영어로 읽는 SF고전 _ 에드가 R. 버로스의 전쟁 추장
"전쟁 추장"은 1920년대 후반에 쓰여진 에드가 라이스 버로스의 역사 소설입니다. 이 이야기는 아메리카 원주민 부족들과 유럽 정착민들의 침략 세력 사이의 갈등 시기에 펼쳐지며, 주로 아파치족의 삶에 초점을 맞춥니다. 주인공은 아파치 전쟁 추장인 고얏틀레이로, 그의 삶은 아파치와 백인의 혼혈인 어린 앤디 맥더프와 얽히게 됩니다. 이 서사는 등장인물들의 개인적, 집단적 투쟁을 파헤치면서 정체성, 문화적 충돌, 그리고 전쟁의 잔혹함이라는 주제들을 탐구합니다.
"전쟁 추장"의 도입부는 독자들에게 진보하는 문명의 파괴적인 영향과 대비되는 아파치의 삶을 생생하고 원시적인 세계로 소개합니다. 이야기는 제리 맥더프와 애니 폴리를 태운 마차를 목격하는 고얏틀레이로 시작됩니다. 그들의 경로가 교차하면서, 고얏틀레이의 전사들의 공격으로 인한 비극이 발생하여 제리와 애니는 죽고, 그들의 유아인 앤디는 아파치에게 데려가집니다.
서사는 앤디가 쇼즈-디지지로 변모하는 과정의 무대를 마련하며, 갈등과 문화적 유산에 의해 형성된 가혹한 환경에서의 정체성, 충성심, 그리고 생존에 대한 복잡한 탐구를 암시합니다. 이 시작은 모험과 감정적 깊이로 가득한 흥미진진한 이야기를 약속하며, 독자들을 등장인물들의 삶을 더 탐구하도록 초대합니다.
Classics Read in English _ The war chief by Edgar Rice Burroughs
"The War Chief" by Edgar Rice Burroughs is a historical novel written in the late 1920s. The story unfolds in a time of conflict between Native American tribes and the encroaching forces of European settlers, primarily focusing on the lives of the Apaches. The main character is Go-yat-thlay, an Apache war chief, whose life intertwines with that of young Andy MacDuff, a boy with mixed heritage?Apache and White. This narrative explores themes of identity, cultural clash, and the brutality of war, as it delves into the personal and collective struggles of its characters.
The opening of "The War Chief" introduces readers to a vivid and primitive world, contrasting the lives of the Apache with the destructive influence of advancing civilization. The story begins with Go-yat-thlay, who witnesses a wagon carrying Jerry MacDuff and Annie Foley. As their paths intersect, tragedy strikes with an attack by Go-yat-thlay's warriors, leading to the death of Jerry and Annie, while their infant son, Andy, is taken by the Apache.
The narrative sets the stage for Andy's transformation into Shoz-Dijiji, suggesting a complex exploration of identity, loyalty, and survival in a harsh environment shaped by conflict and cultural legacy. This beginning promises a gripping tale rife with adventure and emotional depth, inviting readers to further explore the lives of its characters.
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NAKED but for a G-string, rough sandals, a bit of hide and a buffalo headdress, a savage warrior leaped and danced to the beating of drums. Encircling fires, woman-tended, sent up curling tongues of flame, lighting, fitfully, sweat-glistening shoulders, naked arms and legs.
Distorted shadows, grotesque, mimicking, danced with the savage and his fellows. Above them, dark and mysterious and weirdly exaggerated by the night, loomed the Grampian Hills.
Rude bows and arrows, stone-shod spears, gaudy feathers, the waving tails of animals accentuated the barbaric atmosphere that was as yet uncontaminated by the fetid breath of civilization?pardon me!?that was as yet ignorant of the refining influences of imperial conquest, trained mercenaries and abhorrent disease.
Here was freedom. Agricola was as yet unborn, the Wall of Antoninus unbuilt, Albion not even a name; but Agricola was to come, Antoninus was to buildhis wall; and they were to go their ways, taking with them the name of Albion, taking with them freedom; leaving England, civilization, inhibitions.
