인문학
사회과학
자연과학
공학
의약학
농수해양학
예술체육학
복합학
지원사업
학술연구/단체지원/교육 등 연구자 활동을 지속하도록 DBpia가 지원하고 있어요.
커뮤니티
연구자들이 자신의 연구와 전문성을 널리 알리고, 새로운 협력의 기회를 만들 수 있는 네트워킹 공간이에요.
초록·키워드
The equivocal ending of 『The Catcher in the Rye(1951)』, where Holden returns to his home after all, has been a hot issue among a lot of critics and readers. In fact most of them have regarded its finishing as a failure or a tragedy. This study tried to contradict the opinions from the point of Taoism. It focuses on Salinger"s three works, 「A Perfect Day for Bananafish(1948)」, 『The Catcher in the Rye(1951)』, 「De Daumier-Smith"s Blue Period(1952)」, and draws its conclusion by comparing the finish of his only long novel with those of the short stories left.
As the result, Holden"s returning home, the ending of 『The Catcher in the Rye』, can be considered positive, not tragic. Holden"s problems are the result of dualistic Western thought in which the ideal world is superior to the real world. The ideal world, however, is a conceptual and fictional place. It exists only in our thought. Holden"s efforts to find the ideal world called "rye field" were already destined to fail. It was Holden"s dramatic change of thought that he did not give up despite failures unlike Salinger"s other heroes. The repeated failures helped him newly recognize Taoism in part. Taoism is different from Western thought in that it disputes the eternally unchangeable world. It says there exists only the actual world we live our everyday lives. We should find Tao in our ordinary places. Accordingly, Holden"s last choice of returning home, instead of continuing the adventure for "rye field", is not a frustration or a halfway-compromise. His going home can be accepted as the result of his newly recognized Taoism as well as the beginning of flight for the ultimate reality.
As the result, Holden"s returning home, the ending of 『The Catcher in the Rye』, can be considered positive, not tragic. Holden"s problems are the result of dualistic Western thought in which the ideal world is superior to the real world. The ideal world, however, is a conceptual and fictional place. It exists only in our thought. Holden"s efforts to find the ideal world called "rye field" were already destined to fail. It was Holden"s dramatic change of thought that he did not give up despite failures unlike Salinger"s other heroes. The repeated failures helped him newly recognize Taoism in part. Taoism is different from Western thought in that it disputes the eternally unchangeable world. It says there exists only the actual world we live our everyday lives. We should find Tao in our ordinary places. Accordingly, Holden"s last choice of returning home, instead of continuing the adventure for "rye field", is not a frustration or a halfway-compromise. His going home can be accepted as the result of his newly recognized Taoism as well as the beginning of flight for the ultimate reality.
본문·목차
인공지능 문자 인식 모델을 통해 추출된 텍스트로, 일부 오타나 오류가 포함될 수 있으나 지속적으로 개선 중입니다.
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