김원일의 「환멸을 찾아서」 연구 - 남성성과 전쟁의 이데올로기를 중심으로 -

Abstract

This thesis examines the ideology of genders and wars of the modern society expressed in Kim Won-il's medium-length novel,「Looking for Disillusionment」. This novel deals with the matter of separated families, and tells the stories of the three families formed or divided by Korean War and division, that is, a character who defects to South Korea alone with family left in North Korea, a character who defects to North Korea alone with family left in South Korea, a war widow and their family they have formed respectively. The male characters are depicted as those who turn their backs on their hometown and family in order to avoid the terror of war ideology or by being led by it. In this study, the narrative of this novel about Korean War and division was examined in terms of social and political ideology that mobilizes masculinity into the war. Here, masculinity along with the ideology of patriarchy makes the scars of the war or the sense of isolation be succeeded from fathers to sons. In the novel, the sons are not aware of the ideology of patriarchy and war as an illusionary power structure, and feel alienated in it or try to live unconnected to the succession of their family. Studying on this, this thesis investigates violence and disillusionment created by the illusion of modern masculinity.