20세기 영소설의 內面的 自我探索의 길 : Conrad, Joyce, Woolf의 경우에서 = Self-ldentification in the Major Novels of Joseph Conrad, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

On the threshhold of the 20th century we can find three outstanding novelists who are different from the former writers in many respects. Joseph Conrad, James Joyce and Virginia Woolf tried to open an new way to grasp the reality of human minds. So the major characteristics of their main themes and new techniques are the objects of my study and the similarities and differences among them are also to he under examination. The three writers were all absorbed in thracing the inner reality of one's self and the problem of isolation and escape. Joseph Conrad's hero, Lord Jim suddenly meets "the hidden self" at the moment of jumping down onto the life boat from his steamship, Patna, which was loaded with more than 800 passengers. he suddenly finds the immoral and ugly self and tries to escape from his old society which seem to find facults with his deeds. His conflicts arise from the confrontation of the two selves.
And James Joyce's literary alter ego, Stephen Dedalus endeavors to escape from the labyrinth of the traditional society and catholic church to the road of becoming an artist. For he is isolated from his frends adn societies he must find his own self to become a great writer.
Meanwhile Mr. & Mrs. Ramsay runs away from the personal and unique world to find an outer general world in the lighthouse. Virginia Woolf tried to catch the hidden truth of the fleeting moments of ones inner world, which can unavoidably he expressed in her beautiful style.
The three writers are similar in the quest of the inner reality of one's self. They are all eager to dig out the hidden truth of life from the grifle happenings of life. Though the three are different from one another in the manner of dealing the materials, their themes are similar in a sense to each other, For the plot and chracterization, which were the major elements of the traditional novels of the 19th century, are next to the theme presentation and helping elements for the revelation of the main theme.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 序論
• Ⅱ. 自我探索의 過程
• 1. Jord Jim의 경우
• 2. Stephen Dedalus의 경우
• 3. Ramsay의 경우
• 4. Reality와 Isolation의 문제
• 5. 技法의 문제
• Ⅲ. 結論