teaches her children patriarchal disciplines. But if the mother is not in the home or refuses to accept the role as a discipliner,