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A Study on the Narrative Space in 「The Chinese Street」 - in relation to the Subject's inner consciousness -

  • Korean Language & Literature
  • 2010, (72), pp.317-345
  • Publisher : Korean Language & Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

신영미 1

1인하대학교

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ABSTRACT

The Chinese Street is a novel that depicts the landscape of Korean society after the Korean War in the process of a girl's growth. While the previous studies focused on the character's growing process, this study set out to focus on the narrative space that's the ground for discussions. The space in The Chinese Street can be divided into "narrated space" and "narrating space." Presenting a process of considering how actual space would be transformed when being projected into narrative, narrated space was categorized by Ludwig's Spatiality Indexes. The Spatiality Indexes were then divided into actual spatiality indexes such as "관조(Anschaunsraum), 행위(Raum ala Handlungsraum), 대조화(Kontrastierung), and 원근화(Perspektivierung)" and transformed spatiality indexes such as "조율된 공간(der gestimmte Raum)" and "전의되고 상징화된 의미형성적 기능(ubertagende, symbolisierende, sinnbildliche Funktion)." It turned out that narrative space involved a process of transformation not only by actual space but also by a character's consciousness. And narrating space is created in the process of transporting the object space into narrative space. Using a narrative situation as the mechanism, it's formed in the aspect of narrator, character, and reader. Using Stanzel's "시각(Perspektive)" concept, the investigator examined in what ways the "조망(Innenperspektive)" and "투시(Auenperspektive)" technique were used in the work. The results indicate that "narrated space" and "narrating space" were used as effective tools to present the subject. The space in 「The Chinese Street」 makes the subject live with a sense of unease by causing anxious inner consciousness to him. At the same time, this space contributes to building inner consciousness of a character by showing the subject's constant endeavors to reconcile himself with the world in spite of despair.

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