신시아 오직의 히브리 여성적 사유 : Puttermesser Papers를 중심으로

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This thesis aims to deal with Hebrew women's thought in Cynthia Ozick's Puttermesser Papers. Puttermesser Papers shows three aspects of Hebrew thought and exhibits how Cynthia Ozick as a feminist confronts androcentric culture and oppression.
The first aspect of Hebrew women's thought constitutes a way of relation-oriented thinking. A self becomes a “Jewish self” in threefold relationship. First, the covenant relationship with the One God is fundamental to Jews. What Puttermesser wanted to solve in her life was on the existence of God. The kinship between Puttermesser and her golem shows how Israel builds up a committed relationship with their God. Second, each individual is diachronically related to both the past and future generations so that the existence of the person becomes a part of history. For Jewish memory, creative Puttermesser breathed new life into Uncle Zindel who had died before her birth. Third, a self realizes as a being through the fellowship. Puttermesser's isolated life is a counterexample of the importance of relationship.
The second aspect of Hebrew women's thought is described as a challenge to sexism and oppression. Puttermesser, Jewish-American woman, experiences both the Jewish and American world. She criticizes for male-centered cultures in both societies and shows woman’s capacities. Nevertheless, Puttermesser accepts the masculine interpretation of sexuality and treats it as a demonic desire. On the contrary, Xanthippe’s cry for love stands for Ozick’s strong disapproval of sexual oppression.
Finally, a pursuit of oneness forms third aspect of Hebrew women's thought. This contrasts with Platonic dualism. In real world, Puttermesser’s emotion, desire, and sexuality were suppressed while she was pursuing a life of Platonic virtue. However, in Paradise Puttermesser felt free from hierarchical and dualistic mentality and then she could find happiness and contentment. After realizing the hidden meaning of Paradise, she yearns for the integrated life that pursues transcendence and immanence together.
In sum, it would be considered that reading Puttermesser Papers is meaningful in the viewpoint of Hebrew women's thought. A way of relation-oriented thinking could lead an individual and isolated life into a harmonious and coexistent one. In the same way, the acceptance of Hebrew women's thought pursuing oneness would provide a foundation for an alternative to sexism and sexual oppression.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서론 1
• Ⅱ. 본론 6
• A. 관계중심적 사유 6
• 1. 신과 인간과의 관계 6
• 2. 세대와 세대와의 관계 15
• 3. 나와 타자와의 관계 22
• B. 도전적 사유 32
• 1. 성차별주의에 대한 도전 33
• 2. 섹슈얼리티 억압에 대한 도전 49
• C. 일원적 사유 60
• 1. 이성과 감정의 통합 61
• 2. 하늘과 땅의 통합 72
• Ⅲ. 결론 84
• 인용문헌 88
• Abstract 94