트루먼 카포티의 단편소설에 나타나는 남부인의 포용성

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze Truman Capote’s short stories from the perspective of southern hospitality based on Derrida’s hospitality theory. According to Derrida’s hospitality, the host should provide the guest with unconditional welcome including food and place. In the realm of conditional hospitality, the guest should have a name and behave in adherence to the master’s rules. In many short stories, Capote presents his autobiographic vision in the name of Buddy. In “One Christmas,” Buddy’s father offers him a shelter, shoes, and a present unconditionally. Buddy as a guest should follow father’s rules unwillingly so he misses Sook’s home. This proves why Derrida’s hospitality is contradictory. Under the authority of the master, the visitor obeys the rules. In “The Thanksgiving Visitor,” Odd Henderson, a nemesis of Buddy’s, accepts Sook’s welcomed hospitality. Despite Odd’s theft, Sook lies to give unlimited welcome in all ways as a host. “A Christmas Memory” shows American traditions and southern reconciliation through Sook’s hospitality. Capote uses hospitality to describe Southern culture and tolerance. Even though he didn’t want to be called a southern writer, I am sure he is a representative of southerners.