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A Drawing Room, Modernization of Places for Guests and the Place of Novel: Focusing in Kwangsoo Lee’s Mujeong(無情), Jaesaeong(再生)

  • Chunwon Research journal
  • Abbr : Chunwon Research journal
  • 2017, (11), pp.7-32
  • Publisher : Chunwon Research Society
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature > Korean Literature

RYU SUYUN 1

1인하대학교

Candidate

ABSTRACT

In the narrative of Kwangsoo Lee, modern housing spaces have an important meaning. This is because it functions as a 'place' that leads to events linked to the theme of the work. At the center of the narrative is a drawing room. Kwangsoo Lee actively utilized the changes caused by this western-style residential space to shape his work. Especially, "heartlessness" and "regeneration" are closely connected with the character relationship formed in the reception space and the theme of the whole work. From this point of view, it seems to be the text to understand concretely how the appearance of the space of reception of a guest caused the change in the literary form. Especially, it is noteworthy that the places with the function of reception becomes the stage of the event that makes the fate of the protagonist foresee. This paper intends to examine from the microscopic view how the modernized reception space is utilized as a new place of modern literature through the narrative of Kwangsoo Lee.

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