전경린 단편소설의 환상성 연구

Abstract

In this paper, the meanings of fantasy as the narrative device in order to effectively embody the description to find the identity as a female, which establishes the central axis of the world of Jeon Kyeonglin's works, were examined. The fantasy in literature is its immanent method, and simultaneously, the outcome of the desire to overturn the actual system in that it''s produced and decided in the social context. The meanings of the fantasy in her novels, first, lie in that it reveals the dialectical relation between the reality and illusion. The female characters search for their identity, and yet ceaselessly show the rivalry with the reality, and their prospect is uncertain. The character composition connotates the overthrow that dissolutes a uniform figure through an animal motif. A goat, a wolf and a bird function as the media encouraging females who are leading an otherized life to become aware of their wild nature. Second, it implies the writer's belief in the essence of life and transcendental consciousness. The females' ontologistic lives are longing for an original life while repeating reincarnation, which is based on the transcendental consciousness of the present repressed life. As investigated above, the fantasy in Jeon Kyeonglin's works is significant because it calls our attention to the contradictions of the reality even though it just exposes the irregularities and suppression of the patriarchal system and then goes back to the stable social order again. Moreover, in the respect that the yearn for women's independent life is not merely females' problem, but implies the writer's consciousness pursuing autonomous rights of one's own life and liberation and freedom from all oppressive ones, it's meaningful that it delivers the writer's interest in narrative and the depth of her critical mind in a more serious way.