상징폭력을 넘어선 새로운 대안적 공동체의 모색: 『로몰라』와 『데니엘 데론다』 (A New Community beyond ‘Symbolic Violence’: Romola and Daniel Deronda)

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초록

In this article, I analyse George Eliot’s Romola (1863) and Daniel Deronda (1876) on the ground of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of “Symbolic Violence.” I focus on three points: 1) the two heroines, Romola and Gwendolen reveal voluntary conspiracy to symbolic violence in their respective marriages; 2) both of them each deny their voluntary conspiracy in these relationships; and 3) they each search for a new community as an alternative to their unhappy married lives. Romola marries Tito, and Gwendolen bends to family pressure and marries Grandcour, which suggest their voluntary conspiracy to the invisible symbolic violence. However, they realize that their married lives are the beginning of conflict. Tito not only is an immoral coward who betrays some people, but also a patriarchal husband, and Grandcourt is a man of supreme will of dominance. So Romola pose questions the institution of marriage through her escape from her husband twice, and Gwendolen asks Deronda the way to overcome her will to kill the dominating Grandcourt. After the sudden death of their husbands, Romola and Gwendolen form a new matriarchal community. Romola enjoys her free life, though her new community without men is unrealistic and isolated from the world. Although Gwendolen’s society is also isolated from society, it seems to be more realistic than Romola’s.

영어초록

In this article, I analyse George Eliot’s Romola (1863) and Daniel Deronda (1876) on the ground of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of “Symbolic Violence.” I focus on three points: 1) the two heroines, Romola and Gwendolen reveal voluntary conspiracy to symbolic violence in their respective marriages; 2) both of them each deny their voluntary conspiracy in these relationships; and 3) they each search for a new community as an alternative to their unhappy married lives. Romola marries Tito, and Gwendolen bends to family pressure and marries Grandcour, which suggest their voluntary conspiracy to the invisible symbolic violence. However, they realize that their married lives are the beginning of conflict. Tito not only is an immoral coward who betrays some people, but also a patriarchal husband, and Grandcourt is a man of supreme will of dominance. So Romola pose questions the institution of marriage through her escape from her husband twice, and Gwendolen asks Deronda the way to overcome her will to kill the dominating Grandcourt. After the sudden death of their husbands, Romola and Gwendolen form a new matriarchal community. Romola enjoys her free life, though her new community without men is unrealistic and isolated from the world. Although Gwendolen’s society is also isolated from society, it seems to be more realistic than Romola’s.

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