Definition of American Dream
1. The American Dream is a national ethos of the United State in which freedom includes a promise of the possibility of prosperity and success.
2. by James Truslow Adams in 1931,
“Life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement" regardless of social class or circumstances of birth.
Myths
- Deal with remote past, with the time of the origin of things both natural and cultural
- Stories are associated with the sacred
- Have been handed down from one generation to another
Legend
- Sometimes thought to have a basis in historical fact
- Deal with less remote past than myths
- About heroes or heroines who overcome obstacles
Folktales
- Stories are often give a l
Frontier
Savagery (야만)
Civilization(문명)
Free land
Nature
Indian
“Frontier” thesis
produce a coherent,
integrated story
Corral (가축우리)
It creates a ‘cultural myth’, controlled like Disneyland: tidy, simple and apparently natural, that is, in a manner which makes its contents appear to be acceptable and ‘taken-for-granted’.
Corral
(가축우리)
Free land
Nature
Indian
Frontier Literature)으로부터 시작된다고 할 수 있다. 따라서 5부작으로 된 ‘ Leatherstocking Series 의 첫 작품인 The Pioneers(1823)는 미국문학 사상 최초의 소설로 평가할 수 있으며 이 소설의 주인공 Natty Bumppo는 미국 소설의 원형적 인물인 동시에 미국적 아담(American Adam)이라 할 수도 있다.
무엇보다도 미국 소설
frontier town...
...but the rubber business is growing
by leaps and bounds.
The better-off citizens in Manaus,
if I may put it like that...
...send their laundry to Lisbon...
...because the water in the Amazon
is felt to be impure.
Arent you going to stay?
I dont know.
I dont mind youre running a brothel.
But there are too many of
your clients around.
Come on. I train the girls
for the best house