Holden Caulfiefld의 American Adam的 性格 : J.D. Salinger의 The Catcher in the Rye에서 = The American Adamic Character of Holden Caulfield; In the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper attempts to investigate the American Adamic trait of Holden Caulfield, a hero in The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. The Work is a story about an innocent, who persists in the posture of innocence as if it seems to be possible for a human being to preserve the childism of an innocent.
A sensitive hero, Holden is on a journey in search of himself. His individuality is threatened by society. He upholds the sanctity and inviolability of the individual. On his moral journey, the adolescent on the threshold of maturity confronted the adult soceity and desperately tried to uphold innocence. But the mass society denied him his individu-ality. As a punishment for his refusal to conform he is committed to a sanatorium. At the end he falls into a victim of the corrupt society.
The protagonist is also one of the American Adamic heroes, though with a significant difference from them. Unlike the other American hnights-errant, Holden seeks the virtues of love above all the things. He is not driven toward honor or courage, but toward love of his fellow man, charityr-virtues which were perhaps not quite virile enough for Natty Bumppo, Huch Finn, or Nick Adams. In this respect, hequests for virtues different from what other American heroes hold for their virtues; honor, pride and courage.
But like these American heroe he is also a wonderer, not satisfied with the adult society, rejecting all the establishments, longing to return to the nature or the west.
Being a sensitized outsider, he reveals an instant physiolosical response against any kind of hypocricy and mendacity. And many critics refer him as to a quixotic rebel But he feels not only nauseated at the way in life of the vulgarians who give the top priority to a quest for reputation and reward, but also abhorrent of the ciyilized society made by them. With self-conscionsness of Messish, he tries to protect the innocents from the corrupt society, but like almost all the Messiahs, he is doomed to be an outsider. The ou tsider carries the heavy burden of love, the burden makes of him somtimes acvictim and sometimes a scapegoat saint. It is true of Holden as well.
Thus in a sense he assumes a common charater of the American Adam, advancing hopefully into a complex world he knows not of; defeated, perhaps even destroyed, but leaving his mark upon the world, and a sigh in which conquest may later become possible for survivors.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ.序論
• Ⅱ.探索의 遍歷
• Ⅲ.無垢의 追求
• Ⅳ.精神的 師表의 追求
• Ⅴ.結言