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言語文化研究. 2009, 35, p. 55-72

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2009-03

【言語文化専攻編】

This paper takes a fresh look at The House Behind the Cedars (1900) written by Charles W. Chesnutt, a novelist of African-American descent. Placed at the very center of this historical romance with its diptych-like structure, Chapter 18 has been considered to be a mere interlude and has received less critical attention. However, when we take a closer look at the way in which the narrator describes the three seemingly minor characters in this chapter, its status as the novel’s thematic center becomes apparent. By reading the entire novel from this perspective, we can also recognize Chesnutt’s indirect attempt to depict a rather unconventional relationship between the middle-class “white” heroine and the working-class black man. Under the influence of the progressive Southern writer George W. Cable, Chesnutt thus tried to present a humanistic vision of race, thereby challenging the prejudiced racial understanding prevalent in those times.

10.18910/9341

9341

旧体制の下で : チャールズ・W・チェスナット『杉に隠れた家』第18章の役割

里内, 克巳

大阪大学大学院言語文化研究科

Japanese

2009-03

言語文化研究

35

55

72

https://hdl.handle.net/11094/9341

10.18910/9341

https://doi.org/10.18910/9341