최인훈 <구운몽>의 제목과 형식

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This study analyzed the continuity and homogeneity / discontinuity and individuality of literary history observed from the comparison between Guunmong by Choi In-hun(1962) and that by Kim Man-jung(estimated to be written in 1690). On the basis of the analysis results, we identified the features of form of Choi In-hun’s Guunmong. First, We examined the meaning of the title. Guunmong itself is an event and a phenomenon in the history of Korean literature and has the potential to be expanded to other events in the future. Choi In-hun’s Guunmong describes diverse kinds of fantasy dreams which are not separated from the reality and was expanded to the modern civilization, that is, the movie. Furthermore, it contains the meaning of ‘social nightmare’ caused by the military coup on May 16, 1961. Second, We investigated several features of the structure of Guunmong on the assumption that the structure is the signifier as well as the signified. The structure of Choi In-hun’s Guunmong ① has the incongruent connection lack of causality and systematicity in the deployment of events and relationship among characters. ② This feature is expressed by the borderless flow between the reality and the fantasy dream. In such a structure, there are the elements that maintain the consistent flow in the whole structure. They are ‘a black dot on a left cheek’ of several female characters and ‘sound of desperate wind.’ Third, we analyzed the patterns and functions of poetry and prose inserted in Choi In-hun’s Guunmong. Unlike Kim Man-jung’s Guunmong, poetry and prose in Choi In-hun’s Guunmong ① create the structure of conflict and confrontation or expose uncomfortable reality, ② expand themselves with strong voice out of the narrative context, and ③ show the feature of argument to decide on right and wrong. Choi In-hun exposed the reality of his times filled with contradiction and discord by incongruent structure without external causality and systematicity. In Choi In-hun’s Guunmong, the form is the theme. While the external form is fantasy, this work is the realism beyond the realism on the fact that it desperately testifies the reality of the times.

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