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Study on Narrators in the Realism Plays -Our Town and A View from the Bridge

사실주의 연극의 Narrator 연구 - Our Town과 A View from the Bridge의 경우

  • Received : 2017.02.28
  • Accepted : 2017.04.20
  • Published : 2017.04.28
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Abstract

Narrators used to take an important role in the theatre of ancient Greece. They gave the audience an important information, explained the situations and conflicts between characters by talking to the audience directly. But in the realism play in the 20th century, which is represented as the 'fourth wall,' anything that can interrupt commitments of the audience such as a narrator, was excluded. However the two representative playwright in the 20th century, Thorton Wilder and Arthur Miller took narrators in their plays, Our Town and A View form the Bridge. This study shows why they adopted narrators in their play, which was unusual at that time and how this form of narrator affects to the meaning of the plays.

20세기 연극의 주류였던 사실주의 연극에서는 보이지 않는 '제4의 벽'이 관객과 무대사이에 존재한다고 전제하였고 관객으로 하여금 극 중에 몰입하여 무대 위의 연극을 완전한 사실로 인식할 수 있도록 하는 것이 그 특징이었다. 당연히 극의 형식에서 극 중 몰입을 방해하는 요소들은 배제되었으나 당대 몇몇 작가들은 사실주의 극의 극 중 몰입을 방해하는 '나레이터'라는 형식을 도입하였다. 나레이터는 극의 흐름을 끊고 관객과 직접 소통하며 극의 내용을 부연 설명 하기도 하고, 관객으로 하여금 극에 직접 참여하도록 하거나 극의 결말을 예상하도록 유도하는 등의 역할을 하였다. 본 논문에서는 20세기 연극의 대표적 작가인 Thorton Wilder와 Arthur Miller의 작품 Our Town과 A View from the Bridge에 등장하는 나레이터를 통해 두 극을 비교 분석하였으며 두 작가는 나레이터라는 형식을 도입함으로써 관객으로 하여금 극의 있음직한 사실이 아닌 삶의 진실을 직시하도록 하고자 하였다.

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