Maugham 小說에 나타난 人間의 二重性 = Contradictory Elements of the characters in W. S. Maugham's Novels and Stories

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

W. Somerset Maugham said in The Summing Up, "The ordinary is the writer's richer field. Its unexpectedness, its singularity, its infinite variety afford unending material. The great man is too often all of a piece; it is the little man that is a bundle of contradictory elements." It dawned on me that he might have applied the 'contradictory elements' to his stories. And I began to think it interesting and useful to find out the 'contradictory elements' in his stories.
As I read one story after another, I found them in many of his stories. Such elements as morality and immorality, modesty and immodesty, love and hate, conversion, treachery and disguise are clearly seen in his stories. For example, a missionary of morality committed an immoral act in Rain. A spinster who denied immorality and was reputed as a virtuous woman eloped with a man in The Round Dozen. An educated woman who always wore an identification disc in memory of her dead husband stole into a man's bed in The Razor's Edge. Contradictory elements of morality and immorality are clearly seen.
A woman committed adultery with a friend of her husband's and had her husband killed by her lover in Footprints in the Jungle. A woman had illicit intercourse with a footman, pretending to lead a solitary life in. The Human Element. A newly married wife had secret intercourse with her father-in-law in Woman of Fifty. Contradictory elements of modesty and immodesty are obviously seen.
A woman loved a man and killed him when she found that he had another woman in The Letter. A chief sailor who had hated the captain's girl fell in love with her in The Four Dutchmen. A drunkard and rascal who had hated a missionary girl decided to marry her in The Vessel of Wrath. A wife of an artist who cursed her husband when he left her showed herself off as a wife of a genius in The Moon and Sixpence. An agent killed a girl whose love he had dearly won in The Hairless Mexican. A woman of an artist who had hated her husband's fellow artist finally fell in love with him in The Moon and Sixpence. Elements of love and hate are apparently seen.
A girl who had killed a man to save her lover's life eloped with another lover in Honolulu. A man who loved his wife and adored her literary activities eloped with the cook in The Creative Impulse. A woman who had been so devoted to her husband as to require a double bed when invited to a friend's home for a weekend eloped with a young lover in Virtue. A white man who had lived with a native woman for ten years married a white woman in The Force of Circumstance. Conversion to new lovers are manifestly seen.
A youth betrayed his bosom friend and married his friend's girl in A Man with a Conscience. A boy broke the promises he had made with his father in The Facts of Life. A postman paid court to a college girl, but when she had prepared herself to marry him, he refused to marry her in Episode. A woman who had promised to help her friend in marriage broke her promise in The Razor's Edge. We can see obvious elements of treachery.
A man who had worked as a carwasher hid his past and pretended to have come from a gentle family in The Lion's Skin. The couple who had once been criminals disguised themselves as gentle people in The Happy Couple We can see apparent elements of disguise.
In brief, elements of morality and immorality, modesty and immodesty, love and hate, conversion, treachery and disguise are obviously shown in many of W. Somerset Maugham's stories. Conclusively we can say many of his stories have 'contradictory elements' in them.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 目次 = i
• Ⅰ. 序論 = 1
• Ⅱ. 二重性 = 5
• 1. 道德性과 不道德性 = 5
• 1) Davidson 선교사의 姦淫 = 5
• 2) Ellie의 慾情 = 10
• 3) Porchester 孃의 逃走 = 13
• 2. 貞淑과 不貞 = 16
• 1) Betty의 密通 = 16
• 2) Laura의 私通 = 20
• 3) Bronson 부인의 姦通 = 23
• 3. 사랑과 증오 = 27
• 1) Crosbie 부인의 邪戀 = 27
• 2) 一等航海士의 愛慾 = 31
• 3) Ginger Ted의 結婚 = 33
• 4) Strickland 부인의 변덕 = 37
• 5) Stroeve 부인의 變心 = 39
• 6) The Hairless Mexican의 非情 = 40
• 4. 轉換 = 42
• 1) Butler船長의 愛人의 熱情 = 42
• 2) Albert의 逃走 = 45
• 3) Margery의 愛情 = 48
• 4) Guy의 運命 = 51
• 5. 背信 = 54
• 1) Jean의 奸計 = 54
• 2) Nicky의 不孝 = 57
• 3) Fred의 無情 = 61
• 4) Isabel의 弄奸 = 64
• 6. 變身 = 66
• 1) Bob의 俗物根性 = 66
• 2) Craig 부부의 表裏 = 69
• 7. 猜忌, 實利, 冷情 = 72
• 1) George의 猜忌 = 72
• 2) Herbert의 現實과 사랑 = 75
• 3) Lazzari夫人의 冷情 = 78
• Ⅲ. 結論 = 82
• Bibliography = 84
• Abstract = 86