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Study on the Consciousness of Extinction in Hong Yun - suk's Later Works

  • DONAM OHMUNHAK
  • Abbr : 돈암
  • 2016, 30(), pp.227~266
  • DOI : 10.17056/donam.2016.30..227
  • Publisher : The Donam Language & Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature > Korean Literature > History of Korean Literature
  • Published : December 31, 2016

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1성신여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

In this study, the fundamental poetic consciousness of Hong Yun-suk's later works is defined as a consciousness of extinction. This consciousness of extinction is conceived from the anxiety and physical pain of the poetic subject who is becoming closer to death. Through inner anxiety and physical pain, the poetic subject senses the approaching death, which in turn leads the poetic subject to experience a deconstruction and loss of self-identity. The sense of impotence is amplified, intersperse with existential pain and anxiety, and the poet's inner struggle to overcome the despair is carried out by writing poetry. The poetic writing of Hong is both a means of self-healing in which a poetic introspection is involved, and an earnest manifestation of the inner determination to dispel the anxiety about death. In order to explain the ontological basis of Hong's later works, this study takes a phenomenological approach and explore the intentionality that lies deeply beneath the poetic images. After extracting the images that repeatedly appear in these works and classifying the images according to their organic relationships, the author further develops the discussion focusing on the revelation of the direction taken by the internal movement embodied through the repeatedly occurring images. As a result, it is found that the poetic subject's consciousness of extinction is embodied in the images of ‘wind,’ ‘darkness,’ and ‘light.’ The image of ‘wind’ occurs as a self-representation of the poet herself, a mortal being. The image of ‘darkness’ signifies the pain felt by a being connected to the physical senses. The image of ‘light’ operates as the core mechanism in offsetting the images of negative meanings and revealing the poetic subject's determination to regain its self-identity. Through using the images of ‘wind,’ ‘darkness,’ and ‘light’ to construct an image of her own life, the poet creates an introspective sense of distance against the deconstruction and loss of self.

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