『메리 트레버스의 우아함』에 나타난 제 3의 공간 연구

Abstract

In this paper, we try to analyze the corelation of Timberlake Wertenbaker's heroine's moment of awakening with Julia Kristeva's theory of "the third space". Kristeva insists that the third space removes the distance between two rival entities, such as man/woman and ruling class/not ruling class. The new feministic approach by Kristeva rejects the dichotomy created by the extremely stubborn attitude of binerism. While Kristeva insists on the experience of the third space and personal development, Wertenbaker's The Grace of Mary Traverse presents the heroine who moves into the cognitive third space through a journey. Mary, the heroine, has a chance to experience the power of man's world-sexual pleasure, gambling and politics. After the journey, she gets the cognitive third space with Sophie's help who has a simple and sincere view for the world. "The third space" which does not contain the strict boundary between sexes and classes and any other two opposite world enables the Wertenbaker's characters to establish their identity and hope safely.