‘질마재’의 역사성과 장소성 - 산문과 자전(自傳)의 낙차

Abstract

That ‘Jilmajae’ is the alpha and omega of Seo, Jung-ju’s poetics the stance taken in this article. Seo, Jung-ju narrated his hometown ‘Jilmajae’ during the period between 1940s and 1970s through essays and memoir by means of memory and recollection. If you refer to them you will realize that ‘Jilmajae’ is not just tradition and homeland(hometown) but also is an axiological place that represents ‘what is closest to Josun (Korea)’. However, the context during the period between 1940s and 1970s involving ‘Jilmajae’ have as much difference as similarity. The former is ‘Josun–Jilmajae’ as a place that forms the intersection with ‘return to the orient’ and ‘succession of oriental tradition’ that swept the country back then. The latter is ‘Korea–Jilmajae’ as a place that succeeded and manifested ‘Shilla Spirit’ woven with the endless universe and eternal time against horrible modernity characterized by reification. This article pays attention to the historicity and placeness of ‘Jilmajae’ that was revealed differently in two different periods in order to get a three-dimensional view of the axiological change of ‘Jilmajae’. The historicity of ‘Jilmajae’ symbolizes the creation of axiological difference between ‘Josun–Jilmajae’ and ‘Korea–Jilmajae’ while the placeness represents the characteristics of the place imposed by the view of the subject who takes a look at ‘Jilmajae’. ‘Josun–Jilmajae’ hits at the placeness from the perspective of empathetic insider. ‘Korea–Jilmajae’ is filled with placeness obtained by the subject who is in the state of existential internalities. This comes from the difference in valuating Jilmajae in different periods, that is, the former concentrates on the others’ literary value, experience and expression while the latter focuses on the value and aesthetics of the others’ sparky and dynamic life.