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A Study on Focalization of Yeom Sangseop's 「Jitjianneun Gae」

  • Korean Language & Literature
  • 2012, (80), pp.193-221
  • Publisher : Korean Language & Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Hee-Kyo Shin 1

1우석대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

「Jitjianneun Gae」 is Yeom Sangseop’s a short story. I analyzed the work with S. Rimmon-Kennan’s focalization theory. I chose the focalization theory as a research method. The focalization theory is composed of two theories. One is external focalization and the other is internal focalization. I chose the latter. The latter is composed of three facets. It is perceptual, psychological, ideological facets. In text, perceptual facet exhibited characterfully a limited observer and present-limited focalization. Psychological facet exhibited characterfully an onlooking cognition and inconsistent focalization. Ideological facet exhibited characterfully value-neutrality. And in text, an internal focalizer exhibited a certain characteristic of genre. It is ‘gyosul literature’. In other words, 「Jitjianneun Gae」 is close to the ‘gyosul literature’. In this regard 「Jitjianneun Gae」 have many similarities with 「Mansejeon」. But when publish – time of 「Jitjianneun Gae」 considered, we understand that the text performs allegoric criticism about ideologies of those days. In conclusion, a close connection between the focalization and postwar situation would make the meaning clearer.

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