예술가의 역할: 호손의 「미를 추구하는 예술가」와 「드라운의 목조상」을 중심으로

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Through an examination of "The Artist of the Beautiful" and "Drowne's Wooden Image," this paper aims to examine how Nathaniel Hawthorne attempted to establish authorship in an early stage of his literary career, by reading "The Artist of the Beautiful" and "Drowne's Wooden Image." Hawthorne's efforts were focused on resolving the conflict between the concept of art as a Romantic pursuit solely legitimized by the autonomy of the artist and the utilitarian and practical demands of American society in the 1840s. The two stories dramatize an artist figure who struggles between his artistic ambition and the practical demands of the society. In "The Artist of the Beautiful," Hawthorne does not celebrate the triumph of artistic achievement, which is totally isolated from social demands, by distancing himself from the protagonist, Owen Warland, who vouches for the Romantic concept of art. Meanwhile, in "Drowne's Wooden Image," Hawthorne does not portray Drowne as a failed artist with no artistic aspirations, but rather one who is merely content to lead a life of a mechanical carver. In brief, Hawthorne, in his early phase, seems to be ambivalent about the Romantic idea of authorship, balancing himself between practical needs and artistic desire. He rather attempts to find a way to "open an intercourse with the world" with a full awareness of the position by which an author situates himself as a member of the society and culture in which he lives.

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