존 스타인벡의 캘리포니아 소설을 통해 본 정전 텍스트의 불안과 비정전 비평의 위안

Abstract

Junyon Kim (Hongik U)The aim of this paper is not so much to critique Steinbeck’s view of race asto interrogate the way in which an overarching American identity can bereconceived against the multicultural backdrop of his California novels. Forthe purpose of reconceptualization of race relations in his fiction, I take ahybrid critical stance to rely much on the New Historicist, multiculturalist andpostcolonialist viewpoints. Reconsidering the color allegory in Pearlfromthese perspectives, I interpret the desire for the exchange value of white pearlsas a possessive dream for whiteness. This approach makes it possible to delveinto the complex meaning of America in the larger context of the Americas. Inthe section on Of Mice and Men,I attempt to reveal political implications of