『마사 퀘스트』에 나타난 부정적 모녀관계

Abstract

Negative Relationship between Mother and Daughter in Martha Quest Soonyoung Bae (Korea University) The Children of Violence of Doris Lessing is a series novel in which Martha Quest spends her adolescence in Zambesia, an imaginary African country, middle ages in London, and dies in Scotland and through many experiences she realizes many aspects of life and dreams the vision of unity. This series novel consists of five novels of Martha Quest, The Proper Marriage, A Ripple from the Storm, Landlocked, and The Four-Gated City published from 1952 to 1969. Doris Lessing calls The Children of Violence Bildungsroman, in which Lessing describes how Martha tries to change herself in society and family, feels depression and disillusionment and grows up. The first three novels are focused on Martha's personal growth. In Martha Quest Martha is afflicted with her troublesome and repressive mother continuously. As the consequence of repulsion toward her mother, Martha dares to marry. That kind of marriage is to end in failure. The "violence" in the title appears with many types and oppressive family system is one of them. In Martha Quest Lessing shows the violence of family which is delivered by Martha's mother. Lessing criticizes sexual discrimination, patriarchal and authoritarian family system, which resembles the view of family in Marxism. This thesis studies how the negative relationship between a mother and a daughter affects Martha fatally and makes her stagger in her growth. 마사퀘스트에 나타난 부정적 모녀관계