박완서의 성장 소설과 여성 주체의 성장

초록

This writing started from seeking for the effects of the Korean War on modern novel. That is because of being able to foresee that the literature-historical impact like the Korean War would have great influence upon the mode of novel. As a typical writer, Park Wan-seo’s growth novel was noted. Park Wan-seo is showing the definite awareness on division or war itself. Additionally in a sense of being inquired an existential method of a human being, who had survived the diabolical situation dubbed the war, she is a major writer. That is because ’woman who experienced the war,’ whom is suggested by Park Wan-seo, can indicate a model of a human being’s growth. Since the appearance with Namok(bare tree)in November of 1970, Park Wan-seo have released the growth novels such as Thirsty Season, Namok, Where have all the singa gone?, and Would the mountain be there indeed?. Those are works that have fictitious contents, but that are mostly strong in autobiographical character. The babyhood prior to the war is shown the attitude toward the experience of modernity. The critical attitude and the receptive attitude can be confirmed. This experience of modernity becomes the foundation that allows a woman with intellectual and critical ability to grow who can have an insight into the Korean war. The Korean War functions as an opportunity of being able to reflect on ’a human being’s life’ for Park Wan-seo who is a freshman at university. It was the space-time that requires the fearful life in ’the remaining people’ who failed to take refuge, the continuous worry about ’boiled rice,’ and the countermeasure against the more dreadful lookout for ’color theory’ than it. In such life, the process of transforming into a matured human being is being shown gradually through confirming the awe of life, humanity, and femininity. Park Wan-seo’s growth novel resulted from a sense of responsibility in the intellect woman who experienced the Korean War. It is the growth novel that is revealed vividly the process that came to go into writing in order to give evidence to history.

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