그림의 독: 하얀 악마 의 독살 장면을 통해 본 종교개혁기 영국의 재현 딜레마
Painted Poison: Post-Reformation Dilemma on Representation of Poisoning in The White Devil
- 주제(키워드) poisoning , The White Devil , John Webster , Reformation , representation , Protestantism , Overbury Scandal
- 주제(기타) 인문학
- 주제(기타) 영어와문학
- 주제(기타) 영문학
- 설명문(URI) https://www.kci.go.kr/kciportal/ci/sereArticleSearch/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART002546216
- 등재 KCI등재
- 발행기관 국제언어인문학회
- 발행년도 2019
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000169688
- 본문언어 한국어
- Published As https://dx.doi.org/10.16945/201921265
초록/요약
This essay argues poisoning frequently staged in early modern England resonates anxiety as well as curiosity of the contemporaries toward still mysterious and ungraspable human body. Along with the Reformation, human body posits a battleground for discourses of sacredness and secularity, whereas the poisoning as a technologically skilled and highly intelligent crime boldly challenges human body, a sacred work created by God. Furthermore, the process to solve criminal cases of poisoning intrinsically involves Protestant humanistic urge to seek truth through visual proofs while debunking superstitious and deceptive images produced by Roman Catholic Church. Staging poisoning, thus, is to provide solid narratives largely identifying “invisible” effects of poison and unclear identity of the poisoner and ultimately to relieve the anxiety around the uncertainties poisoning arouses. This essay looks at The White Devil by John Webster, which contains varied representations of poisoning, and discusses visualizing poisoning on stage is basically grounded on anti-Catholic sentiments but also exposes Protestant dilemma on representation, the recurring skepticism of misrepresentation or impossibility to represent what is true.
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