｢생쥐와 인간｣의 감상주의 양상과 등장인물과 사건의 도식화에 대한 비평에 대하여

Abstract

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck has been appreciated as a textbook for American and English high school students, which means its widespread appeal to the average people's emotion. However, not a few reviewers have criticized the work on its sentimentalism and schematic characterization and event structure. This paper studies their substantial and specific aspects because the experts have not revealed them. The research process is observing the emotional factors called sentimentalism and some related critical reviews and then inferring the assumed evidence after introducing the critics' ideas against Steinbeck's writings of characters and events blamed for the schematization. Lastly, the researchers leave a doubt regarding how the loss of artistry of the work affects its popular value, which is meant to produce more academic discussion about the controversy over the true nature of Of Mice and Men.