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Critical Analyses on Sexual Economy and Penis-capitalism of Literary Erotic-tale

  • The Research of the Korean Classic
  • 2019, (46), pp.241-288
  • DOI : 10.20516/classic.2019.46.241
  • Publisher : The Research Of The Korean Classic
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature > Korean Literature > Korean classic prose
  • Received : June 30, 2019
  • Accepted : August 16, 2019
  • Published : August 31, 2019

Lee Ji Hwan 1

1서강대학교

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ABSTRACT

This inquiry analyzes about meanings and values of literary erotic-tale by sexual economy theory and semiotics. It could be suggested that certain types of erotic-tales exclusively relocate the grounds and actions among comprehensive sexual economy into a penis centric and hierarchical structure. Hence, sexual intercourse which is reciprocal and full of effectiveness might become penis-capitalist’s exploitation. To examine these, the models about the whole process that produces values from objectification and signification are constructed. One-sidedly, system that exchanges objectified woman molds the ideal type of woman which provides exchange value to man. And this value is for the increasing the phallocentric value by inter-mediate transference through sexual communication or ‘purchase’. So, this inquiry inferences the criteria and evaluation system of the process by concentrically collating sex depictions, remarks about the value of penis, sexual preconception, and examining signification processes related to them. Thereby, it is found that understandings about implicitly manufactured ‘impossible pleasure with disordered distribution’. It is observed that the telltale clues with which we could trace concealments and distortions about multiplicating process of sexual value, that is, value exploitation, evasion of responsibility conducted by penis-capitalist. In more serious cases, they gain sexual dysfunction(orgasmic disorder) that lose sexual generic satisfaction and distort or reduce appropriate ardour to others. And they have cognitive dissonances that interrupt the awareness to realize their coercion or additional violence in various ways. Consequently, we could get the understandings about penis-capitalism myth that regularly motivates sexual violence. And, the basis of Korean masculinities is arranged in the genealogical view, with consideration about sexual economy that is unreasonably considered as private and secret territory: the apathetic connivance excludes victims from the public realm and frustrate them. In addition, this approach provides the useful theoretical system to discussions about sexual labors and real influence of erotic texts.

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