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The epic of exploring memories: Gefei's ≪RememberingMr. Wuyou≫ and ≪Qīng huáng≫

김영철 1

1동국대학교

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ABSTRACT

Under the influence of Proust, Kafka, Feiming(废名), Chinese Avant- garde novelist Gefei(格非)explored ‘past’ in a way that those who experienced life ‘remember’ the life, rather than actual life. The novel ≪Qīng huáng 青黄≫ is peculiarly a journey of idea (idle ideological argument) to search for the meaning of the word ‘Qīng huáng’. This work also explores the meaning of Qīng huáng' through people's ‘memories’. 5 different meanings are eventually found after the exploration. That is, one ‘signifier’ has many different ‘signifieds’. The author intends to say the relationship between ‘signifier’ and ‘signified’ is voluntary and fluid, rather than to explore the meaning of ‘Qīng huáng’ itself. And ‘Qīng huáng’ is the ‘existence’ not handled in a history book or reality and likewise the questioning on ‘I’ by the speaker is of ‘existential property’ outside of collective experience.

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