A New Man, a New Woman, and Buddhism in The Story of an African Farm

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Dissonance is embedded in the culture of Victorian society which can be featured by an age of transition in terms of science, technology, education, social class, economics, psychology, race, empire, religion, the law, gender and women’s rights. Schreiner’s The Story of an African Farm communicates such dissonance in terms of religion and the women questions. Although both Waldo and Lyndall try to create a new sense of identity as a new man and a new woman by liberating themselves from the oppression and violence of the established religion and authority, they seem to fail to attain their aims. Yet Schreiner suggests an alternative spirituality as a way of understanding humanity and the world, which is basically associated with the thoughts of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Buddhism. She seems to put an emphasis on the significance of an individual enlightenment, criticising the established religion and authority as an institution.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• I. Introduction
• II. A New Man: Waldo
• III. A New Woman: Lyndall
• IV. The Death of Lyndall and Waldo, and Buddhism
• V. Conclusion
• Works Cited
• Abstract