オキーフ　アーサー    Arthur O'Keefe
   オキーフ　アーサー
   所属
国際学部 国際学科
   職種
准教授
言語種別 日本語
発行・発表の年月 2012/10
形態種別 大学・研究所等紀要
標題 The Morally Imperative Lie in Twain's Connecticut Yankee
執筆形態 単著
掲載誌名 The Midwest Quarterly
著者・共著者 The lie is a major motif in Mark Twain's novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It is argued here that Twain presents lying as a morally imperative act the protagonist, Hank Morgan, must commit in order to protect himself from harm. It is further argued that Twain asserts a distinction between justifable and unjustifiable falsehood in his nonfiction writings which correlates with the values expressed by Hank Morgan.