ディケンズの『デイヴィッド・コパーフィールド』における悪と時間

フォーマット:

論文

責任表示:

福島, 光義

言語:

日本語

出版情報:

群馬大学社会情報学部, 1996

著者名:

福島, 光義  

掲載情報:

群馬大学社会情報学部研究論集

ISSN:

1346-8812    

巻:

2

開始ページ:

177

終了ページ:

194

バージョン:

VoR

概要:

application/pdf<br />Departmental Bulletin Paper<br />This paper deals mainly with the process of the actualization of truth and falsehood, or good and evil, with the lapse of time in David Copperfield. As time goes by, some characters succeed and others become depraved. Micawber is a marvellous personification of impecuniosity, optimism and despair. After imprisonment for debt and a search for work, he entered the office of Wickfield and Heep, and … there succeeded in unmasking the villain Uriah. In gratitude for this, his friends paid all his debts and sent him to Australia, where he became a man of great importance. He transcends concrete reality through language. The wicked hypocrite Uriah Heep, and the evil seducer (Byronic hero) James Steerforth represent David's alter ego. Uriah represents David's baser ambitions. Heep forged deeds by which he defrauded various partners of Wickfield, but his schemes were observed by Micawber, who proved his guilt. David introduced Steerforth to the simple fisher folk. This led to the tragedy of Steerforth's elopement with Little Emily. Though Steerforth was morally wrong, David loved and worshipped him as a friend and representative of class superiority. After the American experience and the period of moratorium, Dickens learned to identify with the wicked of this world. So supposedly the objective portrayals of "the other" are the products of Dickens' self examination at a deeper level. 続きを見る