@article{ART003403136},
author={Kyung-min Lee and Ki-Seung Kim},
title={An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Lee Hyo-seok’s When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom through the Lacanian Triad},
journal={Industry Promotion Research},
issn={2466-1139},
year={2026},
volume={11},
number={4},
pages={379-387},
doi={10.21186/IPR.2026.11.4.379}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kyung-min Lee
AU - Ki-Seung Kim
TI - An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Lee Hyo-seok’s When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom through the Lacanian Triad
JO - Industry Promotion Research
PY - 2026
VL - 11
IS - 4
PB - Industrial Promotion Institute
SP - 379
EP - 387
SN - 2466-1139
AB - This study re-reads Lee Hyo-seok's short story, When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom, through Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic triad: the Imaginary, the Symbolic, and the Real. Moving beyond conventional readings of the narrative as nostalgic provincial depiction, this paper examines how a lacking subject confronts reality within the Symbolic order and reconstructs subjectivity through layers of desire. First, on the level of the Imaginary, Heo Saeng-won's fantasies of the past and his alienated self in old age drive a self-constructed narrative that compensates for lack in relation to the Other. Second, on the level of the Symbolic, he compensates for lack through the social signifier of the itinerant merchant (jangdolbaengi) and the order of fate. Third, on the level of the Real, the encounter with Dong-i, particularly the rediscovery of the "left-handed" signifier, ruptures his symbolic world, allowing him to integrate repressed desire and become a relational subject. Fourth, by accepting rather than denying this rupture, Heo Saeng-won forges it into a new "sinthome" that sustains a mode of subjectivity capable of living with lack. These results show that narrative completion systematizes subjective desire, offering a structural model that may inform contemporary content narrative design.
KW - Lacan;The Imaginary‧Symbolic‧Real;Lee Hyo-seok;When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom;Subjectivity;Narrative Structure
DO - 10.21186/IPR.2026.11.4.379
ER -
Kyung-min Lee and Ki-Seung Kim. (2026). An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Lee Hyo-seok’s When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom through the Lacanian Triad. Industry Promotion Research, 11(4), 379-387.
Kyung-min Lee and Ki-Seung Kim. 2026, "An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Lee Hyo-seok’s When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom through the Lacanian Triad", Industry Promotion Research, vol.11, no.4 pp.379-387. Available from: doi:10.21186/IPR.2026.11.4.379
Kyung-min Lee, Ki-Seung Kim "An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Lee Hyo-seok’s When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom through the Lacanian Triad" Industry Promotion Research 11.4 pp.379-387 (2026) : 379.
Kyung-min Lee, Ki-Seung Kim. An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Lee Hyo-seok’s When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom through the Lacanian Triad. 2026; 11(4), 379-387. Available from: doi:10.21186/IPR.2026.11.4.379
Kyung-min Lee and Ki-Seung Kim. "An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Lee Hyo-seok’s When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom through the Lacanian Triad" Industry Promotion Research 11, no.4 (2026) : 379-387.doi: 10.21186/IPR.2026.11.4.379
Kyung-min Lee; Ki-Seung Kim. An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Lee Hyo-seok’s When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom through the Lacanian Triad. Industry Promotion Research, 11(4), 379-387. doi: 10.21186/IPR.2026.11.4.379
Kyung-min Lee; Ki-Seung Kim. An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Lee Hyo-seok’s When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom through the Lacanian Triad. Industry Promotion Research. 2026; 11(4) 379-387. doi: 10.21186/IPR.2026.11.4.379
Kyung-min Lee, Ki-Seung Kim. An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Lee Hyo-seok’s When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom through the Lacanian Triad. 2026; 11(4), 379-387. Available from: doi:10.21186/IPR.2026.11.4.379
Kyung-min Lee and Ki-Seung Kim. "An Analysis of the Narrative Structure of Lee Hyo-seok’s When the Buckwheat Flowers Bloom through the Lacanian Triad" Industry Promotion Research 11, no.4 (2026) : 379-387.doi: 10.21186/IPR.2026.11.4.379
