다원 사회에서의 인디언 정신 : (루이스 어드릭의 『사랑의 묘약』을 중심으로) (Indian Pluralism in Multicultural Society) = Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine examines the possibility of rejuvenating America by following Native American values of respects for pluralism and cooperation which can be found in the disintegrated Indian society. The spirits of pluralism reflected in her novels have been in contrast with the values of rational individualism of the dominant Euro-American society. The world of the novel, though it is fragmented and confused from the Western point of view, has some characteristics of techniques and themes in common which corresponds to the atmosphere of postmodern age.
The narrative form of the book, which has been criticized as being confusing at times, gives unifying effects of different perspectives and enables the reader grasp the meaning of the whole stories. Though she depicts the fragmented Chippewa Indian society which is torn with love and hatred, death and survival in the process of the rise and the fall of the traditional society and the individual, she pursues the theme of survival and the healing power instead of expressing the voice of the social protest.
The plights of the characters come from the absurdities, contradictions in a nightmare world, an image that has plagued Native Americans since the white man landed on the American continent. But these problems are not confined only to the Native Americans. Their plights are universal like those of William Faulkner. For example, the characters such as Nector, June and King, represent the displaced identity of Native Americans. The characters of this group have been alienated by the Indian society as well as the dominant American society within the borders of two cultures because they have lost the sense of continuity of tradition.
However, another group of character such as Albertine Johnson and Lipsha Morrisey, members of the youngest generation, find a way to reconcile the conflicted codes of the two cultures. They are searching for their roots and for a way to understand their to the past. Both Lipsha and Albertine are still in the process of becoming. But Albertine knows her own need for the bonds of blood and tradition. She tries to talk to her grandfather about tribal politics and how he got things done in the old days. Lipsha, though and unfortunate hero of fate, is a wonderfully naive narrator in the Huck Finn tradition. At the book's end, he turns to home instead of lighting out for an individual destiny. He hadn't yet acquired a memory as a link between past and present. But he acquires his identity as a descendent of Native American as he reunites with his father. His discovery of his origins and his acceptance of them provide the positive value of pluralism.

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