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Chekhov's Пари : A Radical Revision of Other Room Syndrome

  • 인문논총
  • 2012, 29(), pp.243-266
  • Publisher : Institute for Human studies, Kyungnam University
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities

Sim Min-Ja 1

1경남대학교

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ABSTRACT

The goal of this paper in Pari text is to examine how Chekhov's predilection towards the phenomenon of spatial division, with its psychological and physical repercussions is repeatedly presented over the course of several stories, through the same unique dramatic scenario: a person inside of a room develops a cognizance of what is happening outside of his space and reacts. Other Room Syndrome cannot be seen as the product of a phrase or as a technique conforming to a certain generic mode or tonal style. Rather it is a dramatic structure employed to maximally emphasize a set of psycho-physical conditions experienced by the central character. Other Room of INTIMACY we may relate this to the world of the senses, sound, vision, touch,taste. Other Room OPPORTUNITY we may relate this to the world of doing things and becoming someone enlarging your ego, time regained space, space enlarged, identity reputation improved. And so this humanity, this concern with existence and space and proximity and communication and spirit does not merely have to do with the mechanics of psycho spatial suffering. Ultimately this concern is what comes through in all of Chekhov's literature. And so when I use my disguise diagnosis to talk about Chekhov's depiction of the human condition, I can not just be making analyses applicable to only the stories where someone is trapped in a room. Other Room Syndrome is not a syndrome at all, not some special situation where a specific set of circumstances lead to a strange of lack and disconnection and inaccessibility. Other Room Syndrome is not a syndrome, it is rather a false diagnosis created for easy categorization and convenient analysis. A diagnosis that tried to cover up a uniquitous and permanent condition: the condition of humanity. Without the syndrome we cease to be human, because the syndrome is a result of the human condition.

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