레슬리 마몬 실코의 의식에 나타난 생태여성주의적 글쓰기

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the literary style in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony from an ecofeminist point of view. Silko's writing has three characteristics. The first one is intense sense expression. Ceremony is filled with the sense of sight, the sense of hearing, the sense of smell, the sense of taste, and the sense of touch. Various synesthesia images form a close sympathy with nature. The second characteristic is Silko's use of plant images that engenders a unique sensibility. This sensibility can't be separated from femininity. Night Swan and Ts'eh are symbolized as trees, and each is shown in blue and yellow. These female characters contribute to every step of mental growth of Tayo. The last one is Silko's emphasis of spirituality. It is not philosophical idealism, but feminine principal completed by Night swan and T'seh. The lineage of the goddess from Spider Woman to Night Swan and Ts'eh is described as a spiritual resistance to the violence of the male-centered world. Silko's Ceremony centers on sense, sensibility, and spirituality which are neglected in realistic literature. Ceremony is written in a style that various images and symbols are crossing and it forms the mysterious whole body. So it is similar to the quilt which is made from the cloth. Language in Ceremony is a sensual body language, plant language which echoes the universe and spiritual language which is filled with magic.